PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it was appointed
to provide a variety of services for the new Grafton Correctional Centre
in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The new facility will be built at
Grafton, on the state's north coast, under a public-private partnership.
The facility, which is expected to accommodate at least 1000 beds, is
part of $1.2 billion investment in NSW correctional services. The new
facilities are designed to improve rehabilitation efforts and better
accommodate inmate population, mitigating the need for offenders to be
transferred to alternative regions.
Working to the NSW Government, Jacobs was appointed as Security
Technical Advisor and Engineering Technical Advisor and is a
sub-consultant to the lead technical consultant, architects
NBRS+Partners. Jacobs was commissioned by Infrastructure NSW on behalf
of Corrective Services NSW.
Jacobs is also providing more than ten different technical studies
supporting the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Grafton
facility on behalf of Infrastructure NSW.
The facility is expected to be operational in 2019.
In making the announcement, Jacobs Senior Vice President Buildings and
Infrastructure Patrick Hill said, “We are proud to be involved in this
important correctional centre as both technical advisor and
environmental consultant. Our extensive experience on PPP correctional
facilities complements our local environmental knowledge, following our
involvement on projects such as the Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific
Highway Upgrade. We look forward to once again contributing to the local
community in this capacity.”
Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of
technical, professional and construction services.
Statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact
are forward-looking statements. We base these forward-looking statements
on management’s current estimates and expectations as well as currently
available competitive, financial and economic data. Forward-looking
statements, however, are inherently uncertain. There are a variety of
factors that could cause business results to differ materially from 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 2015 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 do not
undertake to update any forward-looking statements made herein.
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Source: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.