The International Water Association awarded its 2018 Project Innovation Awards, recognizing VCS Denmark and its Beyond Energy Neutrality Program, supported by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., as an outstanding example of innovation in the water sector.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a contract by the City of Edinburgh Council in Scotland to help develop the strategy, delivery plan and detailed business case for the transformation of Edinburgh City Center. The City of Edinburgh Transformation Program is a multi-million-dollar investment to improve community, economic and cultural life of one the most iconic cities in the world.

As a proud supporter of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) advancement, Jacobs employees partnered with Let’s Talk Science to invest in Canadian youth through the organization’s annual challenge, which supports the development of youth across Canada through STEM education.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., through its joint venture Jacobs Engineering S.A. (JESA), has been awarded a four-year contract from the Millennium Challenge Account-Bénin II (MCA-Benin II) for the implementation of the Benin Power Compact, which will strengthen the national electricity infrastructure of the country when completed in 2022. Jacobs' scope of work includes engineering, as well as project and construction management, for four photovoltaic solar power plants, new transmission lines, new substations and a dispatch center.

Hosted by London First, a group of over 200 leading, cross-sector businesses, this year’s London Infrastructure Summit explored key themes across transport, housing and digital infrastructure, with keynotes including U.K. Minister of State and Minister for London Jo Johnson MP, Chair of the U.K.’s National Infrastructure Commission Sir John Armitt CBE and Crossrail 2 Managing Director Michèle Dix CBE.

The Board of Directors of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. today declared a quarterly cash dividend payable to shareholders in the amount of $0.15 per share of Jacobs common stock. This dividend will be paid on Oct. 26, 2018 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Sept. 28, 2018.

Jacobs is playing an active role in creating a lasting interest and engagement in STEM-based fields among students. We recognize that by providing young minds the exposure and hands-on experience with STEM related topics that we are building our future workforce and the next generation of our country’s greatest STEM leaders.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., in a joint venture with GHD, has been appointed by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) to deliver a feasibility study and environmental impact assessment for a 300-kilometer-long greenfield section of the multi-billion dollar Inland Rail Program in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.'s EVP and CFO Kevin Berryman will present at the Vertical Research Global Industrials Conference in Westbrook, Connecticut, on Wednesday September 5, 2018 at 3:35 p.m. ET and at the Morgan Stanley Global Industrials Conference in Laguna Niguel, California, on Friday September 14, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a two-year contract renewal from Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) for its subsidiary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jacobs Zamel and Turbag Consulting Engineers (Jacobs ZATE), to provide general engineering services at SATORP's facilities in Jubail Industrial City 2 on the Arabian Gulf coast.

From spaceships to visitor attractions, the bubbles in chocolate bars to medical breakthroughs, engineering touches our lives every day. A career in engineering is exciting, rewarding and creative. Yet there is a big shortage of young people who think it could be a job for them. Jacobs is working in our local communities to shake-up people’s ideas about engineering and inspire the next generation of innovators, inventors and problem solvers by showing them what engineers actually do.

Since its opening just over eight months ago, the Mersey Gateway Bridge has welcomed more than 10 million travelers and now in the second half of its inaugural year, the bridge can add one royally awesome journey to its list.