Jacobs d?croche un contrat concernant un projet de traitement des eaux us?es dans le Comt? de King (Etat de Washington)

Jacobs Receives Contract for Wastewater Treatment Project in King County, Washington

Business Editors

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2005--Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that a subsidiary company has received a contract from King County (Washington) to provide construction management services for the Brightwater Conveyance Project.

The project involves the conveyance system to a marine outfall for a 36 million gallon per day wastewater treatment plant

Officials did not disclose the contract value.

Construction is scheduled to begin in 2006, and the plant is expected to begin operations in 2010

King County is designing and constructing the new Brightwater regional wastewater treatment plant in response to population growth

The project's conveyance system -- the pipes and pumps that take the wastewater to and from the plant -- consists of approximately 13 miles of bored tunnels from 40 to 440 feet below the surface, a 125 million gallon per day pump station, and all associated piping and ancillary structures

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Allyn Taylor stated, "After working with King County over the last five years on their Henderson project, we are delighted they have selected us as they move forward in the improvement of their wastewater treatment facilities.

We look forward to continuing our relationship with them on this important program." Jacobs, with over 35,000 employees and revenues exceeding $5.0 billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services globally

Any statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact are forward-looking statements.

Any forward-looking statements made in this release represent management's best judgement as to what may occur in the future.

However, Jacobs' actual outcome and results are not guaranteed and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions ("Future Factors"), and may differ materially from what is expressed.

For a description of Future Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, see the discussion under the section "Forward-Looking Statements" included in Item 7 -- Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in the Company's 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K

CONTACT:

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc

Rod Sharp, 626-578-6992

KEYWORD: WASHINGTON

INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY UTILITIES REAL ESTATE BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURING MARKETING AGREEMENTS

SOURCE: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc