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Sea spray and waves hitting coastal walkway
PlanBeyond
News Jun 08, 2022

Decarbonizing Construction in the UK

Jacobs worked with the Environment Agency and supply chain partners to research the use of concrete in the U.K. and recommend ways to further reduce carbon in construction.
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Q&A with Ian Sharpe Jacobs Technical Advisor for Program Advisory, Australia & New Zealand
News Jun 07, 2022

The Criticality of Effective Program Management in the Digital Age: A Q&A with Ian Sharpe

For this feature, we caught up with Ian Sharpe, our technical director for program advisory in Australia and New Zealand, to understand the importance of program management, how it helps manage multiple projects and interdependencies effectively, and the role digital technologies play in successful program delivery.
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Q&A with Bob Garrity Engineer Diver Group Lead and Senior Project Manager Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
News Jun 03, 2022

Taking a Deep Dive: Q&A with Engineer Diver Group Lead Robert Garrity

Would you rather work in an office, or under the sea? Meet Engineer Diver Group Lead Robert Garrity as we discuss his love of engineer diving, the ocean and his team.
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Jacobs engineer diver in gear underwater
News Jun 03, 2022

Building a Better Reef – the Coral Arks Story

Our professional divers work on the coolest projects. What if we told you that we’re helping to preserve and restore corals and other reef ecology in the waters off Vieques, Puerto Rico using innovative, synthetic mini-reefs referred to as “Coral Arks”?
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No. 1 Top 500 Design Firms Engineering News-Record
News Jun 02, 2022

Jacobs Ranked No.1 on ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms List for Fifth Consecutive Year

Engineering News-Record has ranked Jacobs No. 1 in its list of Top 500 Design Firms. Widely considered the industry benchmark, the annual list ranks both publicly and privately held U.S. companies, based on revenue for design-specific services performed in the previous year. Jacobs has held a top five position in the Top 500 list since ENR’s rankings began in 2003, and we’re proud to retain the top spot for a fifth consecutive year.
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Looking back on AAPI Heritage Month
TogetherBeyond
News Jun 02, 2022

Looking Back on AAPI Heritage Month: A Q&A with Julie Chang, Chen Chen

This year, we celebrated AAPI Heritage Month with two of our leaders – Julie Chang and Chen Chen – who shared their insights around belonging and how their Asian heritage has helped shape their careers at Jacobs. Get to know Julie and Chen in this Q&A.
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Q&A with Jennifer Lu
News Jun 01, 2022

Working on the Team Laying the Groundwork for the Next Moon Missions: A Q&A with Jennifer Lu

She’s been inside the Crawler Transporter, on the Launch Tower and under the solid rocket boosters of Artemis I. Now, Mechanical Analysis Engineering Manager Jennifer Lu shares what it’s like to work on NASA’s Artemis Program with us in this Q&A.
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Rikers Island transformation vision
News Jun 01, 2022

Jacobs Selected to Reimagine Rikers Island Infrastructure and Landscape

Jacobs has been selected by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to study the feasibility of consolidating four aging wastewater resource recovery facilities into a new state-of-the-art one billion+ gallon-per-day facility on New York's Rikers Island.
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Aerial view of Rikers Island
News May 31, 2022

Is it Feasible to Transform a New York City Jail into a Wastewater Resource Recovery and Renewable Energy Hub?

New York City is studying whether it can reimagine the future of Rikers Island — currently a jail complex — into a wastewater resource recovery and renewable energy hub that could free up precious land for urban transformation.
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Blurred image of a road facing toward a downtown with office buildings
PlanBeyond
News May 27, 2022

Welcome to the Future: Charging on the Move

Did you know that transportation accounts for approximately one quarter of all CO2 emissions globally and, in the U.S., it’s the highest CO2 emitting sector? Helping society transition to a net zero economy by 2050 is one of Jacobs’ key commitments in our PlanBeyond℠ 2.0 sustainable business strategy so we’re thrilled to be part of a consortium chosen by the Michigan Department of Transportation and led by Electreon to develop and implement an inductive vehicle charging pilot — the first of its kind in the U.S.
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 An illustration of how the tunnel will be built under the World Heritage Site, further away from the Stonehenge monument
News May 26, 2022

Jacobs Selected as Part of Design Consortium to Deliver A303 Upgrade Past Stonehenge

England’s National Highways has announced its preferred bidder for the main construction work for the A303 scheme past Stonehenge, with Jacobs included as part of the design consortium together with Atkins and SENER. Read more about the scheme in this article.
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Dow Cleanup Event
News May 26, 2022

#PullingOurWeight in Partnership with Dow

During a humid afternoon in late May, a team of Jacobs employees spent the afternoon cleaning up a community impacted by a 500-year flood a year prior, bringing attention to the impact of waste in the environment.
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