Lancashire County Council Awards Jacobs Third Term as a Framework Provider
July 12 2017 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
Supporting important highway and transportation
scheme development through 2021
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has been awarded a
third term as a framework provider of professional consultancy
services across highway, transportation and related scheme
development with Lancashire County Council in the U.K. Lancashire’s
role as Highway Authority is to plan, maintain and upgrade
transport infrastructure, to make the county’s roads less congested
and safer, while supporting local economic growth and easy access
to employment.
The scope of Jacobs’ new contract includes civil engineering
(highway, bridges and drainage designs), geotechnical, landscape
and ecology services. Jacobs will also provide diverse services
relating to traffic modelling and transport planning services,
project management and grant bid preparation.
"Working alongside Lancashire’s team for a third term, not only
through the delivery of significant ongoing services, but to assist
in development of future projects and programmes, ensures we can
help bring local growth and prosperity to the County,” said Jacobs
Senior Vice President, Buildings and Infrastructure Bob Duff. “This
extension is a testament to the hard work and knowledge of our
people and further validates Jacobs leadership in transportation in
the U.K. and around the world.”
Since 2008, Jacobs has worked closely with the Council
delivering a comprehensive range of multi-disciplinary engineering
services related to Lancashire’s transport network through over 800
diverse task orders. These have included key projects such as the
Heysham to M6 Link road, the Preston Western Distributor, the
Preston Surface Water Management Plan, Fylde coast rail study and
significant business case and funding projects.
Jacobs delivers major transportation projects around the world,
including projects in the U.K. for Highways England such as the
Smart Motorways Program and the M1 Junction 19 Improvement Scheme.
Jacobs’ highway and traffic experts are supporting clients with a
range of capabilities from transport planning and modeling,
intelligent mobility, connected vehicle and environmental solutions
to full project life cycle road infrastructure management.
Jacobs is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers
of full-spectrum technical, professional and construction services
for industrial, commercial and government organizations globally.
The company employs over 54,000 people and operates in more than 25
countries around the world. For more information, visit
www.jacobs.com.
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