Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced it has renewed its frame agreement with Borealis for work at its facilities in Stenungsund, Sweden. Officials did not disclose the contract value, however noted that under the terms of the five year frame agreement, Jacobs is providing engineering, procurement, project management and construction management services on a variety of projects, each of which is expected to have a total installed cost varying in range up to $11 million. Principally focused on wire, cable and pipe manufacturing applications, Borealis in Sweden supports customers with specialty plastics for some of the large energy supply, oil and water pipeline projects in the world.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (Mobility Authority) for road projects located in the MoPac South corridor in Austin, Texas. Mobility Authority officials estimate the contract value at $6 million. Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is managing environmental and preliminary engineering services as well as public involvement efforts related to the development of approximately nine miles of roadway and overpasses in the MoPac corridor. The Project Team is comprised of staff from the Mobility Authority, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the General Engineering Consultant (GEC), specialty consultants, and Jacobs, all of whom are working together as a single team to deliver the project.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that it received a contract from Minera Chinalco Peru S.A. to perform a feasibility study for the expansion of its Toromocho copper mining facilities in the Morococha District of Peru. Officials did not disclose the contract value, but noted that the project is expected to be executed out of Jacobs' Lima, Peru office with assistance from its Santiago, Chile and Tucson, Ariz., US offices. Jacobs has been working on the Toromocho copper project since 2006. The mine is located at an altitude of 14,700 to 16,400 feet. The current phase of engineering, procurement and construction management is nearing completion. Under the original design, the facility is capable of treating 117,200 tons of ore per day and producing in excess of 210,000 tons of copper annually, plus byproducts of silver and molybdenum.