Jacobs says planned spinoff continues of its Critical Mission Solutions business, which employs 16,000 of its 60,000 employees, but KBR said on Aug. 21 that a rumored purchase "does not align with ... its capital deployment and strategic priorities and thus is not being pursued.”

The participation of the Associated Builders and Contractors, which joined a seven-state lawsuit, is cited as a factor in the vaccine mandate injunction applying in all 50 states.