Jacobs today announced new leadership roles for Ken Gilmartin and Patrick Hill, effective Aug. 1, 2020, within its People & Places Solutions (P&PS) line of business.

Jacobs and Australian rail group John Holland will deliver design and construction services to Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) for the More Trains, More Services - North Works Package project.

Jacobs has developed a new COVID-19 modeling software program that is based on accepted probabilistic modeling techniques, and fuses publicly available datasets for COVID-19 infection statistics, sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention isolation guidelines, other publicly available data, and client or organizational-level data, and explores the differences between virus propagation based on various non-pharmaceutical interventions.

Jacobs plans to release its fiscal third quarter 2020 earnings results before market open on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, and will host a conference call at 12:00 p.m. ET, during which management will make a presentation focusing on the company's results and operating trends.

Jacobs was appointed by Hanwha Energy Corporation to deliver owner's engineer services to support the design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of a new 100 megawatt alternating current (MWac) solar photovoltaic power plant in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia.

The Board of Directors of Jacobs has declared a quarterly cash dividend payable to shareholders in the amount of $0.19 per share of Jacobs common stock. This dividend will be paid on August 21, 2020, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 24, 2020.

Jacobs and NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program recently achieved a major milestone at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) as the motor segments of the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) arrived by rail at KSC in Florida on June 15, 2020. The twin SRBs are part of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), which will be used to send humans to the moon, Mars and beyond.

Jacobs was selected to provide project management consultancy to Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to rehabilitate the Koramangala & Challaghatta (K&C) Valley Used Water Treatment Plant in Belur Nagasandra, India.

Jacobs was selected by LLW Repository Ltd (LLWR) to provide multi-disciplinary technical services at the U.K.'s national disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste as sole service provider on the Repository Infrastructure Framework.

Jacobs is continuing its leadership in public engagement solutions, with the launch of a new, fully customized, online and interactive Jacobs' Virtual Event Space. As part of Jacobs' global suite of digital solutions, the Virtual Event Space can be tailored to deliver deep and meaningful engagement for any client, partner or project.

Jacobs provided architecture, engineering, construction management and turnover services for a world class biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, Cruiserath Biologics based in Dublin, Ireland, which, has won the Project Execution category at the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) 2020 Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA). The award recognizes innovation in facilities serving the regulated healthcare industry. The factory, optimized for rapid product changeover and future use as a multi-product facility, will support Bristol Myers Squibb in meeting growing global demand for its medicines.

Jacobs, in a joint venture with Aurecon, is delivering sewage treatment planning and design services to Urban Utilities in a three year program. Urban Utilities is a distributor-retailer responsible for delivering vital water and sewage services to households and businesses in South East Queensland, Australia.