Jacobs Engineering Increases Quarterly Income as Backlog Grows

SUGAR LAND--August 7, 2018--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Engineering, procurement and construction company (EPC) Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated (NYSE:JEC) (Dallas, Texas) reported strong net earnings of $150 million for the quarter ended June 29, 2018--the company's third fiscal quarter. This compares with earnings of $89 million in the year-prior quarter. With the integration of engineering company CH2M Hill, which was completed late last year, the company's fiscal third-quarter backlog grew from $18.6 billion in 2017 to $27.2 billion in 2018. Industrial Info is tracking more than $77 billion in projects involving Jacobs. Within this article: Details of some of the largest projects involving Jacobs, including those belonging to Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS-A), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) and Bayer AG