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    USACE Taps Jacobs to Support US AFRICOM’s Architecture, Engineering Activities

    Jacobs Engineering Group will provide architectural and engineering consultancy services to the U.S. Africa Command under a five-year indefinite-delivery contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District. The company said Tuesday it will help AFRICOM develop, assess, design, monitor and evaluate infrastructure projects in over 15 African nations as part of the command’s […] More

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    Jacobs Vet Eric Dillinger Joins Woolpert as Strategic Consulting VP, Managing Director

    Eric Dillinger, former vice president of buildings and infrastructure for the Americas region at Jacobs Engineering Group‘s consultancy practice, has been named VP and managing director of the strategic consulting business at Woolpert. He brings more than 30 years of infrastructure and built environment planning, design, consulting and advisory experience to his new position, Woolpert said Friday. Scott Cattran, […] More

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    Jacobs-Beca Team Selected as Australian Defense CASG Service Provider; Darren Kraabel Comments

    A team of Jacobs Engineering Group and Beca has received a contract to provide support services to the Australian defense department’s capability, acquisition and sustainment group. The alliance is one of four contractor teams selected for the Major Service Provider initiative that will offer “above the line” contracting support to CASG, Beca said Feb. 16. Darren Kraabel, senior […] More

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    Jacobs Recognized for NASA Research Center Maintenance Program; Terry Hagen Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group has received the 2017 Best Reliability Program of the Year award from Uptime magazine for the company’s work on a maintenance system at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Jacobs said Tuesday it helped the space agency create maintenance strategies for the Langley facility as well as implement a suite of tools for the center to prevent […] More

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    Jacobs’ Steve Demetriou, Terry Hagen to Talk at Cowen Aerospace/Defense & Industrials Conference

    Steve Demetriou, chairman and CEO of Jacobs Engineering Group, and Terry Hagen, president of the company’s aerospace and technology group, are scheduled to speak on Feb. 8 at the 39th annual Cowen Aerospace/Defense & Industrials Conference in New York. Jacobs said Monday Hagen, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, and Demetriou will present at 2:50 p.m. Eastern time. […] More

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    Jacobs Develops VR Environment for Welsh Highway Update Program

    The Welsh government has received a Jacobs Engineering Group-built virtual reality visualization environment which will be used to aid construction work on two sections of the South Wales-based A465 Heads of Valley highway project. Jacobs said Wednesday the VR platform adds to the company’s support for the A465 project which also includes road widening assistance […] More

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    CH2M Donates $1M for Oregon State University Professorship

    CH2M has pledged a donation of $1 million to create an endowed professorship within the Oregon State University’s College of Engineering. The company said Thursday an endowed professor will be appointed to teach at the college for a term of up to five years through the CH2M Hill Professorship in Civil Engineering Fund. Scott Ashford, dean of OSU […] More

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    Jacobs to Develop Air Traffic Mgmt Software Under USAF Contract; Darren Kraabel Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group has received a potential five-year, $34.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue to develop a communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management software platform. The company said Thursday the CNS/ATM software will work to support various aircraft of the Air Mobility and Air Combat Command, including the C-5, C-17, KC-10, KC-135, E-3 DRAGON […] More

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    Jacobs Gets SOCOM Enterprise O&M Support Contract Modification

    Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a $7.3 million modification to a previously-awarded task order for enterprise operations and maintenance services to the U.S. Special Operations Command. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification increases the total potential value of the task order from $771.3 million to $778.6 million. The Special Operations Forces Acquisitions, Technology and Logistics office initially […] More

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    Jacobs Donates to Red Cross for Hurricane Harvey Recovery Support

    Jacobs Engineering Group has donated $25,000 to the American Red Cross in support of recovery efforts in Texas amid the impact of Hurricane Harvey. Donations to the organization aim to cover food, clothing, shelter and personal services for people affected by the storm, Jacobs announced Monday. “Our thoughts are with our employees who were in Hurricane Harvey’s path,” […] More

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    Jacobs to Help Design Navy, Marine Facilities in NAVFAC Pacific Region

    Jacobs Engineering Group‘s government business has won a potential five-year, $30 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide architect-engineer services to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific area of responsibility. The Defense Department said Thursday Jacobs Government Services will help design, engineer, estimate costs and write specifications for construction projects at multiple U.S. Navy and Marine Corps facilities as well as […] More

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    Jacobs Lands USACE Engineering, Design Services Contract

    Jacobs Engineering Group has won a five-year, $9.5 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide multi-discipline engineering and design services for the northwest division of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Defense Department said Tuesday the military branch awarded the contract after an online-based solicitation that received seven bids. USACE will determine work locations […] More