Highways England Renews Jacobs Contract for Historical Railways Estate
December 15 2015 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
Helping Preserve the U.K.’s Railway
Heritage
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it was
reappointed as the sole supplier of professional services to
Highways England Historical Railways Estate (HRE) for a term of up
to five years. Highways England is responsible for managing a
portfolio of 3,400 structures including legacy bridges, viaducts,
tunnels and similar listed properties associated with closed
railway lines throughout the United Kingdom.
Jacobs is providing technical professional services from
feasibility studies through to detail design, with contract and
site management services including structural assessment,
environmental and estates management.
For more than 10 years Jacobs has assessed, designed and managed
the delivery of over 1,000 structures, and worked 240,000-plus
hours with zero incidents or injuries across the HRE portfolio.
While helping to safeguard these important heritage assets, Jacobs
has generated more than $7.5 million (£5 million) in efficiency
savings through 54 ideas during this period.
In making the announcement, Jacobs Buildings &
Infrastructure Senior Vice President Bob Duff stated, "We are
delighted to continue our longstanding relationship with the
Historical Railways Estate. We are drawing upon our extensive
capability and retained knowledge from disciplines across the
country. Having worked with Highways England for more than 25
years, Jacobs understands its vision and the key drivers for
continuous improvement across this vast portfolio.”
Jacobs delivers major transportation projects
globally, and in the U.K. supports Highways England on the
A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement project and
the M1Junction 19 Improvement Scheme, as well as providing design
services for three smart motorway projects.
Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers
of technical professional and construction services.
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