PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today its joint venture
with Aurecon received a contract to carry out the engineering design for
the multi-billion dollar WestConnex
New M5 Project in Sydney, Australia.
WestConnex is a critical part of the New South Wales (NSW) Government’s
integrated transport solution. The project aims to significantly reduce
the congestion impacting hundreds of thousands of NSW road users every
day.
The New M5 motorway is the largest section of the WestConnex project
tendered to date and is being delivered by the CPB Contractors Dragados
Samsung joint venture, with the Jacobs/Aurecon joint venture providing
multi-disciplinary engineering design services.
The New M5 is expected to double the capacity of the heavily congested
M5 East motorway corridor, providing new twin tunnels 9 kilometers long
between Kingsgrove and St Peters.
Commenting on the announcement, Jacobs Senior Vice President Buildings
and Infrastructure Patrick Hill said a core team of 75 staff from Jacobs
had already been mobilized for the project. “We are very proud to be
contributing to such a globally significant project, one that is set to
have a positive impact on Sydney’s road network for many years to come.”
To assist with the coordination and integration of design with other
parties, three dimensional design and building information management
(BIM) systems are being used to design and document elements of the
project.
Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of
technical, professional and construction services.
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Source: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.