For more than 25 years, Jacobs has helped Carol Stream, Illinois, deliver clean, reliable wastewater treatment while building lasting community connections. From hosting family-friendly public events to earning national safety awards and supporting a local Little Free Library, Jacobs’ work goes far beyond operations — it’s a model for infrastructure that supports both public health and civic pride.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s largest capital project is set to transform the busiest commuter railroad in the U.S., easing congestion and dramatically reducing commute times for New York City rail users.
At the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s White Oak campus, the Biodefense Laboratory Complex builds what matters: scientific excellence, secure collaboration and public health advancement. Designed and delivered by Jacobs, the facility brings together state-of-the-art laboratories, a vibrant central atrium, and robust infrastructure upgrades — creating a mission-critical environment where FDA researchers can lead at the forefront of biodefense innovation.
Jacobs is delivering one of the Los Angeles metropolitan region’s most complex and transformative infrastructure projects — the LA Metro D Line Subway Extension Project – Section 1. The expansion will connect downtown Los Angeles to the Westside for the first time in history, reducing congestion and linking riders to the city’s cultural, economic and medical hubs.
Jacobs is serving as program manager for a visionary water reuse project in southern California that will create a resilient drinking water supply and protect the local ecosystem.
As part of the Environment Agency's Incident Response Contract in the Southeast (Hub C), Jacobs, in collaboration with BAM, led emergency works to stabilize Black Potts Weir. The effort protected the weir’s structural integrity, ensured continued operation of the Jubilee flood relief channel and safeguarded critical rail infrastructure.
Jacobs played a central role in the once-in-a-generation transformation of Seattle’s downtown shoreline, delivering both design and construction management across more than 14 projects — from the Elliott Bay Seawall and Main Corridor to the award-winning Overlook Walk and family-friendly Pier 58 and Pier 62 — creating a vibrant, accessible and climate-ready waterfront that connects and welcomes people to Puget Sound like never before.
To serve more than 730,000 residents, the City of Tampa and Jacobs delivered a major upgrade to the city’s only drinking water facility while maintaining continuous service. Using a progressive design-build approach, the team modernized aging infrastructure; increased capacity, flexibility, reliability and resiliency; improved water quality and introduced first-of-its-kind innovations like a zero-discharge stormwater system.
