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Protecting the Thames Estuary: Modeling to provide a reliable evidence base to safeguard millions of residents and billions in assets

The Thames Estuary is home to 1.51 million people and more than £400 ($546) billion-worth of assets that are at risk from tidal flooding. To address this challenge, Jacobs and JBA Consulting are leading the Thames Estuary 2100 Modelling Project for the Environment Agency — a key pillar of the Thames Estuary 2100 strategy. The project strengthens understanding of flood risk and provides the robust evidence base needed to guide smarter decisions that protect homes, safeguard critical infrastructure and support sustainable growth. By delivering trusted and unified insights for climate resilience, it’s helping to build a safer future for one of the principal development areas in southern England.
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Jacobs’ data center digital twin featured in NVIDIA GTC keynote

During NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote presentation at the company’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) on Monday, March 16, 2026, the founder and CEO highlighted Jacobs. The NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint and libraries now features a Jacobs Data Center Digital Twin solution that enables developers and owners to plan, simulate and optimize gigawatt-scale artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, known as AI factories, in a virtual environment – improving time to first revenue, efficient energy performance and resilient long-term operations.
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Jacobs recognized for advancing climate resilience and environmental innovation

Jacobs has received five Environmental Business Journal and Climate Change Business Journal awards, recognizing[RK1.1] global leadership in climate resilience infrastructure, digital innovation, nature-based solutions and data-driven decarbonization, along with a lifetime achievement honor for industry leadership.
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How digital twin and analytics improve operations, minimize costs

What’s the common thread between Minnesota’s professional baseball team, Vin Diesel and Lindsay Lohan in The Parent Trap? They’re all twins. About one in every 32 children is born a twin, accounting for roughly three percent of the population and ironically, both Jacobs Global Digital Solutions Director Raja Kadiyala and one of the Replica ™ developers Matt Deavenport, fathered twins. The twinning rate has doubled over the last two decades but spotting a set of twins at the supermarket or on your TV screen is still a fun, somewhat remarkable occurrence. In today’s technological world however, digital representations of physical assets, processes and systems – or digital twins – are rapidly becoming a preferred practice across markets from buildings and railway lines to wastewater treatment and manufacturing plants. By 2020, IDC expects that 30% of Forbes Global 2000 companies will use data from digital twins of Internet of Things (IoT) -connected products and assets to improve product innovation success rates and organization productivity. But what if we showed you how a Jacobs-designed simulation platform and digital analytics are rapidly developing digital twin models – right now – for water and industrial water-related processes, helping a customer improve operation performance, while minimizing energy and chemical usage? 33% reduction in energy consumption using control logic operational improvements [confidential private sector client] 2022 when Gartner predicted digital twins would reach peak productivity We surveyed 30 of our water and wastewater utility partners about big data management in 2017. Resoundingly, respondents noted that the

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How drones are guiding major construction at U.S. ports

In 2019, nearly 40 million flights took to the sky – demonstrating the new heights modern air travel has reached since the first documented flight in history, a short 12 seconds of airtime over 120 feet completed by Orville Wright in 1903. While certainly most well-known for that flight, Wright also is one of the masterminds behind the humble beginnings of one of the most popular technologies of the current decade – unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones. Wright and electrical engineer Charles F. Kettering developed the first functioning UAV, a 12-foot-long wooden biplane with a 15-foot-wingspan, carrying an 180-pound bomb, as part of a secret project during World War I. According to estimates, drone technology today equates to global revenues of more than $127 million across business solutions ranging from NASA exploring drone technology to visit Saturn’s moon, Titan, to Domino’s becoming the first company to use a drone to deliver pizza. Drone technology is touted for its benefits including advancing efficiency and productivity, lowering workload and production costs, improving accuracy and service and heightening security measures across society. But what if we showed you how Jacobs harnessed UAV technology to deliver aerial construction progress images, reducing required data-processing time and allowing the Port of Virginia to make smart, real-time business decisions throughout a $320 million expansion project at the Virginia International Gateway? 60 acre expansion imaged by drone to track construction progress 50%+ more images generated using efficient drone technology to enhance coordination and heighten safety Unmanned aerial

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How this platform revolutionizes management of assets and operations

Cars, factories, ports, refineries, roads, office buildings and even entire cities are already communicating together in ways that fundamentally change how people and systems interact. More than ever, companies are looking for greater efficiency and cost reduction across their enterprise to compete and prosper in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape or risk being left behind. But what if we showed you how implementing an open, intelligent, industrial application platform, various sites at one international manufacturing company realized a 70% improvement in efficiency, safety and emergency response time by leveraging the power of digitization with Jacobs’ ion platform? 70% or more reduction in hazardous incident response time through accurate, real-time information 25% increase in productivity, and 30-40% reduction in maintenance costs Intelligent industrial applications and services First commissioned in a heavy processing market in 2009, ion delivers, extends and manages the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) with the only open, intelligent and industrial application platform. ion contains a modular suite of applications that address critical safety, security, accountability, compliance and performance monitoring and workflow optimization needs within industrial sites and facilities. Jacobs’ ion integrates hardware, IIOT devices, analytics and applications with a robust engine for rules, events, visualization and notifications into a single tailorable platform. The solution uses active monitoring to enhance security and reliability, and automates processes for personnel safety and accountability with location tracking, mustering and emergency notification. Condition-based monitoring and asset material tracking improves plant uptime and availability. Improve worker safety Seeking to automate personnel safety processes and

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Jacobs, King County Wastewater Treatment Division recognized for beneficial green infrastructure

DALLAS , Jan. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE:JEC) and King County Wastewater Treatment Division received the Envision Platinum designation for the new $250 million Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station (WWTS), underscoring its positive social, economic and environmental benefits for the community. The Jacobs-led consultant team worked alongside King County to develop a sustainable and resilient treatment station with conveyance and outfall structure to treat combined sewer overflows prior to discharge into the Lower Duwamish Waterway – keeping an estimated 95 percent of untreated overflows from entering local waterways. Awarded by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) , Georgetown WWTS is the first Platinum-awarded Envision project in Washington state . The ISI Envision rating system examines the impact of sustainable infrastructure holistically across five categories: quality of life, leadership, resource allocation, natural world and climate and resilience. " The Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station integrates technical innovation and sustainable solutions, serving as a community asset," said Jacobs COO and President of Buildings, Infrastructure and Advanced Facilities Bob Pragada . "We developed this project – in close collaboration with King County and the local community – with sustainability as a central theme, showcasing the county's commitment to protecting the environment and proactivity ahead of unpredictable storm and wet weather instances impacted by sea level rise and climate variability over the next several decades." While siting and planning the project, the Jacobs team used 3D models and a Virtual Reality (VR) environment to optimize layouts for function and space planning, ensuring the

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Jacobs named engineering design manager for California WaterFix

Since the time this press release was issued, this project has been renamed the Delta Conveyance Project . Estimated at $20 billion, this program is considered an essential resiliency and climate adaptation strategy that will protect the future of our water supply in California. DALLAS , Jan. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE:JEC) has been selected by the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority (DCA) for engineering design management (EDM) services related to the California WaterFix program. Estimated at $17 billion in 2017, WaterFix is California's largest water conveyance project, designed to bolster the reliability of the state's water supplies, while protecting and enhancing the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary, a vital environmental asset. The California WaterFix program, slated to begin in early 2019, will upgrade outdated and unreliable water infrastructure that is more than 50 years old and dependent on levees that put clean water supply at risk from earthquakes and sea-level rise. "WaterFix is one of the highest profile infrastructure projects in the nation, essential to secure clean water supplies for 27 million people, area businesses and three million acres of agricultural land," said Jacobs COO and President of Buildings, Infrastructure and Advanced Facilities Bob Pragada . "Building on our long-term relationship with California water agencies, DCA will tap into our extensive water infrastructure and engineering design experience to begin modernization of California's water delivery system." Jacobs' initial $93 million contract with DCA will support the preliminary and final engineering design phase of the 15-year program. Major infrastructure components

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Jacobs recognized for technology leadership in digital environment, health and safety services

Jacobs is again rated an industry leader in environment, health and safety (EHS) technical solutions expertise, as confirmed by independent research firm, Verdantix, which released its 2018 Green Quadrant Digital EHS Services report. The assessment placed the most advanced service providers into one of four quadrants: Leaders, Innovators, Specialists and Challengers, based on 113 performance criteria covering the digitization of projects over a wide range of EHS conditions, as well as deployment of innovative EHS technology solutions. “Our leadership is predicated on deep knowledge within Jacobs of our clients’ industries and processes, our ability to integrate both proven and leading-edge technologies and most importantly, our multi-disciplinary EHS professionals who are committed to enhancing efficiencies for environmental protection and safety,” said Jacobs Global Environmental Solutions Senior Vice President, General Manager Jan Walstrom. The report distinguishes Jacobs as a leader among peers for providing digitally-enabled EHS technology services, with seamless management of EHS and operational data for firms operating in high-risk environments. We were recognized for our dedicated team executing on our Technology & Innovation (Jacobs Connected Enterprise) strategy, which is charged with delivering high-value, digitally-enabled innovations for a more connected, sustainable world. Combining digital EHS in-house solutions with a network of technology service partners has enabled Jacobs to enhance EHS using drones, VR technology and wearables. Jacobs’ EHS client benefits referenced by Verdantix in the report include: Leveraging an integrated management system that aligned engineering, supply chain, IT and financial services for a high-tech manufacturing firm to minimize the environmental impact

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Jacobs completes thermal cleanup in Area 1 of Michigan Velsicol Superfund site

DALLAS, Jan. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE:JEC) completed in-situ thermal treatment in Area 1 of the Velsicol Superfund Site in November, removing nearly 60,000 pounds of contaminants from the one-acre treatment zone in St. Louis, Michigan. Due to this successful delivery – which included removing chlorinated solvents, specialty chemicals, oils and petroleum products by heating both the soil and groundwater within the zone to 212° Fahrenheit – the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded the company a $25 million follow-on project to install subsurface components and operate the thermal treatment system across the three acres of Area 2. "We are proud to support the EPA and the local community with the clean-up of this complex site," said Jacobs Global Environmental Solutions Senior Vice President/General Manager Jan Walstrom. "The work on Area 2 will continue to build on our shared successes with the safe delivery of innovative remediation design, construction and operations." The Velsicol Chemical Corp. (formerly Michigan Chemical Corp.) produced various chemical compounds and products at its 54-acre main plant from 1936 to 1978, including the fire retardant polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and the pesticide, DDT. Jacobs has worked with the EPA since 1999 on the clean-up strategy, design and implementation at the Velsicol Superfund site – including constructing dewatering cells in the Pine River bordering the main plant site and excavating and safely disposing more than 750,000 tons of DDT-contaminated sediment. Additionally, Jacobs completed the residential soil clean-up in adjacent neighborhoods, consisting of 111 properties where crews excavated

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How connected vehicle tech is cleaning up LA congestion

Los Angeles seemingly has it all – the glitz and glamor of Hollywood, sweeping hill and canyon-side views and 329 average days of sunshine annually to enjoy on one of many beaches. The U.S.’s most populated county probably won’t be the first to pop up in an internet search of “transportation efficiency,” though. In fact, Los Angeles motorists spent more than 100 hours battling traffic congestion last year, earning the city a top spot on INRIX’s Global Traffic Scorecard for the sixth consecutive year in 2018. But what if we showed you how dynamic travel planning and connected vehicle technology – implemented by one Los Angeles transportation agency with support from Jacobs – is clearing truck travel congestion, and the air while at it? 2x+ expected increase in freight and associated truck traffic volumes by 2035 100+ hours spent in traffic annually by LA motorists Internet of Things technology serves as an enabler to improve issues faced by citizens, such as traffic congestion, flooding, access to broad band services, safety and security, lower utility costs among other services that enhance quality of life, attract businesses and empower economic prosperity. Brian Burkhard Jacobs Global Technology Leader, Advanced Mobility Systems and Project Manager Fueling mobility in southern California An integral link in southern California’s transportation system, the I-710 South Corridor is the primary route in and out of the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Together these container ports, the two largest in the U.S., handle 25 percent of the nation’s

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Big data, IoT and how tech is transforming mobility

From a soda machine on a university campus to revolutionizing London’s travel patterns, Jacobs Global Director of Transportation Kevin Slack discusses what big data and the Internet of Things means for connected mobility. If you wanted to grab an ice-cold Coca Cola® at Carnegie Mellon University in the 1980s, programmers could connect, by internet, to a campus-located machine to check soda availability and preferred coldness – no matter their location. It’s one of the first documented instances of the concept now known as the Internet of Things (IoT). “Smart" is no longer just an adjective for the student raking in straight A's, today smart devices – from cars and TVs to light fixtures, ovens and even full homes – are implanted in society. By the end of 2019, IDC Research estimates that 40 percent of local and regional governments will use IoT to leverage infrastructure such as roads, streetlights and traffic signals into programmable assets. By 2020, BI Intelligence predicts there will be 34 billion IoT-connected devices globally (meaning more than four IoT devices for every person on the planet). IoT devices constantly generate data – GPS trips, Google searches, social media engagement and more – some 2.5 quintillion bytes worth every day. This data creates a massive challenge to collect, analyze and secure. It’s no wonder the World Economic Forum named cyberattacks and data fraud/theft, respectively, in the top five global risks, in terms of likelihood, in their most recent report. Take for example a survey Jacobs conducted with

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Jacobs rated No. 1 in Top 50 Trenchless Firms list for fourth consecutive year

For the fourth consecutive year, we earned the top spot on Trenchless Technology’s Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms list. Welcoming previous leader CH2M in December 2017, Jacobs has now topped the list in eight of the last nine years. Trenchless Technology’s list is developed by comparing firms based on their trenchless billings in the North American market, as well as numbers of trenchless professionals, completed trenchless projects (or subsurface construction projects requiring minimal or no continuous trenches) and a breakdown of what trenchless components made up the projects reported. We reported more than $253 million in trenchless revenue – marking only the second time any company exceeded $200 million in Trenchless Technology’s ranking. This revenue includes more than 1,500 projects during the last five years reflecting components such as auger boring, horizontal directional drilling, microtunneling, pipe bursting, pipeline condition assessment and rehabilitation, utility tunneling and evaluation studies. “As an industry leader in developing and deploying trenchless and tunneling technologies, either on their own merit or as part of larger conveyance projects, Jacobs brings innovative and cost-effective approaches for buried infrastructure assessment, rehabilitation, replacement and new installations for our clients’ specific water, wastewater and energy conveyance projects,” said Jacobs Global Conveyance & Storage Director Susan Moisio. Our top-of-the-list approach in North America can be seen on the Cockburn-Calrossie Combined Sewer Relief Works project, designed to help improve drainage and reduce basement flooding in Winnipeg, and the structural rehabilitation of large diameter interceptor sewers in the Region of York and Greater Toronto

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How smart meters are the real winners in reducing water loss

Whether you root for the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers or the New England Patriots – if your Sunday (or Thursday or Monday night) routine revolves around America's National Football League (NFL) games, your household is one of the 15 million that tune in each week during the NFL season. Every day in the United States, non-revenue water – including water “lost” through theft or inaccurate metering – represents enough clean, treated drinking water to serve those 15 million households, a whopping 6 billion gallons per day according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. This lost water is called non-revenue water because water utilities are making no revenue from it – and it’s a problem facing utilities around the globe. Worldwide, utilities lose approximately $14 billion every year due to non-revenue water. But what if we showed you how advanced Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and real-time analytics – deployed on one utility’s Jacobs-supported pilot – might help others reduce water loss and deliver savings in energy and cost? 450 ultrasonic, smart meters providing real-time water usage and system performance data 100% cellular service reliability with zero downtime Using cellular technologies is an innovative approach to managing non-revenue water, which has traditionally been managed through pipeline leak detection programs. Demonstrating new technologies to get real-time data in Gwinnett County’s water distribution system is providing a model approach for utilities worldwide to significantly reduce water loss and achieve economic and environmental benefits. Ken Thompson Jacobs Global IoT/Smart Sensors Technology Leader

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How the Western Hemisphere’s busiest container port got digital

Every day, nearly a billion dollars of cargo moves through the 27 terminals and 270 berths at the Port of Los Angeles. Known as America’s Port ®, the Port of Los Angeles contains 7,500 acres of land and water along 43 miles of waterfront on San Pedro Bay, just 20 miles from the heart of downtown LA. Fueling almost $300 billion in annual trade, the port serves the main connection for trade between the United States and Asia and is the busiest container port in the western hemisphere. With global maritime trade expected to double in the coming decades – America’s Port just couldn’t afford putting its operations at risk. Global shipping traffic growth aside, the port knew that to stay competitive, they’d need to accommodate enormous new vessels and make some operational changes. The digitization of ports is expected to boost productivity by as much as 30 percent. But what if we showed you how Jacobs helped the Port become one of the first on the U.S. West Coast to explore how using robotic cargo handling equipment, intelligence and other digital tools can continuously improve efficiency, speed to market and reliability? 30% expected increases in productivity through digitization of ports 1.6M TEU capability, helping move a record-setting a total of 9.3 million TEUs at POLA in 2017 Our port experts have worked tirelessly to redevelop an existing conventional container terminal into a state of-the-art automated container terminal without impacting operations. This terminal will now serve as the standard for