1947-1969
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1947
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Joseph J. Jacobs went into business as Jacobs Engineering Co., operating as both an engineering consultant and a manufacturers' representative for process equipment.
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1956
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With 20 people on staff, we completed our first substantial chemical project: engineering of a caustic chlorine plant for Kaiser Aluminum in Louisiana.
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1960
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Awarded our first design-construct project: a potash flotation plant for Southwest Potash Co. By project's end, our staff had expanded to 150 people.
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1963
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Southwest Potash Co. received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Kirkpatrick Merit Award for their Vicksburg plant's potassium nitrate process technology, which we helped develop.
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1964
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Began feasibility studies on our largest project to date: the $500 million Dead Sea Project for Arab Potash Company in Jordan.
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1966
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Designed our first diatomaceous earth (DE) facility. Went on to design virtually all the DE plants built in the U.S. over the next decade.
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1967
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Began work with U.S. Borax at their plant in Boron, California, the world's largest borax-producing facility. This launched our long-term relationship with U.S. Borax, providing design-construct services at their facility.
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1967
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Now over 300 employees strong, we opened our first satellite office in New Jersey to establish proximity to a client.
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1970-1990
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1970
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Became a publicly owned company and saw our stock listed on the American Stock Exchange in 1971.
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1974
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Opened our Dublin, Ireland office as a project office.
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1974
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Expanded our geographic coverage to the Gulf Coast with our entry into the hydrocarbons market.
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1974
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Started our first major chemical project abroad: E&C management of a $25 million pharmaceutical plant for Syntex in Ireland.
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1976
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Began an EPC project to expand Pennwalt Corp.'s alkyl mercaptans facility, increasing world production by 50 percent.
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1978
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Completed a decade in which we designed/constructed more than one-third of the uranium projects in the U.S. Jacobs now had over 1,600 employees.
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1982
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Began our first major program for the federal government: a contract to help the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) remediate 24 low-level radioactive sites in 10 states, at a cost of nearly $1 billion.
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1986
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Awarded our first biotechnology research and production facility assignment by Genetics Institute.
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1986
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Concluded 20 years of sustained effort on the $500 million, 1.2 million-ton-per year Arab Potash Project in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
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1986
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Received our second Exxon Corporate Safety Award, for completing 2 million accident-free workhours.
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1989
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Moved our stock to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:JEC), gaining better exposure in a more prestigious, less volatile market environment.
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1990
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Received the first of many Business Roundtable Construction Industry Safety Excellence awards.
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1991-Present
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1991
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Passed the $1 billion mark in annual revenues.
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1992
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Awarded our first international pulp & paper project: Fabrica De Papel De Maracay, Maracay, Venezuela.
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1993
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Expanded our international presence in the United Kingdom and India. Staff now numbered over 5,300.
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1993
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Awarded construction engineering services on the $700 million Foothill Transportation Corridor, California's first modern toll road, for the Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA)—the first of many.
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1995
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Awarded engineering and design services for the development of Genentech's Vacaville, California grassroots bulk biopharmaceutical manufacturing complex for genetically engineered drugs. This 300,000-square-foot complex was the largest of its kind in the world.
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1995
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Broadened our international network to include offices in France, Spain, and Italy.
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1996
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Completed services for Advanced Micro Devices' fast-track Fab 25 project in Austin, Texas. One of the most advanced wafer fabs and the largest cleanroom production facility in the world, Semiconductor International magazine named this "Fab of the Year."
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1996
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Listed in Fortune magazine's "Top 1,000 Companies." Ranked the third largest construction design-build firm by Engineering News-Record magazine.
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1997
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Extended our global reach to include Chile, and expanded our presence in Mexico. Our staff (including affiliates) numbers over 15,000 people.
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1997
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Awarded engineering and technical services by Oswal Chemicals and Fertilizers for three 2,000-metric-ton-per-day (MTPD) Diammonium Phosphate/NPK Plants and a 2,650 MTPD Phosphoric Acid Plant-the world's largest-in Paradeep, India.
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1998
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Increased ownership in our Mumbai, India subsidiary to 70 percent.
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1998
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Beaumont Services Company, LLC (BSC) and William Beaumont Hospital win the Infoserver's Editor's Choice Award for Most Visionary Relationship. BSC is a limited liability company composed of the hospital, Jacobs, and Price Waterhouse.
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1999
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Increased our service capability to a wide range of clients, with expanded presence in public and private sector facilities, infrastructure, and technology markets.
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1999
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Fortune Magazine named us Most Admired E&C Company.
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1999
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Expanded our presence in Greater Europe and the Middle East as part of our multi-domestic global strategy.
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1999
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Entered into a Global Alliance Agreement with Kellogg Company, to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services for multiple capital projects in North America, Latin America, and Europe.
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2000
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Began managing Ford Motor Company's Dearborn Proving Ground wind tunnels and cold rooms - the first-ever stand-alone asset management contract in automotive industry. This contract resulted in operational responsibility for all Ford's North American wind tunnels.
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2000
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Began program and construction management under a joint venture for the City of Detroit's Wastewater Treatment Rehabilitation Project, one of the largest such facilities in the world.
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2001
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Gained presence in Canada and strengthened our upstream oil and gas capabilities.
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2003
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Once again named Fortune Magazine's Most Admired E&C Company.
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2004
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Expanded our global presence in the infrastructure market by acquiring Babtie Group Ltd. and enhanced our refinery capabilities by acquiring a portion of Fortum's Neste Engineering Oy.
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2004
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Jacobs acquires Leigh Fisher Associates, a leading international airport consulting firm based near San Francisco, California. In addition to enhancing Jacobs’ capabilities in the airport and aviation sector, the acquisition provides synergies with the company’s transport consultancy capabilities in road, rail, shipping, and airline operations.
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2004
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Jacobs’ Board Elects Noel Watson as Chairman of the Board.
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2006
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Jacobs Names Craig Martin as CEO—Noel Watson is Executive Chairman.
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2006
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Fortune Magazine Names Jacobs the Most Admired Company in the E&C Industry
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2006
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Jacobs Acquires Techna-West Engineering Limited, Canada. Founded in 1977, Techna-West emerged as an industrial service supplier for clients such as Suncor, Syncrude, and Petro-Canada, and evolved to offer full-service capabilities in all engineering disciplines.
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2006
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Jacobs Acquires W.H. Linder Company, based in Metairie, Louisiana; and Houston, Texas. They specialize in upstream/offshore engineering.
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2007
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Jacobs Two-for-One Stock Split (March 2007)
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2007
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Jacobs Acquires Edwards and Kelcey, Inc. Founded in 1946, they are a nationally recognized engineering, design, planning, and construction management firm serving public and private clients in the fields of transportation, planning/environmental, communications technology, buildings/facilities, and land development.
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2007
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Jacobs Wins U.S. Air Force Mentor-Protégé Nunn-Perry Award.
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2007
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Jacobs Consultancy Acquires John F. Brown Company. Founded in 1973, JFB is a nationally recognized airport management consulting firm specializing in financial planning and business advisory services for clients in the United States.
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2007
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Jacobs Acquires Carter & Burgess. They are a nationally recognized engineering, design, planning, and construction management firm serving public and private clients in the fields of transportation, planning/environmental, communications technology, buildings/facilities, and land development.
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Since 1947, our commitment to "being there" for our clients has resulted in tremendous growth and change—in our scope of services, geographic locations, and markets. This page shows a partial list of milestones we've achieved so far during our company's lifetime.