Jacobs Receives Framework Contract From Manchester Airports Group in the UK

PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a new framework to deliver a range of professional engineering services to the Manchester Airports Group (MAG) in the United Kingdom.

Officials did not disclose the contract value, although the length of the framework is five years, extendable for a further three years by agreement.

MAG owns and operates four regional airports - Manchester, East Midlands, Bournemouth and Humberside - making it the second largest airport operator in the UK.

Jacobs will provide airfield civil engineering, and mechanical and electrical engineering for MAG's building stock, including both airport facilities and non airport-related developments. Jacobs is the exclusive provider of these services.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Mike Higgins stated, "Jacobs is delighted to be working with a major airport group like MAG, and we look forward to supporting MAG during its continued development over the next five years and beyond."

Jacobs, with annual revenues exceeding $12 billion, is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional, and construction services.

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SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.