Jacobs obtient une extension au contrat conclu avec le Laboratoire National de Los Alamos de l'Universit? de Californie

Jacobs Receives Contract Extension from the University of California's Los Alamos National Laboratory

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PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2005--Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that they received a one-year contract extension from the University of California to continue providing architect-engineering (A-E) services to the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The University of California operates LANL.

This one-year contract extension, which does not have a ceiling, allows Jacobs to perform work as requested by the University of California. The contract has four additional option years.

Jacobs, which has supported LANL continuously since 1997, provides A-E services for nuclear facilities other than reactors as well as non-nuclear facilities and infrastructure. Jacobs previously worked with LANL in the 1980s to design research facilities such as the Space Sciences Laboratory and more recently provided project management services for LANL's environmental restoration program.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Michael Higgins stated, "We are proud to remain one of LANL's A-E firms of choice and look forward to continuing our long and productive relationship supporting their critical mission as part of DOE's national defense programs."

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: CALIFORNIA

INDUSTRY KEYWORD: AEROSPACE/DEFENSE GOVERNMENT REAL ESTATE

BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURING PRODUCT MARKETING AGREEMENTS

SOURCE: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.