PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a contract from the Texas Army National Guard to provide full architectural/engineering design services for a new Armed Forces Reserve Center and Joint Vehicle Maintenance Facility to be located in El Paso, Texas.

Jacobs' officials did not provide the contract value.

The 176,000-square-foot complex will provide facilities that include office and personnel support areas, ground support equipment, open storage, flammable materials storage, and a controlled waste handling facility. Supporting facilities include maintenance workbays, military vehicle parking, site security measures, and access roads.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Warren Dean stated, "We are delighted to be working with the Texas Army National Guard and Army Reserve as a continuation of our 30-year relationship with the National Guard Bureau. Our nationwide portfolio of similar National Guard projects enables us to provide the expertise and resources needed for such an undertaking."

Jacobs, with over 49,000 employees and revenues exceeding $8.0 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. Although such statements are based on management's current estimates and expectations, and currently available competitive, financial, and economic data, forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. We, therefore, caution the reader that there are a variety of factors that could cause business conditions and results to differ materially from what is contained in our forward-looking statements. For a description of some of the factors which may occur that could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements please refer to our 2006 Form 10-K, and in particular the discussions contained under Items 1 -- Business, 1A -- Risk Factors, 3 -- Legal Proceedings, and 7 -- Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. We also caution the readers of this release that we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements made herein.

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SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.