Jacobs Receives a Contract from Florida Department of Transportation's Turnpike Enterprise

Business Wire, April 12, 2005

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that a subsidiary company received a contract from the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT) Turnpike Enterprise to perform construction engineering and inspection for 4.3 miles of Florida's turnpike 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 of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in the Company's 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K.