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.

Luce Bassetti
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.

Claudia Beer-Davies
Q&A with John Gullick
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Why internal mobility is key: A Q&A with John Gullick

Jacobs Senior Project Manager John Gullick has supported several major programs during his time at Jacobs, including the Thames Tideway Tunnel. In this article, he explains how managing people is just as important as managing projects, and that facilitating internal moves for employees is key to retaining the best talent.

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.

Jacobs interns in yellow PPE vests and white hardhats visit a project site
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The Jacobs internship experience: A Q&A with our interns

As our interns make their way back to campus, what better time than now to commemorate our amazing summer together! Our intern champions and mentors recognize that interns learn best when they work on projects and collaborate with team members directly. At Jacobs, interns engage with real-life situations and fully immerse themselves in transformative work.

Q&A with Shawn Makarsky Solutions Architect & Intelex Community of Excellence (CoE) Lead
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Meet our data solutions team: A Q&A with Shawn Makarsky

A member of Jacobs’ Environmental, Health, & Safety Information Management (EHS IM) team, Shawn Makarsky serves as the Solutions Architect & Intelex Community of Excellence (CoE) Lead. In his role, he is responsible for focusing on Jacobs’ Intelex practice, one of the enterprise software platforms with which we have a long-standing working partnership, in the form of configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining various applications that we have developed for our clients.

  • 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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