Jacobs Receives Contract from the Florida Department of Transportation.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that a subsidiary company and Granite Construction Company have received a contract from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), District 6, for a design-build project to reconstruct the U.S. 1 and Jewfish Creek Bridge from Key Largo to north of the Monroe/Miami-Dade County line.

The team's winning bid includes a plan to complete the job in early 2009.

The project involves reconstructing the two-lane roadway north of Jewfish Creek, building a new high-level bridge over Jewfish Creek to replace an existing low-level drawbridge, and replacing the causeway over Lake Surprise with a low-level bridge. The low-level bridge will restore the water flow which is currently severed by the existing causeway. The highway will remain two lanes, but will include a wider, paved northbound shoulder to be used for emergency situations such as hurricane evacuation and a concrete safety barrier in the median to prevent head-on crashes. The project is adjacent to the Everglades National Park and falls within the boundaries of the Florida Keys National Marine sanctuary. The project includes many environmental enhancement features, including a wildlife crossing that will allow animals to safely cross under U.S. 1.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Allyn Taylor stated, "This significant project emphasizes our expertise in the design-build delivery of major infrastructure work. This project is the first design-build project of this magnitude for District 6, and we are excited to continue our relationship with the FDOT and to work with our partner Granite Construction Company to make this long-planned project a reality."

Jacobs, with over 35,000 employees and revenues approaching $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.