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Jacobs Subsidiary Sverdrup Civil, Inc. Announces Rex Huffman Elected to the Design-Build Institute of America Board of Directors.


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ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2000

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. announces that the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA DBIA Design-Build Institute of America
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) has elected Rex D. Huffman to a three-year term on its Board of Directors. The 13 board members formulate organization policies and rules.

Mr. Huffman will chair the DBIA's 2000 Annual Conference Planning Committee planning committee n (in local government) → comité m de planificación  in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif., where he will determine conference theme and session tracks, invite keynote speakers, and assist with coordination and publicity efforts.

Mr. Huffman is currently Vice President and Principal, Design-Build where he heads Sverdrup Civil's national design-build marketing efforts.

A 30-year engineering and construction industry veteran, Mr. Huffman focuses on design-build delivery across numerous market sectors, including buildings, industrial facilities, highways, environmental, and hazardous waste Hazardous waste

Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes.
 remediation.

"DBIA officials estimate that more than 50 percent of all nonresidential construction will be handled via design-build delivery by the year 2005," says Mr. Huffman. "It is the DBIA's mission to establish, maintain, and promote the industry standards for this highly cost-effective delivery method."

Mr. Huffman has been an active DBIA member since 1992. As Chairman of the Civil/Infrastructure Committee, he was instrumental in producing the DBIA's document, "The Design-Build Process for the Civil Infrastructure Project." Mr. Huffman is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers “ASCE” redirects here. For the Nigerian stock exchange, see Abuja Securities and Commodities Exchange.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide.
 and the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association.

Sverdrup Civil, Inc. provides complete services for environmental, transportation, and water resources capital infrastructure projects.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is one of the largest global engineering, architecture, technology and construction firms, specializing in the full spectrum of project delivery services including engineering, procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. , construction and maintenance.
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