DALLAS, July 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC), the Comprehensive Long-term
Environmental Action Navy (CLEAN) program contractor, is part of
the Navy's team that has received the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF)
award, the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) award and the Chief of
Naval Operations (CNO) award for Environmental Restoration Team at
Vieques for its cleanup efforts in Puerto
Rico.
The environmental restoration awards honor individuals, teams,
ships and installations for their outstanding achievements and
innovative work to protect the environment while sustaining mission
readiness. Honorees demonstrate excellence in maintaining and
restoring natural resources for future generations.
The former Atlantic Fleet Weapons training area in Vieques
served as the Navy's premier training range for ensuring combat
readiness of U.S. Atlantic Fleet Forces and for North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) operations. Vieques was named the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's
highest priority for cleanup.
"Jacobs is proud to support the Navy's remediation efforts in
Puerto Rico," said Jacobs
Aerospace, Technology, Environmental and Nuclear Senior Vice
President for Global Environmental Solutions Jan Walstrom. "The team's innovative strategies
for addressing the impacts of decades of military training are
creating a safe environmental footprint for the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico."
Jacobs provided accelerated cleanup and innovative restoration
strategies, including advanced geophysical classification and
remote technologies, risk reduction and green remediation. The
former installation is now part of the Vieques National Wildlife
Refuge. The refuge houses a variety of natural resources, including
subtropical dry forests, lagoons and coral reefs, and endangered
species such as sea turtles, manatees and brown pelicans. These
awards support Jacobs strategy to be a comprehensive solutions
provider to national governments on critical restoration
programs.
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering
solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With
$15 billion in fiscal 2017 revenue
when combined with full-year CH2M revenues and a talent force of
more than 77,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services
including scientific, technical, professional and construction- and
program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government
and infrastructure sectors. For more information, visit
www.jacobs.com, and connect with Jacobs on LinkedIn, Twitter,
Facebook and Instagram.
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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 Form 10-K for the year ended September 29, 2017, 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
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