News Jacobs hired for $3.3bn solar farm in Philippines US engineer Jacobs will help build a $3.3bn, 3.5GW solar farm and a 4.5GW battery system in the Philippines to help it cut its dependence on coal for power generation.…
News Jacobs JV wins $160m project to sweeten California’s salty groundwater A joint venture of Jacobs and McCarthy has won a $160m contract to improve groundwater desalination capacity in southern California, where over-extraction of groundwater in the first half of the…
News Aecom, Jacobs hired for $7bn upgrade of Vancouver’s water system Municipal authority Metro Vancouver has picked a joint venture of Aecom and Jacobs to provide preliminary engineering services for the $7.05bn (C$9.9bn) upgrade of Vancouver’s Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.…
News AtkinsRéalis, Jacobs and Westinghouse win $2.3bn nuclear contract A team made up of North American engineers AtkinsRéalis, Jacobs and Westinghouse has landed a 10-year contract worth $2.3bn to operate a nuclear waste treatment plant for the US Department…
News Jacobs wins station upgrades amid New York’s accessibility blitz Jacobs is overseeing a $227.5m project to upgrade three stations on the busy Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The design-build contract involves…
News Foster + Partners, Jacobs and Mace win roles on Saudi Arabia airport UK consultant Mace has been awarded a delivery partner role on the King Salman International Airport project in Riyadh. When complete in 2030, it will cover 57 sq km and…
News Aecom team wins $6bn contract to upgrade America’s busiest passenger line A team led by US engineers Aecom and Jacobs has won Amtrak’s first ever “delivery partner” contract, which will tackle a $6bn upgrade of a rail corridor in Baltimore, Maryland.…
News Jacobs opens innovation hub in Denmark US engineer Jacobs has opened a research centre in Denmark to help meet demand for specialised construction skills in the life sciences, advanced manufacturing and infrastructure sectors. Jacobs plans to…
News Ireland re-hires Jacobs as transport planning advisor Jacobs has won another contract to provide planning and advisory services to Ireland’s National Transport Authority (NTA). The company will advise on urban and local transport development plans, and general…
News Jacobs lands role on Ireland’s new M28 motorway Ireland’s Cork County Council has picked US engineer Jacobs to be its technical advisor for the new M28 motorway linking the N40 South Ring Road to the Port of Cork…
News Jacobs picked to manage decarbonisation of Europe’s largest steel mill US engineer Jacobs has been selected by ThyssenKrupp to manage the decarbonisation of Europe’s largest steel mill in Duisburg, western Germany. The project involves substituting coke blast furnaces with hydrogen-powered…
News Mace, Jacobs oversee Greece’s ‘largest concrete pour’ Mace says it has made history in Greece, overseeing with JV partner Jacobs “the single biggest concrete pour in the history of the country” to lay the foundations for the…
Companies Aecom appoints Mark Southwell as global transport boss Aecom has appointed Mark Southwell as chief executive of its global transportation business. A civil engineer with more than 35 years experience, he joined Aecom in 2019 as managing director…
News Jacobs wins $249m in US defence projects US engineer Jacobs has been awarded a $249m architecture and engineering contract by the US Navy for renovation, repair and the construction of facilities. The job was awarded to Jacobs…
News Jacobs to build $500m water treatment facility in Los Angeles US engineer Jacobs has won a design-and-build contract for a $500m water purification plant in Los Angeles. The Donald C Tillman Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) will gather and store…
News Bob Pragada takes over as Jacobs’ new chief executive Bob Pragada has assumed the role of chief executive of US engineer Jacobs, succeeding Steve Demetriou in the role. The appointment was first announced in September 2022. Pragada previously worked…
News Jacobs, Westinghouse to decommission Lithuania’s Soviet-era nuclear plant A consortium of Jacobs, Westinghouse and the Lithuanian Energy Institute has landed a decommissioning contract for Lithuania’s Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP). The Soviet-designed plant could be the first graphite-moderated…
