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Jacobs reports strong fiscal second quarter 2026 results

Robust Q2 gross revenue and adjusted net revenue growth of 27% and 9% y/y, respectively Record backlog of $27.0 billion, up 22% y/y with TTM book-to-bill ratio of 1.4x (1.2x Adj. NR) Engineering News-Record ranks Jacobs #1 Design Firm and #1 in Manufacturing Repurchased $220 million of Jacobs shares in
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Energizing tomorrow’s STEM minds and vibrant communities

Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is at the epicenter of developing the future and addressing complex issues such as urban migration, catastrophic climate threats, cybersecurity and natural-resource stresses. The National Science Foundation predicts that 80% of jobs created in the next decade will require mastery of STEM disciplines, and still, there’s a shortfall in talent to tackle rising challenges. Part of the issue? Younger generations are losing interest in STEM often before their teen years. Take, for example, a study by Ranstad North America – where 52% of student respondents reported not knowing anyone in a STEM profession, but 90% rated creating video games as a fun career option. As the innovators behind the infrastructure, technologies and systems that touch daily lives, STEM professionals have an incredible opportunity to bring visibility to and spark more interest in our careers. Whether we’re working on critical projects, in partnership with our clients and suppliers or taking steps as individuals to make a positive difference – at Jacobs, we’re focused on inspiring future generations to rise to the challenge and join us in the promise of delivering a more connected, sustainable world. Here’s how, by inspiring STEM opportunities, building the next generation and sustaining strong communities, we’re doing just that: Inspiring STEM opportunities They say, “you don’t know what you don’t know,” and one of the most impactful issues behind the STEM shortage is communicating these disciplines in a way that’s relatable. Rising to the challenge, two Jacobs employees in Belfast, U.K

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ENR names Jacobs as no. 1 design firm

Engineering News-Record has ranked Jacobs No. 1 in its list of Top 500 Design Firms in the world. Jacobs has held a top five position in the Top 500 list since ENR’s rankings began in 2003, and for a second consecutive year, we’re excited to be at the top spot. "Jacobs is transforming into the leading, next-generation solutions provider addressing the world’s critical challenges," said Jacobs Chair and CEO Steve Demetriou. "We are on a mission to create a new kind of professional services company; building on an innovative, inclusive culture to make Jacobs a partner of choice for clients and the employer of choice for the world’s best talent." Jacobs also took the top spots in the government offices, health care, entertainment, mass transit and rail, marine and port facilities, airports, aerospace, sewer and waste, hazardous waste, water transmission lines and aqueducts, wastewater treatment plants, sanitary and storm sewers, site assessment and compliance, clean air compliance, industrial process, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, electronic assembly, and towers and antennae industry lists. ENR’s report, published in its June Sourcebook issue, indicates the current market may be the best ever in its tenth year of growth, despite experts and economists that say it can’t last, yet industry execs feel the growth will continue. The Top 500 firms had a record total design revenue of $101.16 billion in 2018, up a whopping 7.7%, from $93.90 billion in 2017. Nearly all market sectors included in the Top 500 survey reflected gains last year, especially on the

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Imagination inspired

This week a group of our U.K. apprentices celebrated completing their apprenticeship training alongside graduates finishing Jacobs’ two-year Europe Graduate Development Program (GDP). The 60 apprentices and graduates will continue their career paths with Jacobs in a variety of disciplines from railway and civil engineers to transport planners, environmental scientists, and project controls and construction roles. With nearly 800 graduates, technicians and apprentices currently training in Europe, a planned further 250 new graduates and 50 apprentices are to join the business in Europe this summer and the GDP is also launching in Poland and Italy. Originally involved in developing the GDP 25 years ago, Jacobs Buildings and Infrastructure Europe Senior Vice President and General Manager, Donald Morrison, said: “I am incredibly proud of our graduates and apprentices for all that they have achieved so far and I look forward to seeing them continue that journey – inspired to be their very best and curious to reinvent what the future looks like.” Donald was also awarded Honorary STEM ;Ambassador by STEM Learning during the joint ceremony at the National STEM Centre. Presented with the gold Honorary STEM Ambassador badge by Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Chair of STEM Learning, Donald shared: “I am honored to receive this award and proud to continue to promote the fantastic work of the STEM Ambassadors across Europe. Our own STEM Ambassadors network includes many of Jacobs’ graduates and apprentices – all passionate about helping young people engage in engineering and the variety of disciplines in our

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Jacobs wins contract to help build the largest shipyard in the Arabian Gulf

DALLAS, June 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE:JEC) has been selected by SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corporation to deliver engineering services for Packages 4, 5 and 6 of the King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries and Services project at Ras Al Khair in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). "This award continues Jacobs' long-term commitment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where we have mobilized world-leading engineering expertise to support the ongoing diversification of the Saudi Arabian economy," said Jacobs Buildings and Infrastructure Senior Vice President and General Manager Patrick Hill. "Our partnership with SEPCO continues the established track record with Chinese civil and marine contractors to deliver major infrastructure developments across the globe." The shipyard complex covers an area of 4.3 square kilometres and, when complete, will be the largest in the region, providing a combination of offshore structures fabrication, new ship building and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services. The Jacobs team will deliver detailed design services to the project including piers, dry-docks, ship lift, buildings, supporting infrastructure, utilities, telecommunications and security systems. The project, owned by Saudi Aramco and its JV partners, is closely aligned with Saudi Vision 2030, the government's strategy to grow and diversify the Saudi economy. It aims to leverage the rapidly growing maritime needs in the Kingdom and build local manufacturing and design capabilities, while delivering a world-class facility that will provide an unprecedented mix of products and services in the region. "SEPCO awarded the engineering contract to Jacobs with the expectation

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UK Clean Air Day: Making change together

The effects of poor air quality on human health and the natural environment are widely understood and addressing air pollution is a global priority. Air pollution comes from five main human sources: household, waste, industry, agriculture and transport, and almost every major city in the world has issues with air pollution. Global Action Plan coordinates Clean Air Day, the U.K.’s largest air pollution campaign, mobilizing thousands of people to learn about, and get involved in, pollution-busting activities. In 2018, these included 550 events with street closures, electric vehicle test drives, car-free school runs, mass cycles and e-bike trials. The campaign reached 970 million people and generated more than 1,750 media mentions and 50,000 social posts [1]. Jacobs supports this national campaign, with several offices across the U.K. holding events on Clean Air Day to help raise awareness among communities and colleagues. Some of the activities link with Bike Week (June 8-16), which encourages people to rethink their everyday journeys and switch to cycling as an alternative, sustainable way to get around. Our Glasgow and Edinburgh offices are competing to see which office travels more sustainably! Guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to provide global context, we recently reviewed and strengthened our sustainability priorities, taking Jacobs’ global sustainability strategy to the next level. Our PlanBeyond™ strategy provides our framework for planning beyond today for a sustainable future. It includes committing to a 20% reduction in travel-related emissions by 2022. Jacobs is working with cities, government agencies and organizations globally

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How this growing Georgia city tackled its traffic in real-time

The world’s population is growing by 1.10 percent per year. In fact, the global population is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030. While rapid population growth can be good for the economy, it will also have a dramatic effect on infrastructure, especially when it comes to transportation. In 2006, the City of Johns Creek, Georgia, was incorporated. After its inception, residents were surveyed on issues they wanted addressed, and traffic ranked first. Since then, Johns Creek has become the 10th largest city in Georgia with over 80,000 residents and has needed to invest in transportation infrastructure and solutions to accommodate the rapid population growth. What if we showed you how Jacobs and the City of Johns Creek are accommodating this population increase and improving the efficient and safe flow of goods, services and people by monitoring traffic flows and responding in real time? 80K+ residents and growing – creating need for infrastructure investments, especially for transportation 72 traffic signals throughout the city linked to one central point for traffic data – the Traffic Control Center – through fiberoptic communications Intelligent Transportation Systems require a higher level of maintenance and operational expertise to realize their potential benefits. The technology is awesome, but people make it work. Tom Udell Jacobs Chief Traffic Engineer, Former Deputy Public Works Director with the City of Johns Creek Creating a world-class traffic control center Jacobs and the City of Johns Creek are in a public-private-partnership, with Jacobs providing a range of municipal services, including public

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Ohio ACEC recognizes Dublin Road Water Plant with Grand Award

Faced with potential regulatory exceedances, seasonal taste and odor issues, aging infrastructure and increasing water demands, the City of Columbus Department of Public Utilities (DPU) contracted Jacobs to select treatment technologies that would meet drinking water regulations and increase overall water treatment plant reliability. The $285 million capital improvements project at the Columbus, Ohio Dublin Road Water Plant (DRWP) expanded the treatment capacity and added state-of-the-art treatment technologies (ozone, filtration with BAC and ion exchange) to meet U.S. drinking water regulations. The upgrades also provide DPU with increased reliability and barriers against future potential regulatory concerns. Extensive collaboration with DPU staff during planning, design and construction was essential to successful project completion. Completed in 2018, the DRWP improvements resulted in the largest nitrate removal ion exchange facility in the nation and the first ozone and biologically active filter treatment combination to be commissioned in Ohio. In recognition of project success and technical accomplishments, the Jacobs project team recently received the Grand Award at the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Ohio’s 2019 Engineering Excellence Awards. Treatment capacity increase project has multiple objectives Increased treatment capacity; increased consumer safety; reduced operating costs; and reduced capital expenditures – these objectives all factored into the DRWP Treatment Capacity Increase Project, in addition to DPU’s wish to embrace sustainable design, construction and operations throughout the project. What would become one of the DPU’s largest infrastructure upgrade projects began in 2010, when the Jacobs project team led a blue-ribbon panel of Columbus staff and

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How 1 of the industry’s most effective remediation approaches helps clients go green and sustainable

Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo; chips, queso and salsa – some things just work best together. Kind of like how the subgrade biogeochemical reactor (SBGR) technology creates the perfect confluence between sustainability, reduced cost and accelerated cleanup. For more than a decade, the SBGR technology developed by Jacobs has been used for sustainable and effective treatment of soil and groundwater contaminant source areas and groundwater hot spots. In fact, we developed several innovative SBGR approaches at Travis Air Force Base (AFB) in California – which supported Travis’ completion of the U.S. Department of Defense’s first American Society for Testing and Materials ( ASTM) International greener cleanups self-declaration – and currently, we have more than 30 SBGR projects in various stages of operation or development with federal and private clients. But what if we showed you how Jacobs’ research and development is leading an evolution of the bioremediation industry – designing, testing and implementing new SBGR configurations that are opening doors to new biology-based remediation approaches to sustainably accelerate treatment at some of the most difficult hazardous waste sites? 30+ active Jacobs’ SBGR projects in various stages of development or operation with federal and private clients 930 tons reduction of annual carbon dioxide production at Travis AFB through green and sustainable remediation techniques 200 cars = annual equivalent carbon emission reductions Over the past ~3.6 billion years of evolution, nature has solved some of the most complex problems on the planet. Many of the environmental remediation challenges we face

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How the City of Calgary is converting organic waste into sellable compost in just 60 days

A significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, contributing to global climate change, are the emissions resulting from the decomposition of organic waste in landfills. Organic materials, including waste that can be readily recycled or composted, account for a significant portion of the overall waste stream. Realizing that food waste and yard materials made up more than half of the residential waste stream for the City of Calgary, leadership embarked on constructing a sustainable method to manage this material, as well as dewatered biosolids generated from municipal wastewater treatment facilities. In 2010, the City retained Jacobs to develop a Waste Organic Materials and Biosolids Master Plan. Through this strategic project, we identified and evaluated technologies for processing Biosolids from Calgary’s wastewater treatment facilities, alternatives to landfilling for the management of organic materials and processing of the waste materials for reuse. But what if we showed you how Jacobs and the City met and exceeded these technology and business objectives for organic waste reduction, with the resulting City of Calgary Composting Facility? 46% reduction in city waste sent to landfill from single family homes 100K+ tons of source-separated organics processed – achieving a 10-year goal in just one year! We're very happy with the success of the Calgary Composting Facility after one year. The amount of organic waste that's come to the facility has exceeded expectations, so that's great news because it is more diverted from the landfill than we anticipated heading in. City of Calgary Former Organics Program Manager Waste

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Calculating the greenhouse gas impacts of residential waste

Climate change is an issue that affects us all. Our use of energy and consumption of goods and services, directly and indirectly, accelerates the release of greenhouse gases (GHG) which cause additional heat to be trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere. Businesses and communities across the globe are already experiencing disruptions from the resulting changes to seasonal and short-term weather patterns, and those impacts will get worse if substantial reductions to GHG emissions don’t happen soon. As a result, many state and local government agencies in the U.S. have set aggressive GHG reduction targets with the message that if policy changes don't happen in Washington D.C., they will happen at the local level. While these goals are admirable, we often find that numeric targets were set based on consistency with the aims of other agencies, and without a specific action plan. Consequently, staff are sometimes left wondering what is needed from different departments and sectors, and how to assess progress towards long range goals. The answers are not always obvious. One major U.S. west coast city is actively working to achieve goals for reduction of both the community-wide and municipal GHG footprint, with near-term interim targets and a long-range carbon neutrality goal. Among inter-related initiatives, the City wanted to better understand the consequences of possible alternatives for management of the solid waste generated by the community. To that end, Jacobs developed a "Residential Waste GHG Calculator" to provide City-specific system-wide comparisons of the lifecycle GHG impact of various solid waste management

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Dynamic delivery: simulating Melbourne’s water future

Melbourne is on track to surpass Sydney as Australia’s largest city within the next decade, adding nearly 120,000 new residents in 2018 – some 327 people per day. As this population growth increases demand on water resources and systems, Melbourne Water – a Victorian Government authority – is tasked with managing and protecting Melbourne’s major water resources. Among the improvements being studied and proposed is an upgrade at one of the utility’s two large water treatment plants, Winneke Water Treatment Plant (WTP) to install an ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system. Originally constructed in 1980, Winneke WTP now treats more than 40% of Melbourne’s total drinking water, sourcing water from Sugarloaf Reservoir. Sugarloaf Reservoir is unique because, unlike most other reservoirs that draw water from protected catchments, it’s fed from a local aqueduct and river. Because Sugarloaf is fed from open catchments, its water is treated to manage pathogen risk. To continue treating its water to the highest standards, Melbourne Water has completed early design of a UV disinfection system in anticipation of future of Health Based Targets – and they partnered with Jacobs to develop and design the system. Winneke WTP treats approximately 350 million liters of water every day for distribution to millions of homes and business throughout Melbourne. To make sure there’s always enough drinking water to meet demand, the plant varies its production flow rate throughout the day. Previously, the achieved filtrate flows would swing around the targeted flow rate, without closely following the setpoints. As a result

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Leveraging cross-sector knowledge to inform Australia’s pursuit of a large-scale hydrogen economy

With its potential to decarbonise a broad spectrum of industries, hydrogen as an alternative energy storage solution is currently receiving renewed attention, including from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Australia’s Chief Scientist. This resurgence is largely due to improvements in hydrogen production technologies and the declining cost of renewable energy, meaning that large-scale zero-emissions hydrogen production may be more viable now than ever before. With excellent renewable energy resources and proximity to large potential export markets in Asia, Australia is well positioned to become a leader in this emerging industry. However, despite the recent focus on hydrogen, industry conversations have largely neglected one critical issue; under the current electrolysis-based supply chain model, production may not be sustainable in the context of Australia’s climate and existing energy landscape. To be sustainable, this supply chain model requires both readily available renewable energy generation and a consistent supply of drinking water. Both requirements could be an impediment to sustainable hydrogen production in Australia. While renewable energy developments are increasing across the country, the country’s electricity grid is still largely dominated by coal-fired generation and the ability to use grid-purchased electricity generated from renewable sources for hydrogen production is limited. Moreover, in a country already facing increasing fears over future water security, the creation of a new industry that relies on drinking water could further exacerbate supply risks. To put this in perspective, if we looked to decarbonise some of Australia’s domestic industries by replacing the 39 million tonnes of