Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Jacobs will acquire all of the outstanding shares of CH2M in a cash and stock transaction with an enterprise value (EV) of approximately $3.27 billion, including approximately $416 million of CH2M net debt.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has signed a global Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) renewal with Shell Oil Company to provide concept, front-end engineering, detailed design, procurement, project management, construction management and construction services for Shell projects globally. The agreement aligns with Shell’s ongoing efforts to transform the way its projects are delivered by improving capital and financial efficiencies.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a contract by Highways England to develop possible solutions for the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway project, focusing on development of the corridor between the M1 and M40 motorways.

Sydney’s Blacktown Hospital, on which Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. carried out all architectural work, received three awards at the 2017 Design & Health International Academy Awards, including the prize for Best International Health Project Under 40,000 Square Meters. The awards were presented to the Jacobs team during the Academy Awards Gala Dinner at the 12th Design & Health World Congress held in July in The City Hall of Vienna.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been appointed by the Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF), to carry out the project management and owners engineers’ roles for a proposed 200 Megawatt wind farm in Western New South Wales, Australia.

Our JESA team in Morocco recently celebrated completing more than 7.2 million safe work hours (and counting). JESA is our joint venture with Morocco’s Office Cherifien de Phosphate (OCP)—the world’s leading phosphate exporter.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and Siemens Healthineers recently celebrated the groundbreaking of a major expansion to a key Siemens Healthineers manufacturing and R&D facility for laboratory diagnostics in Walpole, Massachusetts on June 30, 2017.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is expected to release its third quarter 2017 earnings results prior to market open on Tuesday, August 8, 2017, and plans to host a conference call at 10 a.m. ET, during which management will make a brief presentation focusing on the company’s results and operating trends.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved and declared a quarterly cash dividend to shareholders. A quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share of Jacobs common stock will be paid on September 1, 2017 to shareholders of record on the close of business on August 4, 2017.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded the role of Lead Trackwork Design Consultant for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line in Malaysia. The KVMRT project involves the construction of a rail-based public transport network comprised of three lines. The SSP Line, which is the second mass rapid transit line to be developed, has an estimated construction cost of approximately $7.6 billion.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and Volterra Partners have been honored as a finalist in the 2017 Wolfson Economics Prize, the most significant global economics prize after the Nobel Prize. The Wolfson council asked, “How can we pay for better, safer, more reliable roads in a way that is fair to road users and good for the economy and the environment?”

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a third term as a framework provider of professional consultancy services across highway, transportation and related scheme development with Lancashire County Council in the U.K. Lancashire’s role as Highway Authority is to plan, maintain and upgrade transport infrastructure, to make the county’s roads less congested and safer, while supporting local economic growth and easy access to employment.