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Explore the latest announcements, press coverage and company updates showing the solutions we’re creating with clients, the positive difference we’re making in our communities and the value we’re delivering to shareholders. 

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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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No.2 Global Environmental and Sustainability Consultancy
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Jacobs ranked no. 2 global environmental and sustainability consultancy

In its latest Market Assessment, Environment Analyst ranks Jacobs as the No. 2 Global Environmental & Sustainability Consultancy, recognizing the firm’s leadership in working with client organizations to understand, manage and minimize their impacts to protect and enhance the environment and communities and proactively respond to climate change and the nature crisis.

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Jacobs supported overlook in Seattle reconnects the city and waterfront

Jacobs served as project manager and structural design lead for the new Overlook Walk project, part of the City of Seattle’s wider Waterfront Seattle Program that aims to reconnect the city with its waterfront. Read more about the project, recently opened to the public, and how we developed an innovative plan to manage a nearly 100 foot change in elevation to connect two of Seattle’s top tourist locations.

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Jacobs reports strong fiscal first quarter 2025 results

Backlog Grows by 18.9% Year-Over-Year with TTM Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.3x Repurchased $202 Million of our Shares During Q1 Board Authorizes $1.5 Billion for Company's Largest Ever Share Repurchase Program Increasing Dividend to $0.32/share, a 10% Increase Year-Over-Year Raising FY 2025 Adjusted EPS Guidance Range DALLAS, Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Solutions Inc. (NYSE: J) announced its financial results for the fiscal first quarter ended December 27, 2024. Q1 2025 Highlights 1: Gross revenue of $2.9 billion grew 4.4% y/y; adjusted net revenue 2 up 5.1% y/y Infrastructure & Advanced Facilities gross revenue grew 4.9% y/y; adjusted net revenue 2 up 6.0% y/y GAAP net loss of $17.1 million, down 113.3% y/y; adjusted EBITDA 2 of $282 million, up 23.6% y/y Recorded $145 million in mark-to-market losses on our investment in AMTM, reducing Q1 2025 GAAP net income EPS of ($0.10), down 109.7% y/y; adjusted EPS 2 of $1.33, down 8.3% y/y (tax benefit of $0.49/share in Q1 2024) Backlog of $21.8 billion, up 18.9% y/y; Q1 book-to-bill 1.0x (1.3x TTM) Jacobs' Chair and CEO Bob Pragada commented, "Our focus on the transformed portfolio is already having a positive impact on results. We started FY25 with solid performance across our business, led by strong Water and Life Sciences revenue growth within Infrastructure & Advanced Facilities. As we look ahead to the rest of the fiscal year, we continue to see tailwinds from robust bookings over the last several quarters as well as a healthy pipeline across our end markets

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Jacobs awarded environmental compliance contract with the US Navy

Jacobs was selected by the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic, for a single-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide multimedia environmental compliance engineering support to the U.S. Navy and other U.S. Department of Defense installations globally, but primarily in the eastern half of the U.S., Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Environmental Outcomes
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Driving greater commitment to environmental outcomes globally

Updates to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) P100 Facilities Standards in 2024 expanded the requirement to include “value ecosystem services” for GSA-owned buildings and building projects. Will it be an inflection point for greater sustainability in the federal building sector?

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Jacobs-designed river restoration in Colorado revitalizes South Platte River

Jacobs led all aspects of design for the Lake George Diversion Dam Removal and Upper South Platte River Restoration Project. Named the U.S. Forest Service’s 2024 National Collaborative/Integrated Aquatic Stewardship Award winner, this project restored natural habitats, improved water quality, enhanced biodiversity and provided more enjoyable recreation. Read about the award-winning effort, and our involvement, in this article.