The Jacobs Board of Directors has approved a $1 billion incremental share repurchase authorization and a 13 percent increase to its quarterly dividend rate.

Jacobs plans to release its fiscal first quarter 2019 earnings results on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, prior to market open and plans to host a conference call at 10 a.m. ET, during which management will make a brief presentation focusing on the company's results and operating trends.

Jacobs completed in-situ thermal treatment in Area 1 of the Velsicol Superfund Site in November, removing nearly 60,000 pounds of contaminants from the one-acre treatment zone in St. Louis, Michigan.

Over the past four months, Jacobs has partnered with Resilient Melbourne to deliver a series of three events focused on how we can utilize emerging technologies to help Melbourne “Survive, Adapt and Thrive.” The aim of the series was to explore global learnings in a local context, and to bring together stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to advance conversations that matter across topics that are critical to the resilience of Melbourne.

With a global shift to clean energy growth, is hydrogen part of the decarbonizing solution? In this article we explore what’s driving the need for change and some of the work underway to test the vision of a future with hydrogen.

Adopted ten times faster than personal computers, smart devices certainly have impacted much of our lives today. But what about the transportation market? From a soda machine on a university campus to revolutionizing London’s travel patterns, Jacobs Global Director of Transportation Kevin Slack discusses what big data and the Internet of Things means for connected mobility.

Truck trips along the I-710 South Corridor, home of the two largest U.S. container ports, are expected to nearly double by 2035. What if we showed you how Jacobs and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority are exploring how connected vehicle technologies can reduce traffic and air congestion along this crucial 18-mile connection in the global trade network?

Trenchless Technology’s Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms list hit – topping the list again? Us!

With no new water on Earth, communities cannot afford to waste this precious resource. What if we showed you how Jacobs, as part of a pilot study team with Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources, is deploying cellular technologies to better manage water loss and track water usage?

The number of reported illnesses caused by water-borne Legionella bacteria have increased by nearly nine times in the U.S. since 2000. What if we showed you how Jacobs, alongside Cisco and s::can, designed a powerful, online monitoring system to monitor water quality and protect public health?

India is experiencing an astonishingly rapid shift in the movement of people from rural to urban centers. What if we showed you how Jacobs and Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited are promising India’s residents new pathways to economic vitality and vibrant urban living, with creative reconnection to its golden past?

In a world of instantaneous customer service and big brand dominance, providing a memorable user experience is no longer just a nice to have, it’s business imperative. What if we showed you how Jacobs and Costain are using a cloud-based customer service model to improve mobility along more than 2,000-miles of highway in East Sussex?