Jacobs Engineering Group will work with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to oversee a Federal Railroad Administration program under a potential five-year, $70 million contract. Jacobs will provide monitoring, technical assistance, review and training to grantees and borrowers of the FRA Grant and Loan program, Jacobs said Tuesday. “Passenger and freight rail systems are vital components […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has won a contract to provide architectural design, engineering and construction management services at military distribution centers run by the Defense Logistics Agency. Jacobs will perform work at various domestic and international DLA sites under the potential three-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Jacobs said Tuesday. “We are delighted to continue our ongoing relationship with […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has won an award for a Novartis facility that it provided design, engineering, procurement and construction management services for. The  U.S. Flu Cell Culture Facility at the Novartis Campus in Holly Springs, N.C. won the 2013 Facility of the Year Award from the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, INTERPHEX and Pharmaceutical Processing […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has acquired Australian professional services company Sinclair Knight Merz for $1.2 billion in an effort to expand in various regions, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Stuart Pfeifer writes that Jacobs anticipates its annual revenue to grow by 10 percent due to the transaction. Craig Martin, Jacobs CEO, told the newspaper the company […] More

Ken Buckbinder, former senior director of business development at Koniag’s government services business, has been named a director at healthcare management and technology consultancy ARDX, FedHealthIT reported Thursday.

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KeyW has received a five-year, $57M task order to help the U.S. Army manage content and knowledge assets.

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AECOM has secured one of six contracts worth up to $970 million in total to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency manage a partnership effort to reduce potential risks from weapons of mass destruction and related technology. John Vollmer, president of AECOM’S management services group and a three-time Wash100 recipient, said in a statement released Wednesday […] More

Three companies have won spots on a potential five-year, $48.8 million contract to provide engineering,  architectural and environmental services to the Air Force Reserve Command’s headquarters. The Defense Department said Thursday contractors will perform work at Robins Air Force Base, AFRC host bases, other active bases and rented locations through June 13, 2023. AFRC received seven proposals for the indefinite‐delivery/indefinite‐quantity […] More

CH2M has pledged a donation of $1 million to create an endowed professorship within the Oregon State University’s College of Engineering. The company said Thursday an endowed professor will be appointed to teach at the college for a term of up to five years through the CH2M Hill Professorship in Civil Engineering Fund. Scott Ashford, dean of OSU […] More

AWE has selected digital technology firm Atos to support the installation of a supercomputer designed to validate nuclear warheads as part of a nuclear deterrence program in the U.K. Atos said Monday its Bull Sequana supercomputer will work to help AWE assess the safety and reliability of Trident nuclear warheads through a science-based computational program. AWE […] More

Ninety-nine student teams from high schools and universities in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Brazil and other countries will participate in NASA’s three-day Human Exploration Rover Challenge that will kick off March 30 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama. NASA said Wednesday the Marshall Space Flight Center will host the competition that will require […] More

Fulcrum will provide program management, engineering, technical and professional services to the U.S. Special Operations Command under a potential $900 million contract the command awarded in June. The company will support global special operations forces as part of the SOCOM-Wide Mission Support Group contract, which includes a five-year ordering period, Fulcrum said Tuesday. Fulcrum CEO Jeff Handy said the company’s […] More