PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that it and the Port of Long Beach earned national recognition for excellence in construction management from the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA). The Ocean Boulevard/Terminal Island Freeway (OBTIF) Interchange project in Long Beach, Calif., was named winner of a Project Achievement Award in the category of infrastructure projects with a constructed value of less than $50 million. CMAA presented the awards during its National Conference & Trade Show held in Chicago on October 7-9. The awards are presented annually to projects and programs that reflect outstanding achievement in the professions of Construction and Program Management. A panel of industry judges selected the dozen honored projects, in diverse size and type categories, from among more than 100 nominations. Jacobs was construction manager on the project owned by the Port of Long Beach. In presenting the award, the judges commented, "Fifteen percent of all of America's imports begin their distribution journey in trucks traveling on Ocean Boulevard. Before this project, the boulevard was at grade and included several signal-controlled intersections. This project replaced this congestion-prone highway with a half-mile elevated freeway and a diamond interchange. After the project was affected early on by unforeseen conditions, Jacobs worked with the contractor to develop a series of innovative proposals that accelerated the remaining work and put this vital roadway improvement into operation as quickly as possible."
