Jacobs to build federal courthouses in Jackson

A U. S. General Services Administration contract for an $88 million federal courthouse in Jackson was recently awarded to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. of Pasadena, Calif. The site is on 5 acres.

Jacobs will provide construction management for both design and construction of the courthouse, which will accommodate 12 courtrooms in 425,000 sq. ft. of space.

Jacobs has been part of GSA's Federal Courts Program for the past 16 years and have managed other significant courthouses.

Jacobs, with more than 35,000 employees and revenues approaching $5 billion, provides technical, professional and construction services globally.

May & Co. opens branch office in Clinton

May & Co. LLP, certified public accountants and consultants, recently opened a branch office at Parkman Executive Plaza at 961 Highway 80 East in Clinton.

The move will enable the company to better service clients in Clinton, Bolton, Edwards, Flora, Raymond and Byram with tax and financial consulting services.

May & Co.'s has expanded three times in the last four years. Other new offices include a branch office in Tallulah, La., and a "virtual" office in Millport, Ala.

Energy, water projects get funding

The U. S. Senate recently adopted a bill that provides more than $135 million for Mississippi energy and water projects in 2004:

The bill provides:

• More than $44 million for construction in the Yazoo Basin
  
• $34 million for operation and maintenance of existing flood control projects and $34 million to deal with Mississippi River levee deficiencies
  
• $600,000 for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the LeFleur Lakes Flood Control and Economic Development Project in Hinds and Rankin counties
  
• $7.4 million for construction, operation and maintenance at Pascagoula Harbor and $10.9 million for the DeSoto County Wastewater Treatment Project
  
• An increase from $25 million to $100 million for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Administered Section 592 program, which provides grants on a cost-share