Shaping possibilities

To help us challenge the accepted and shape the new standards our future needs, our three growth accelerators — Climate Response, Data Solutions and Consulting & Advisory services — create connections between the global market trends, our client solutions and our company purpose.

We engage at every stage of the challenge. Unlocking the possibilities to produce outcomes and solutions for the world’s most challenging issues and critical infrastructure — helping our clients ensure people are connected, have clean energy and water, live in a secure environment, have access to life enhancing therapies and more. Across our sectors, we bring deep capability in high-capacity, fast-ramp projects and more than 50 years of integrated major program delivery experience to support our clients’ most complex needs.

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Advanced Manufacturing

  • We’re delivering four of the largest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plants in the U.S. We’re designing the facilities and managing construction for multiple site locations across North America and Europe to expand manufacturing capacity for sustainable EV batteries. This includes our environmentally thoughtful approach to our work with Cirba Solutions, a comprehensive battery materials and management company for end-of-life batteries and gigafactory scrap, to expand a circular, more sustainable manufacturing capacity at its North America locations. We’re also delivering across all aspects of the EV future – from planning fleet transitions to building charging infrastructure and battery manufacturing plants, to helping transit agencies, municipalities and state transportation departments win, plan and deploy EV infrastructure funding or other incentives through significant Acts in the U.S. and EU.
  • We’re capturing unprecedented growth in semiconductors design and construction management in the U.S. and Europe. Ranked No.1 by Engineering News Record for Semiconductors, we’re currently designing semiconductor projects in the U.S., Europe and Middle East.
  • We’re partnering with some of the world’s largest technology and data center providers to address critical sustainability and carbon neutrality challenges and driving innovation with renewable power and water technologies.

There are significant ways to reduce the environmental impact of data centers, such as implementing energy-efficient technologies, using renewable energy sources and adopting eco-friendly practices in building construction and operation. Read our insights →

Cities & Places

We ranked № 1 on Engineering News-Record (ENR)’s 2023 Top 50 Program Management Firms for the third consecutive year, and № 1 on ENR’s 2023 Top 500 Design Firms for the sixth consecutive year. Image: Metropolitan Transportation Authority

  • Jacobs is a key player in the design and delivery of major programs that bring the Saudi Vision 2030 of economic transformation through the delivery of social infrastructure. Working with JASARA, we are providing project and construction management consultancy services for THE LINE, NEOM Company’s (NEOM) linear and cognitive city under development in the northwest of Saudi Arabia. THE LINE will play a leading role in NEOM’s aim of establishing itself as a new destination for global tourism, industry and innovation.
  • We’re facilitating urban transformation, including leading a master planning engagement in New York City to explore the transformation of Rikers Island from a jail complex into a wastewater resource recovery and renewable energy hub. The redevelopment is an opportunity to consider how to drive social equity and inclusive economic development in several New York City communities. We continue supporting the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations by providing program-level process- and procedure-improvement support, existing facilities surveys and analyses, and other project-specific support.
  • In Texas, U.S., we’re providing program management services to Austin Independent School District’s (ISD) largest capital improvement program in its history – addressing critical aging infrastructure that will deliver enduring benefits to the community for decades to come. Leading a segment of the program, we’re specifically overseeing the development of ten schools within Austin ISD, as well as district-wide security improvements, technology upgrades and maintenance.
  • We’ve worked closely with Expo 2020 Dubai since 2015 and continue to support the transition and evolution of Expo City Dubai, the location for the 28th UNFCCC’s Conference of the Parties (COP28). More than 80% of the physical infrastructure has been retained and the site transformed into an innovation-driven and people-centric city of the future, creating a legacy for the community’s continued economic success. We continue to support as program manager, as well as providing strategic support to help shape the sustainability strategy and decarbonization roadmap.
  • Social value and social equity are core values at Jacobs. They are foundational to our approaches to sustainability, inclusion and diversity and to the key services we provide to our clients globally. We work with our clients, partners and supply chains to create impactful solutions that drive a more equitable distribution of benefits for the communities in which we live and work. Our partner and fully-owned subsidiary Simetrica-Jacobs specializes in social value, wellbeing research and impact evaluation, and has contributed to internationally endorsed methods set out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and government-produced guidelines, including the U.K. Government’s HM Treasury Green Book. Simetrica-Jacobs helps us go beyond traditional economic models of measuring benefit, enabling our clients to optimize their decision making to improve outcomes for individuals, for communities and for businesses.

TEAM2100: Providing resilience for generations to come

In the U.K., working collaboratively as an integrated delivery team with the Environment Agency and Balfour Beatty, we plan, inspect, refurbish and improve flood defenses along 330-kilometers of the River Thames and reduce the risk of tidal flooding to protect 1.4 million people, over 4,000 different assets and more than $396 billion worth of property in London, Essex and Kent. | Discover more →

Future City Making: Embracing Complexity

As city agents, we have the power to deliver outcomes to help cities tackle a complex world and unlock hidden total value for all. We share four ways urban change agents can approach contemporary challenges. | Get your copy →

Investing in Sustainable Buildings

The need to reduce carbon emissions while scaling up our cities to meet urban growth demands has implications for how we design, construct, operate and maintain buildings. Find out why “going green” needs to be top of your priority list and the solutions that will get you there. | Read our insights →

Energy & Environment

We’re program and construction management partner for thyssenkrupp Steel's $2.5 billion effort to decarbonize its steel mill in Duisburg, Germany. The project encompasses a new process using green hydrogen for iron reduction, replacing traditional coal-powered blast furnaces with hydrogen-powered electric smelters. Image: ®thyssenkrupp Steel Europe

  • We’re accelerating contaminated sediment clean-ups for environment and infrastructure projects, addressing and mitigating risks to public health, welfare and environment by supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ambitious goals of cleaning up and restoring 22 out of 25 remaining Great Lakes Areas of Concern by 2030.
  • Through an Engineering Partnering Agreement, we’re supporting Fortescue Future Industries on a variety of decarbonization projects across its global ammonia, green hydrogen and renewable energy project portfolio spanning 25 countries.
  • We provided Project Management Office services during construction of Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park, Australia’s largest hybrid energy farm consisting of wind and solar generation. It was the first of its kind to be built in Australia and the first renewable energy project for Iberdrola in Australia.
  • Supporting renewable, new energy technology, security and energy resiliency efforts, we completed the underground engineering for the HDD company, the design-build contractor, for Oregon State University’s PacWave South commercial-scale, ocean wave energy testing facility — the first pre-permitted, full-scale test facility for wave energy devices in the U.S.
  • One of the U.K.'s largest coastal habitat creation schemes, the Steart Coastal Management Project is an example of working with nature to restore habitats, mitigate flood risk and respond to climate change. As the lead consultant for the Environment Agency, we designed and supervised the construction of new wetlands to provide flood protection, biodiversity enhancements and recreational benefits.
  • Building on a more than 15-year relationship with National Grid, under a new General Management Consultancy Framework we’re supporting the energy utility’s business service operations needs in the U.S. and U.K.

Transforming Substation Sustainability: Smart Strategies to Enable our Energy Transition

Aligned with our Climate Response accelerator, we’ve curated a suite of sustainable substation solutions that can be used by utilities globally as they build their own ‘Substation Sustainability Toolbox.’ Read our insights →

Health & Life Sciences

WuXi Biologics Drug Substance Manufacturing Facility Image: WuXi Biologics

  • We’re delivering design, construction support and commissioning, qualification and validation for a greenfield monoclonal antibody manufacturing facility. The project uses sustainable design elements and digital design replication to execute a flexible facility that can reduce the time to get products to patients in need.
  • We provided construction management services to support the development of WuXi Biologics’ 26-hectare biomanufacturing facility, in Ireland, that incorporates leading-edge technology optimized for the flexible production of diverse drugs. Now in final stage qualification to deliver lifesaving drugs to patients, the facility won the Industrial (over €10m) Category of the 2023 Irish Construction Excellence Awards and was the 2023 operations category winner for the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering’s Facility of the Year Awards.
  • We’re designing a new integrated mental health complex in Western Sydney to provide vital mental health care services to a fast-growing population in Australia.
  • We're providing engineering, procurement and construction management to Spark Therapeutics, Inc. to build its Gene Therapy Innovation Center in West Philadelphia, U.S. 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.
"As we continue to research, develop and scale new therapies for patients, our Gene Therapy Innovation Center will bring hundreds of the greatest minds in gene therapy together under one roof and serve as a Roche center of excellence for gene therapy manufacturing globally."

Spark Therapeutics

National Security

  • Around the globe, our clients are navigating the digital transformation and we’re at the forefront of this growth to provide the necessary digital capabilities, products and tools to meet these challenges head on. Through a new space support contract with North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) and the newly formed, U.S. Space Force, we’re using our Data Solutions and out-of-the-box thinking to manage the transition from legacy systems to updated 21st century digital operations.
  • Along with our teammates on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions contract, we supported the planning, integration and execution of the successful flight test of the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System, which demonstrated the capability to detect, track and intercept a medium range ballistic missile during its terminal phase of flight. This was the third successful flight test conducted with the Standard Missile-6 Dual II with Software Upgrade, achieving a critical milestone in mission readiness and interceptor capability.
  • Through our latest indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW), we’re performing multi-discipline Architecture-Engineering Services in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and other approved areas of responsibility. Read how we supported NAVFAC SW with design, engineering and landscape architecture services for the new F-35 Centralized Engine Repair Facility & Pilot Fit Facility at Naval Air Station Lemoore, home to the U.S. Navy's largest strike fighter base.

Transportation

The Red Sea International Airport, which welcomed its inaugural flight in September, is set to become a global transit hub for travelers worldwide. Our team developed its design, incorporating a customized digital focus and technologies throughout. Image: Red Sea Global

  • We’re helping to deliver the U.K.’s Transpennine Route Upgrade — this transformative, major program of railway improvements will provide better, faster, more sustainable journeys to passengers traveling across the route spanning 70 miles and 23 stations. The program is also maximizing the social value opportunities that it brings — improving quality of life and supporting social mobility to leave a lasting legacy in the North of England.
  • Using Jacobs’ Streetlight Data Software-as-a-Service offering, we’re helping transportation agencies make better decisions: from aiding cycling and active transport planning, identifying road safety hotspots and solutions, to diagnosing the infrastructure needed to boost equitable access. In the U.S., we’re helping the New Jersey Department of Transportation to study the benefits of marine highways to improve the resiliency of the freight network and support the state’s carbon emission reduction efforts.
  • In Denmark, we’re collaborating with PA Consulting to provide research and strategic management advice to support the operation and maintenance of The Copenhagen Metro as it continues to deliver modern, future-ready services.
  • Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) aligned projects continue to accelerate in the U.S. We’re helping to deliver critical infrastructure as part of the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project, an iconic connector of economic development between Ohio and Kentucky, expected to improve traffic flow and maintain critical regional and national transportation corridors.
  • We’re leading and managing the 10-year renovation of the S Concourse at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, U.S., to modernize the 50-year-old concourse. Our strategic advisory services will drive sustainable solutions to support Pacific Northwest’s tourism and business gateway.
  • As Project Management Office partner, we supported the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Grand Central Madison program in New York – the first expansion of the Long Island Rail Road in over 100 years and one of the biggest transportation infrastructure projects to be completed in North America in recent history. Opened to the public in 2023, the ambitious transit project modernizes and strengthens the regional rail network, delivering greater connectivity, easing congestion and dramatically reducing commute times on America’s busiest commuter railroad.
  • Saudi Ports Authority embarked on a development and modernization program to transform the King Abdulaziz Port in KSA into a mega-container hub and increase the Port’s capacity to an estimated annual handling capacity of 7.5 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEU) when the planned expansion works are fully completed. Our extensive experience in designing and managing the construction of container terminals allowed us to understand and navigate the complexities of the project while maintaining business continuity during expansion.
  • Collaborating with PA Consulting and other organizations, we're PRIME Consultant for the U.K. Department for Transport (DfT) on its latest Specialist Technical and Commercial Advice for Rail and Other Transport Modes (STARThree) Framework to support the department's portfolio of rail and other transport mode agreements, major projects and programs, and its policy and strategic work in transport. We bring diverse experience in rail and other critical transportation infrastructure to support DfT in creating more connected, greener transport choices that will help communities and businesses to thrive.

Explore our Data Solutions Suite to learn more about some of our software and data solutions across Transportation, Water and National Security.

We’re providing executive program management and oversight services to the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) at Orlando International Airport, US. Through infrastructure management at the airport's new Terminal C, Jacobs will help GOAA accommodate an additional 10-12 million passengers annually.

Water

Part of the innovative Strategic Pipeline Alliance, the biggest drinking water grid program in the U.K. in a generation, we’re supporting Anglian Water’s key strategic aims to make the East of England resilient to the risks of drought and flooding and to be a net-zero carbon business by 2030. Image: Matthew Power Photography

  • We’re providing construction management and design support services for New Zealand’s Central Interceptor, the supersized wastewater tunnel, which will play a crucial role in ensuring cleaner waterways in central Auckland and future-proof the wastewater infrastructure for the city’s growing population.
  • We're actively introducing our advanced digital solutions to our clients across the globe. Notably, our collaboration with the City of Wilmington, U.S., stands out as a prime example of our commitment to driving positive change. In Wilmington, Aqua DNA and Intelligent O&M play a pivotal role in their journey towards risk reduction, enhanced plant operations, waste and energy conservation and a transformative shift towards a net-zero energy footprint. Both solutions are part of Jacobs' partnership with Foundry. Aqua DNA supports the city with real-time data through smart sensors, while Intelligent O&M delivers direct, predictive guidance to frontline Operations & Maintenance staff.
  • We’re providing program management, owners engineering services and strategic funding advisory services to Inland Empire Utilities Agency for a major regional water management program that will incorporate indirect potable reuse to create a more sustainable, drought-resilient local water supply in one of the largest groundwater storage basins in Southern California, U.S.
  • To save precious water in a drought-ridden region of the Mojave Desert, the U.S. Army engaged Jacobs to design, then own and operate, a new Zero Liquid Discharge water treatment plant, the Irwin Water Works at the Army’s Fort Irwin base. We’re helping the Army save over 280 million gallons of water yearly – achieving Army Net-Zero water usage standards.
  • We’re supporting Public Utilities Board (PUB), Singapore's National Water Agency, to design and supervise construction and commissioning of the Changi NEWater Factory 3 (CNF3), the third NEWater plant to be located at the Changi Water Reclamation Plant and one of the world's largest and most advanced water reclamation plants. CNF3 will be one of the first reclamation plants globally to use Membrane Bioreactor filtrate to feed reverse osmosis membranes.
  • Part of a design joint venture, we're delivering engineering and design services for Sydney Water's Upper South Creek Advanced Water Recycling Center project and associated delivery pipelines in Sydney, Australia. This transformational project boosts water resilience for this growing region and helps enable the future development of smart, sustainable and livable communities.
With a OneWater approach we view all water as a valuable resource, not as stormwater, wastewater or drinking water, but as one water resource that we use, reuse and manage holistically.

Space

We’re providing technical leadership and support to NASA’s Space Launch System Program at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. Image: NASA

  • We provide critical support to NASA’s human exploration endeavor at multiple field centers around the U.S. At Kennedy Space Center, Florida, U.S., where we were recently awarded the Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering & Test (COMET) contract, a follow-on 10-year agreement to provide ground and launch operations support, our team is modifying and updating launch equipment and facilities, software and procedures to reflect the addition of crew on board Artemis II. This mission will be the first crewed flight of the rocket and spacecraft, and Jacobs is working with NASA to prepare the ground systems and operations at Kennedy Space Center to safely launch the 4-person team.
  • As part of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program landing and recovery team, our team played a key role in developing the procedures and hardware that will be used for Orion crew capsule recovery operations for Artemis II. Ensuring the safety of the crew requires relentless focus and practice for every aspect of the mission from launch to splashdown – we supported NASA’s first open ocean test for the crewed Artemis II mission to verify the processes and equipment.
  • After seven years of anticipation, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft landed back on Earth on September 24, 2023, carrying an estimated 250 precious grams of 4.5-billion-year-old rock material collected from asteroid Bennu. The rocks and pebbles captured from Bennu represent the purest samples to be returned to Earth in NASA’s history. Jacobs scientists, engineers and technicians are responsible for carefully protecting this material from a host of contaminants, and the atmosphere itself, on its journey from Utah to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, U.S.
  • On this episode of If/When, Dr. Peggy Whitson, Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight, discusses the future of human spaceflight and the role that privatized, commercial endeavors will play to help us push the frontiers of human space exploration.

The Crew Module Test Article is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean during NASA’s Underway Recovery Test 10.

Image: NASA