In August we brought together executive leadership and black leaders from across the world to meet with industry partners, clients, board members – and even an American sporting legend - to celebrate our wealth of black talent, empower them to lead and to drive inclusion across all levels of Jacobs.

Partnering with industry-leading agencies, universities and consulting partners, American Public Transportation Association (APTA), with support by Jacobs’ Global Technology Leader for Track & Civil Mike Loehr, delivered a symposium for educators to learn about the broad range of careers in rail and transit through technical presentations, hands-on demonstrations and by touring sites. Read about the exciting gathering and insights in this piece.

We challenged our employees to join the Plastic Free July pledge. In this article, our employees share their top ideas to help you go plastic free year-round.

This Ugandan community is susceptible to river flooding for more than three months every year – making for a treacherous commute to markets, schools and medical facilities. This summer, Jacobs transportation engineer and project manager Erin James and nine other women from across the industry joined forces to build a bridge to a safer, healthier future for the 1,700 people who call Kibembe home. Erin reflects on her experience on the first-ever Bridges to Prosperity Women’s Suspension Build in this piece.