The Chicago Department of Transportation is using public input, big data, and creative traffic engineering solutions to improve safety and accessibility for all users. Read how we used origin-destination data from a big data provider to develop safer, smarter travel – whether by car, transit, bike or foot – around Chicago’s Logan Square.

The World Health Organization estimates that every day, 3,400 people die in roadway-related incidents. As part of Jacobs’ transportation safety campaign, Global Technology Leader for Performance Management & Policy Mara Campbell weighs in on how to take a stand against these fatalities, whether you’re a driver, pedestrian, bicyclist or passenger.

Road safety is everyone’s responsibility — from drivers and legislators, to engineers and policy makers. In this article, Jacobs announces a campaign to highlight information about road safety and remind each of us of the undeniable statics like that road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years.

Jacobs (NYSE:JEC) and Shell Pipeline Company LP (Shell) deliver on their commitment to protect pipeline integrity and safety and improving coastal ecosystems with the completed installation of a living coastline system along the Ship Shoal Pipeline Corridor in Louisiana.

In celebration of GIS Day, we invited our global geospatial technology leads to join the party. And here’s what they brought.

During Tomorrow's Engineers Week, meet four of our U.K Apprentices and Degree Apprentices who share how their journeys into the industry are shaping their success for the future.

We’re working hard to make a positive impact for future generations,a part of which is ensuring that young people are well-equipped with the knowledge and skill-sets they will need to tackle society’s issues. Our new partner, The London Interdisciplinary School (LIS), aims to do just this.

Jacobs has acquired a 50% share in Simetrica, a U.K.-based organization that specializes in social value measurement and wellbeing analysis.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been detected around the globe in drinking water, in various media at release sites, in human blood serum and in nonhuman biota tissue. Because of the difficulty of breaking the carbon-fluorine bond, PFAS are persistent and widely dispersed in the environment. The risk assessment challenge for scientists, regulators and the environmental consulting community is that are thousands of types of PFAS, some of which have been more widely used and studied than others.

Picture this: A crossing for pedestrians, cyclists and those using mobility scooters that enhances local connectivity in Worcestershire, U.K. The difference? While the road is illuminated with ‘typical’ white LED lights, the crossing is lit up with colored LED lights to facilitate typical behavior of bats, who respond to the red light as they would the dark.

Jacobs recaps thoughts shared at the Women in Construction USA Conference by a woman - Preeti Parthasarathy - and by a man - Tom Price. Both agree that inclusion can be sustainable if we are aware of our words and actions and think less about our differences, not just in gender, but also physically and mentally. What if we changed the focus to what is similar? Find out their secret to success and how to think differently about being similar.

One fifth of America's economic output depends on water; yet the nation's water and wastewater infrastructure is at risk. On Imagine a Day Without Water, Jacobs Global Director of Water Peter Nicol reflects on the changing water narrative. Don’t miss his most recent podcast with the U.S. Water Alliance talking the One Water approach.

Metro Parks, a municipal corporation that oversees parks and recreation services in and around the City of Tacoma, Washington, was recently recognized with a Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management by the National Recreation and Park Association. From a once-marred Superfund site to an award-winning community park, discover how we helped reimagine Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park – a key element recognized with the award.

From a modest start in a small space for five, two days per week in San Francisco, today people on six continents are coworking, with about 66,000-square-feet of dedicated space added globally every day and 5.1 million active members predicted by 2022. Jacobs National Director of Workplace Strategies Amy Manley and Matt Gammel, Jacobs interiors practice lead discuss the evolution of coworking and its path – and future – along the novelty – innovation spectrum.

Tigers, otters and orangutans; oh my! We’ve got your all-access-pass to Auckland Zoo’s new South East Asia Jungle Track project in this piece about our work to bring an immersive zoo experience to life.

Jacobs’ presentations, latest innovations and technologies will be featured at the 70th annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC), October 21-25 in Washington D.C.

Ahead of this week’s International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace event, discover how, in a partnership with Jacobs, the Atlanta Airlines Terminal Company, LLC has taken control of its assets and standardized its business processes to operate more efficiently than ever, in turn increasing satisfaction among more than 107 million passengers annually.

At Tyndall AFB, Jacobs has transitioned the master planning effort into zone development plans and completed 42 program requirements packages which comprise the $2.8 billion Military Construction Program funding request to the U.S. Congress.