Insights for what's next

Explore practical perspectives that turn complex challenges and emerging trends into real-world outcomes.

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OneWater Reflections
Big Questions

An integrated, onewater approach to coastal resilience

Americas Coastal Resilience Director Luce Bassetti explains why effective coastal resilience requires a holistic, integrated approach that recognizes the interconnected nature of challenges on the water’s edge.

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Q&A with Claudia Beer-Davies Jacobs Enterprise Communications Officer for TEAM2100
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Transforming internal engagement on TEAM2100: A Q&A with Claudia Beer-Davies

Climate change has intensified flood frequency and risk, and our urban areas — including our major cities — are under threat. TEAM2100 is a pioneering flood defense program that harnesses the latest talent and technology in an integrated delivery team, but its success relies on seamless stakeholder engagement and communication. Claudia Beer-Davies shares her insights in driving both.

Thought Leadership

Go behind the scenes of our 2023 Rwanda Bridge build

For two weeks in July, 10 of our teammates were stationed in a village in Rwanda building a footbridge across the Kamiranzovu River that will enable the community to safely access critical resources. The team documented their experience – and we’re excited to share it with you in this exclusive feature, giving you behind-the-scenes access to the build.

Q&A with Lawrence Melkowski Jacobs Senior Aviation Planner, Middle East
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The growth of aviation infrastructure in the Middle East: A Q&A with Lawrence Melkowski

For this feature, we caught up with our Senior Aviation Planner in the Middle East Lawrence Melkowski to discuss the factors that influence planning, designing and developing airport facilities and services in the Middle East and how we can effectively balance economic viability with sustainable, technology-driven and environmentally-responsible practices in aviation.

Q&A with Chisomo Lungu Jacobs JavaScript Web Developer
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Meet our data solutions team: A Q&A with Chisomo Lungu

As a JavaScript Web Developer at Jacobs, Chisomo Lungu’s role primarily involves working with cutting-edge web technologies to build and enhance the company’s internal software projects. With a keen sense of aesthetics, a user-focused mindset, and an eye for detail, he works on leveraging React, TypeScript, Node.js, and other related technologies to ensure Jacobs delivers the best possible software solutions for the business.

Aerial view of Staten Island, New York City, and Oil storage in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA.
Thought Leadership

What is the future of freight? Let’s look to the past

While Federal and State governments pour millions of dollars into highway repairs, identifying and developing creative freight system solutions can improve resiliency and add redundancy to a freight system that has seen disruption as the demand for goods increases. Jacobs, the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and StreetLight Data have evaluated one such solutions—moving freight trucks on barges via waterways rather than by road.

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Thought Leadership

Summarizing the intergovernmental panel on climate change’s sixth assessment report synthesis report findings

The conclusion is clear: climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health and the opportunity to secure a sustainable future is closing rapidly. Jacobs’ Global Principal, Climate Resilience Craig Clifton and Principal Technologist, Water Resources & Climate Resilience Tapash Das talk about key messages from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) most recent report – the Synthesis Report.

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Transit-oriented development

Cities today face economic and longer-term systemic challenges. Our latest paper explores how mass transit infrastructure investments, and a transit-oriented development approach can address these challenges and deliver enhanced economic and social outcomes for communities.

  • Future Foundations

    Co-creating the world to come

    From developing climate resilience and transitioning to a low-carbon future, to modernizing and transforming infrastructure, governments and businesses face critical challenges. How they respond will define our future.

    As our clients navigate these challenges, we help them think differently – working together to pioneer tomorrow's infrastructure solutions and build the foundations for a prosperous, secure future. 

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