Did you know many tunnels feature shrines to pay homage to Saint Barbara, the patron saint and protector of miners and tunnelers? Dig in for more about our tunneling work, Saint Barbara and how these converge at Jacobs.

Opens European flagship office in London, supporting the company's growth strategy in Europe and the Middle East

Fiscal 2019 was a year of transformation and growth at Jacobs. The company updated its strategy and financial targets at its Investor Day in February, completed the divestiture of its Energy, Chemicals and Resources business in April, completed the acquisition of KeyW in June, and announced its acquisition of Wood's nuclear business in August. All of these actions are in line with the company's strategic focus in higher value solutions.

The introduction of the new brand marks a transformational milestone for Jacobs, moving from an engineering and construction company to a global technology-driven solutions company.

In support of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, a Jacobs team recently sponsored a nationwide competition to identify new space exploration technologies or innovations with game changing and breakthrough potential. Discover how the inaugural winning technology will enhance critical aspects of human spaceflight safety, affordability and more!

Jacobs was selected by the U.S. GSA Federal Systems Integration and Management Center to provide support to the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center.

Changing the radio station. Picking up something you dropped. Tending to passengers in the car. Every distraction, regardless of size or level of importance, compromises road safety. With so many things pulling at our attention, what can be done to stay focused while driving?

Jacobs today announced expanded leadership roles for Bob Pragada and Kevin Berryman, effective December 1, 2019.

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.

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.