JACOBS GETS SAUDI ARAMCO, UK RAIL CONTRACTS
PASADENA - Saudi Aramco has awarded a subsidiary of Southern California-based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. a contract to oversee the development of the Hawiyah natural gas liquids (NGL) recovery facility and the Hawiyah gas plant expansion project in Saudi Arabia.
Jacobs will provide project management consultant services, including front-end engineering, as well as project and construction management for the facilities in similar fashion to its existing contracts with Saudi Aramco to perform work at its Shedgum and Berri gas plants.
Officials disclosed the contract value at approximately $100 million.
At the same time, Jacobs announced that the company has signed a "significant multi-functional design consultancy contract" with Britain's Network Rail for work on two sections of its West Coast Route Modernization (WCRM) project.
The West Coast Main Line is said to be the most important route on the country's rail network.
The WCRM project is scheduled to deliver 125 mph train speeds, reduce journey times, and significantly increase capacity over this route by 2004.
Company officials did not disclose the value of the contract which calls for Jacobs to provide a range of technical services on the 85 mile route from Euston to Rugby - which lies off the line linking London and Birmingham.
Work will include the master planning of the works and the design configuration control process "to provide Network Rail with the tools to manage a tight program of great complexity, "according to a company press release.
"Jacobs will in parallel undertake any necessary work to ensure completeness of outline design along the length of this section of route. Other services include detailed design along with the provision of expert services to assist Network Rail with the management and implementation of the project," the release said.
Jacobs employs more than 35,000 people and generated revenues approaching $5 billion last year.
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