Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it was honored by the Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) with an Award of Excellence in Institutional Architecture for the design of the Mission Training Complex at the U.S. Army’s Fort Bragg located in North Carolina.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that its South African joint venture, Jacobs Matasis (Proprietary) Limited, has acquired the business and assets of Ilitha Projects and Ilitha Staffing, two South African professional services companies operating out of the city of Cape Town, SA.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a Water and Environmental Management (WEM) framework contract from England’s Environment Agency, a public body of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it was recently selected for two separate Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it has been selected to provide engineering services for NatureWorks’ new Ingeo™ production plant in Southeast Asia. Ingeo is a biopolymer made from locally abundant renewable plant materials.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it was awarded a contract from the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) for Construction Management Services on the Elliott Bay Seawall Project (EBSP) in Seattle, Wash.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it received a contract from the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) to provide services for its Landslip Prevention and Mitigation Program.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it entered into a merger implementation agreement with Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM), a 6,500-person professional services firm headquartered in Australia, for approximately AUS$1.3 billion in cash (approximately US$1.2 billion as of the date of this release). The purchase price reflects an enterprise value of AUS$1.2 billion (US$1.1 billion) plus adjustments for cash, debt and other items.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it was awarded a contract by CMPC Group’s Celulose Riograndense Ltda. for the design and supply of an integrated chlorine dioxide plant for its pulp expansion project in Guaiba, Río Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that its joint venture with Architects Hawaii Ltd. was recently awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific to provide architecture-engineering services.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that its BEAR Scotland joint venture with Breedon Aggregates and Eurovia has been awarded a contract from Transport Scotland to oversee the operation and maintenance of key roads in the northwest of Scotland.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it was awarded a contract from National Roads Authority (NRA) to conduct health and safety site inspections on the National Road Network in Ireland, and to provide corporate support for occupational health and safety initiatives within the NRA.