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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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Jacobs program recognized with ANG General Thomas D. White Restoration Award win

Jacobs partnered with the United States Air National Guard (ANG) to earn the 2021 ANG General Thomas D. White Environmental Restoration, Installation Award for sustainable work at 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington, Vermont (VT), ANG Base. This award recognizes the team for safely minimizing the disruption to the installation while demonstrating that an effective environmental restoration program is not incompatible with mission-critical objectives.

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Jacobs secures rail contract in Singapore

Jacobs has been appointed as the design consultant for the design and construction of the Tavistock Station and Tunnels, as part of the Cross Island Line Phase 1 project in Singapore. Constructed in three phases, the Cross Island Line is Singapore's eighth Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line with the longest fully underground network. It will serve existing and future developments in the eastern, north-eastern and western corridors – linking major hubs and interchanges and make commuting across the rail network more convenient and efficient.

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Decarbonizing construction in the UK

Jacobs worked with the Environment Agency and supply chain partners to research the use of concrete in the U.K. and recommend ways to further reduce carbon in construction.

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Building a better reef – the coral arks story

Our professional divers work on the coolest projects. What if we told you that we’re helping to preserve and restore corals and other reef ecology in the waters off Vieques, Puerto Rico using innovative, synthetic mini-reefs referred to as “Coral Arks”?

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Jacobs ranked No. 1 on ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms list for fifth consecutive year

Engineering News-Record has ranked Jacobs No. 1 in its list of Top 500 Design Firms. Widely considered the industry benchmark, the annual list ranks both publicly and privately held U.S. companies, based on revenue for design-specific services performed in the previous year. Jacobs has held a top five position in the Top 500 list since ENR’s rankings began in 2003, and we’re proud to retain the top spot for a fifth consecutive year.

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Welcome to the future: Charging on the move

Did you know that transportation accounts for approximately one quarter of all CO2 emissions globally and, in the U.S., it’s the highest CO2 emitting sector? Helping society transition to a net zero economy by 2050 is one of Jacobs’ key commitments in our PlanBeyond℠ 2.0 sustainable business strategy so we’re thrilled to be part of a consortium chosen by the Michigan Department of Transportation and led by Electreon to develop and implement an inductive vehicle charging pilot — the first of its kind in the U.S.

#PullingOurWeight in Partnership with Dow
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#PullingOurWeight in partnership with Dow

During a humid afternoon in late May, a team of Jacobs employees spent the afternoon cleaning up a community impacted by a 500-year flood a year prior, bringing attention to the impact of waste in the environment.