Jacobs Receives a Contract from Florida Department of Transportation's Turnpike Enterprise.ORLANDO, Fla. -- Jacobs Engineering Group Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC), a publicly traded company with annual revenues approaching $7 billion, provides professional technical services. Headquartered in Pasadena, CA, Jacobs offers support to industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :JEC) announced today that a subsidiary company received a contract from the Florida Department Florida is a department (departamento) of Uruguay. Population and Demographics As of the census of 2004, there were 68,181 people and 21,938 households in the department. The average household size was 3.1. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. of Transportation's (FDOT FDOT Florida Department Of Transportation ) Turnpike Enterprise to perform construction engineering and inspection for 4.3 miles of Florida's turnpike Florida's Turnpike, known as the Ronald Reagan Turnpike since 1998, is a toll road that runs 312 miles (497 km) down the Florida peninsula through 11 counties, from US 1 in Florida City to Interstate 75 at Wildwood. in Orange County. Officials did not disclose the contract value. The project involves construction inspection, materials testing, contract administration, surveying, and landscaping to widen this segment of road from four lanes to eight. The project also includes replacing seven bridges and widening one bridge. As construction manager on behalf of the FDOT, Jacobs monitors and inspects the progress of the construction to ensure that the contractor complies with the plans, specifications, and special provisions of the contract. Other services include maintaining complete records of the construction process and documenting any significant project changes. Jacobs will prepare and certify final estimates and as-built plans upon project completion. In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Allyn Taylor stated, "We are pleased with this assignment to provide construction quality assurance and look forward to continuing our long and productive relationship with Florida's Turnpike Enterprise." 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 Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in the Company's 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. . |
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