Jacobs Secures Key Roles on Grafton Correctional Centre Project in Australia

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it was appointed to provide a variety of services for the new Grafton Correctional Centre in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The new facility will be built at Grafton, on the state's north coast, under a public-private partnership.

The facility, which is expected to accommodate at least 1000 beds, is part of $1.2 billion investment in NSW correctional services. The new facilities are designed to improve rehabilitation efforts and better accommodate inmate population, mitigating the need for offenders to be transferred to alternative regions.

Working to the NSW Government, Jacobs was appointed as Security Technical Advisor and Engineering Technical Advisor and is a sub-consultant to the lead technical consultant, architects NBRS+Partners. Jacobs was commissioned by Infrastructure NSW on behalf of Corrective Services NSW.

Jacobs is also providing more than ten different technical studies supporting the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Grafton facility on behalf of Infrastructure NSW.

The facility is expected to be operational in 2019.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Senior Vice President Buildings and Infrastructure Patrick Hill said, “We are proud to be involved in this important correctional centre as both technical advisor and environmental consultant. Our extensive experience on PPP correctional facilities complements our local environmental knowledge, following our involvement on projects such as the Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway Upgrade. We look forward to once again contributing to the local community in this capacity.”

Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional and construction services.

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