Jacobs Receives Framework Agreement for Professional Consultancy Services from Lancashire County Council

    PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 19 /EMWNews/ -- Jacobs Engineering

Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a contract for a

framework agreement to provide professional consultancy services for

Lancashire County Council for the preparation and supervision of highway

design functions throughout the county.



    Officials did not provide the value of this 3-year contract that

utilizes the NEC3 Framework. The contract does have an optional extension

to a fourth year.



    As part of the contract, Jacobs will provide professional and

specialist consultancy services on the Council's priority major scheme, the

pounds Sterling 138 million Heysham to M6 Link. The link will provide

improved connections between Morecambe and Heysham with the M6 motorway,

including access to Heysham Port. The project will significantly reduce the

volume of traffic using the River Lune Bridges in Lancaster, will

facilitate industrial and commercial regeneration, and will create

opportunities to enhance alternative travel modes by relieving the current

traffic conditions.



    In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Michael Higgins

stated, "We believe that the framework offers both organizations a unique

opportunity to build a delivery structure that will perform from the outset

and develop quickly to become best-in-class within the North West of

England."



    Jacobs, with over 55,000 employees and revenues exceeding $10.0

billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services

globally.



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