Jacobs will deliver design services for TasWater's Bryn Estyn Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Upgrade project in Hobart, Australia, which is the primary supplier of drinking water for the city and surrounding areas.
Jacobs was selected to carry out essential engineering modifications as part of a $1.2 billion (ZAR 20 billion) program to extend the operating life of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant near Cape Town, South Africa. Koeberg is South Africa's sole nuclear power plant and generates 5% of the country's electricity.
Jacobs has been ranked as the Top Global Environmental Consulting Firm and No. 2 overall in Engineering News-Record's annual survey of the Top 200 Environmental Firms. The company reported $4.6 billion in environmental consulting engineering revenue for 2020, encompassing the categories of clean energy, air quality, environmental management, water supply and treatment, environmental science, wastewater treatment, hazardous waste and nuclear waste.
Jacobs was awarded a two-year contract from the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy for project management of a wastewater laboratory that will screen and detect for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
Jacobs has successfully applied a machine learning tool – in partnership with the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) in Oregon – that predicts water quality impacts following forest fires.
Jacobs was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract with Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (Spark) to build its Gene Therapy Innovation Center in the University City area of West Philadelphia. When complete, the multi-story facility will serve as a global center of excellence for gene therapy manufacturing and advance the science of gene therapy.
Jacobs was awarded an extension to its Project Management Resources (PMR) contract with EDF Nuclear Generation, operator of the U.K.'s nuclear power plants. The Jacobs team will continue to support the stations, which account for about 17% of the country's electricity output.
Jacobs was selected to design and deliver the First Plasma Radiological Environmental Monitoring System (REMS), a key safety system for ITER, the world's largest fusion energy experiment.
