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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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Bringing ambitious and like-minded leaders together in Riyadh

Jacobs Women’s Network (JWN) kicked off a movement in Saudi Arabia to explore the value of gender equity in bringing sustainable social value to our communities and the world – and achieve Saudi’s Vision 2030 in line with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs.)

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Bob Pragada assumes role as Chief Executive Officer

Following its leadership succession plan previously announced in September, Jacobs confirms Bob Pragada has been named Chief Executive Officer effective Jan. 24, 2023. He is expected to join the Company's Board of Directors upon certification of the results of its Annual Meeting today.

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Opening doors and perspectives through mentorships: Kristen Jackson’s story

Each month in 2023, we’re focusing on one of the 10 essentials we all need for success in these fast-changing times. Relationship centric is about investing time and energy in understanding others to build collaborative trust. Becoming a mentee or mentor is one way to exchange ideas and create connections. In this piece, Portland, Oregon-based Kristen Jackson, water engineer and group leader, tells us about her experience.

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Develop skills for life: 9 unbeatable reasons to pursue an apprenticeship with Jacobs

England’s National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) is an opportunity to showcase the diverse opportunities that apprenticeships offer and celebrate the achievements of apprentices and the positive impact they make to communities, businesses and the wider economy. There is greater choice than ever at Jacobs with the range of apprenticeships we offer. Our business and the world need innovators and problem solvers who aren’t afraid to reframe the challenge and think differently to help create and deliver the right solutions. Apprenticeships can provide core and practical skills that will shape and create a generation of leaders that can solve for the future – design thinkers, innovators, collaborators and communicators. #OurJacobs apprentices work across our business supporting a variety of projects, major programs, corporate functions and even our research and development facilities. We recruited over 100 new apprentices in 2022 in the U.K. and aim to grow that number further in 2023. Across the country, we have apprenticeship opportunities ranging from entry level to degree level in a wide variety of disciplines including Civil Engineering, Town Planning, Quantity Surveying, Maintenance & Operations Engineer, Quality Practitioner, Nuclear Scientist/Nuclear Engineer, and many more. Explore our Early Careers page for a full list of our apprenticeship vacancies coming soon. Our apprentices work on live projects within multi-disciplinary project teams, while training with an approved apprenticeship training provider, so they build a range of relevant technical skills and knowledge they need to establish a rewarding career with us. Why become an apprentice with Jacobs? Gain fantastic insight