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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-designed water reuse project wins WEF project excellence award

DALLAS, Nov. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Water Environment Federation recently awarded a 2018 Project Excellence Award to the Central Pasco County Beneficial Water Reuse Project, the 4G Wetlands, designed by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC). Since 2010, Jacobs, alongside Pasco County Utilities and the Southwest Florida Water Management District, has provided a full-range of design, permitting and services during construction for the 4G Wetlands, a multifunctional project addressing decades-long concerns regarding groundwater drawdowns in areas affected by public water supply wellfields. "This innovative, reclaimed water project facilitates a more holistic watershed management approach," said Pasco County Project Manager Jeffrey Harris. "The ability to improve an area that has seen severe ecological degradation, coupled with recharging the Upper Floridan aquifer that will provide for a more sustainable water supply for the 2.5 million people of the Tampa Bay region, serves as an example of how to better manage all freshwater resources." The 4G Wetlands consist of a 176-acre groundwater recharge wetland system, the largest human-made system of its kind in the world, constructed on uplands pastures. The system is sized to receive five million gallons of reclaimed water per day to passively recharge the surficial and Upper Floridan aquifers, while protecting water quality. "The wetlands are an important component of the District's mission to provide recharge in an area of hydrologic stress," said Michael Hancock, a project manager for Southwest Florida Water Management District. "In addition, they will provide valuable habitat, and an excellent example of responsible water management." In

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Tackling the complex with the unconventional

On World Soil Day, we celebrate the transformational change at the award-winning Avenue Remediation and Landscaping Project – one of the most significant and complex remediation projects ever to take place in the U.K. Recognized with the Judges' Special Award at the 2018 Brownfield Briefing Awards and the CEEQUAL Excellent Whole Project Final Award, the 19-year remediation program has transformed 98 hectares into a place that can now be used and enjoyed by the community and wildlife. With a total project value of $230 million (£180 million), this project is an example of what can be achieved with even the most difficult of sites. The remediation strategy was developed to address the clean-up and restoration of the land, which was previously a coking works, and was integrated with short term environmental management requirements as well as the masterplan to deliver the community’s long-term aspirations for the site. For World Soil Day, we dig deeper – pun intended – into soil pollution to understand just what it took to restore the landscape – bringing long-lasting environmental, social and economic benefits and resiliency, habitats for wildlife and a development platform for community and residential opportunities. Legacy of heavy pollution One of over a 100 coalfield assets managed by Homes England (under its National Coalfields Programme portfolio) on behalf of the U.K. Government, the site of the former Avenue Coking Works was once known as one of the most contaminated industrial sites in Western Europe. The plant opened in 1956 in Chesterfield and

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Is coastal engineering the answer to thriving, living coral reefs?

Deep beneath the ocean’s surface, vibrant coral reefs mesmerize the eye and mind with vivifying and effervescent color – at least, according to Pantone’s description of PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral, its 2019 Color of the Year. As the oceans and temperatures rise and wave energy increases because of climate variability, the world’s coral reefs – and their vivid color – are at risk. In fact, since a sizzling heatwave in 2016, coral bleaching events (or those that cause reefs to lose their color due to heat and acidity) have killed off nearly half of the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest and most extensive reef system. About half of reef systems around the globe suffered similar devastation – and coastal communities are wondering how best to shore up their coastlines, reduce flooding and protect these valuable habitats for wildlife and recreation, says Jacobs Coastal Planning and Engineering Global Technology Leader Nigel Pontee. “In the next few decades, communities won’t be able to ignore the effects of sea-level rise as millions of people will be impacted,” he shares. “Because of this, there’s more interest in quantifying the benefits of coastal habitats as natural flood and erosion defenses.” Natural infrastructure solutions for coastal habitats – such as planting mangroves or installing new material for oyster or coral reefs – can augment and even offer an alternative to traditional grey engineering structures, like sea walls and levees that are widely used to manage flood and erosion risk. These green solutions can even be

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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

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How online water quality monitoring provides better detection and protection

In 1976, the 50 millionth guest waltzed through the gates of Walt Disney World, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” netted six awards at the 33 rd Golden Globes Awards and Paul McCartney returned for his first U.S. tour since The Beatles. One of the top news stories of America’s Bicentennial year, however, was the outbreak of a mysterious form of pneumonia at the landmark Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. Around 4,000 representatives from Pennsylvania’s chapter of the American Legion met at the hotel in July of 1976. All seemed normal during the four-day event, but several days later many attendees fell ill. By August, hundreds connected to the event were experiencing pneumonia-like symptoms and more than 20 were deceased. Four months later, a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) research microbiologist determined the cause to be an aquatic bacterium – now known as Legionella pneumophilia – often found in watery places such as pipes and air conditioning units. The outbreak in 1976 identified a real threat to large facilities – such as hospitals and hotels – where water travels slowly through the system’s hot and cold piping and disinfectant is lost, providing an ideal environment for Legionella to grow on the pipes, valves, and other plumbing fixtures. Today, Legionella remains a major public health threat with continued yearly outbreaks of Legionnaire’s disease and Pontiac fever, including recent cases in New York and Australia. But what if we showed you how advanced Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and wireless data

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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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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 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 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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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 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