The U.K. Armed Forces Minister, the Rt Hon Mark Lancaster TD MP, visited our London office this week as Jacobs re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant, pledging to continue our support and advocacy of the U.K. Armed Forces and provide sustainable employment pathways for former service personnel and reservists.

Our team at the Hanford Site recently marked a huge milestone – and minimized potential risks to human and environmental health. Read about their latest accomplishment in this article.

The Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, outside of St. Louis, scheduled for opening at the start of next theatre season, will be a community asset and cultural hub, as well as the anchor for a new downtown Arts & Entertainment District. Go behind-the-scenes of the new facility, designed by Jacobs, in this article.

According to the World Health Organization, most of the world’s population (roughly 58%) spends one-third of their adult life at work. That’s why it’s so important that offices actively contribute to employee’s development and wellbeing. Read how Jacobs’ commitment to the Fitwel program is shifting the paradigm for office design and comfort.

At one time, Schlitz produced the most beer in America and now, its original location is home to a thriving office park with approximately 800,000-square-feet of building space. Find out what’s brewing for the future of our Milwaukee office in this article. Hint: We’re moving downtown to our very own piece of historic, cream city brick.

Protecting our environment, our millions of species and their habitats is more important than ever. How will you make your mark on Earth Day and beyond? Here’s how we are…

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.