The U.K. Government is looking for energy reduction technology concepts ready to be demonstrated in U.K. industry. Working closely with the Carbon Trust, Jacobs is helping the U.K. Government in its quest to accelerate sustainable technologies to help reduce energy consumption, cut carbon emissions and strengthen the global competitiveness of industry in the U.K.

The firm is also shortlisted for three Global Water Awards, including Water Company of the Year.

Jacobs received top honors on the 2019 Corporate Equality Index, the U.S.’s premier benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQI+ workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Jacobs’ Division Vice President of Buildings and Infrastructure and Director of the Advance Planning Group Monte Wilson shared his vision for reimagining 35 acres of blighted urban space with the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read more about our plan, alongside Atlanta Downtown Improvement District and Central Atlanta Progress, to create a unified central business district for the City of Atlanta.

“I think in the light of our rapidly changing environment it is clear we must no longer perceive ourselves as apart from nature…It’s our responsibility as global citizens to do all we can to sustain the ecological processes and diversity we all depend upon for life on this little blue planet,” says Jacobs Fisheries Biologist Dr. David Fornander. Read how the organization he serves on the Board of Directors for is providing ecological assistance to at-risk communities around the world, so they can avoid or mitigate, and adapt to, detrimental environmental change.

Recognizing a need to preserve Arizona’s most prized natural resource, while planning for future growth and development, the Town of Gilbert takes proactive steps to ensure residents have enough water now and in the future.

The Natural Resources Defense Council recently released its new High Road Infrastructure Handbook, guidance for moving important infrastructure projects forward to realize lasting community benefits. Jacobs Financial Services Practice lead and Handbook co-author Mike Matichich dives into the new report and its 10-step implementation process in this article.

Jacobs’ Vice President of Innovation & Technology, Europe Bryan Harvey, believes it is time for us all to redefine our place in the social contract – utility companies, supply chain, regulators, government and customers. Why? Because the needs of society have changed, and the utility sector and all its actors have to change with them. Harvey stresses that we need to think longer term and outside of the traditional sector silos to grapple with the needs of the modern – and future – world.

Named by Rolling Stone as America’s Best Amphitheater, Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre is a world-renowned, historical, musical and geological treasure. In this article, discover how our team helped preserve the Red Rocks experience for generations to come with the first ground-up construction at the park in more than a decade.

Jacobs has been recognized by the Australia Government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality in 2018-2019, recognizing Jacobs’ commitment to achieving gender equality and flexibility in its Australian workplaces.

The Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award) recognizes organizations that publicly report verified organization-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and achieve aggressive GHG emissions reduction goals.

This year’s World Water Day theme highlights the goal of securing water for all. In this piece, Jacobs Global Director of Water Peter Nicol shares three suggested focus areas for the water industry to help ensure availability and sustainable management of water for all by 2030.

A successful commercial flight offers a proof of concept for the Seawater Energy and Agriculture System (SEAS).

Jacobs’ Wastewater Engineer Kristen Jackson recently walked a Portland-area news crew through her passion for bettering communities with safe water in a recent “Those Who Serve” feature. Watch her full interview and discover how Kristen – and Jacobs – are working to connect more people to more reliable, safe water and sanitation services around the globe.

Following devastating floods in Colorado, we teamed up with the Colorado Department of Transportation and Kiewit Infrastructure to help affected mountain communities build back better than before. Read how about our nationally award-winning efforts in this article.

The busiest runway at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, 13,000+-foot Runway 17C/35C, is once again open for use. In this piece, Jacobs and DFW discuss how innovative rehabilitation options – and a surprising find – helped save time and costs during the reconstruction effort.

The Millennium Project at Arlington National Cemetery recently received the Diamond Award in the Special Projects category from the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York.

With today’s challenges of urbanization and increased demand for mobility and connectivity, air quality is bearing the burden. Air quality is one of the most important health, economic and environmental challenges facing cities worldwide, and many are recognizing the need to evaluate long term what needs to change to tackle air pollution arising from transport emissions.