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Natural Infrastructure is Protecting Critical Assets and Louisiana’s Coast
Louisiana is rapidly losing its crucial habitat, losing some 1,883 square miles of land between 1932 and 2010 – an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. If we don’t protect coastal Louisiana wetlands now, they won’t be there in the future. What if we showed you how Jacobs and Shell Pipeline Company turned more than 96,000 plastic bottles into a natural infrastructure solution that serves as a model for balancing coastal infrastructure integrity and an evolving natural environment?
Safer Transportation Depends on Resilient Plans and Infrastructure
As the frequency of extreme weather events intensifies, the risk to mobility, progress and safety for global cities grows. What if we showed you how, from rising tides in New Zealand to restoring critical connections after earthquakes, hurricanes and floods, Jacobs is tackling weather-related challenges to secure safer, smart transportation infrastructure solutions for tomorrow?
The World’s Busiest Airport Delivers World-Class Facility Services
Assets such as physical and utility systems often are the largest investment, and expense, for an organization. As assets age, organizations face challenges like poor performance, increased maintenance burdens, increased risk and more. What if we showed you how, in a partnership with Jacobs, the Atlanta Airlines Terminal Company, LLC has taken control of its assets and standardized its business processes to operate more efficiently than ever, in turn increasing satisfaction among more than 107 million passengers annually?
Smart City Tech Delivers Safer, More Livable Places
A blank slate introduces a host of challenges and opportunities for newly-incorporated cities to manage built assets, enhance planning and improve public safety. What if we showed you how Peachtree Corners, one of Georgia’s newest cities, went digital with operations partner Jacobs, to improve the quality of data used to support operations and citizen services and deliver better life for future generations?
Parametric and 3D Design Helped a Drought-Plagued Megacity Explore its Water Future
Between 2014 and 2015, the worst drought in a century affected every aspect of Brazilian livelihood – from coffee production to critical infrastructure and water services. What if we showed you how Jacobs’ Replica™ digital twins solutions software helped one Brazilian megacity visualize options for a more resilient future water supply?
Smart Pig Tech is Shedding New Light on Asset Health
Left out in the elements once built, pump stations, pipelines and water storage tanks can become damaged or corroded over time. One of the single largest expenses in the U.S. economy, corrosion mitigation and repairs cost the U.S. an estimated whopping $1 trillion or more annually. What if we showed you, how Jacobs and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission developed a cutting-edge application of magnetic flux leakage technology to access data for early detection of weak spots on water mains to mitigate costs and future repairs?
Cities Can Break the Digital Divide to Become More Connected, Secure and Smart
Smart city solutions are shaping cities and changing lives faster than any other social, cultural or market force today. Cities of every size and in every corner of the world are looking to leverage smart technology and solutions to manage resources efficiently, be responsive to the needs of all citizens and be more fiscally progressive. What if we showed you how Jacobs, Nokia and Smart City Capital are bringing Canada’s First 10 Gig Smart City to life?
4D Imaging and Robots Contribute to Safe Cleanup of Hanford Site
The Columbia River supports some $198 billion annually in food, water, flood risk reduction, recreation, habitat, aesthetic and other natural capital benefits. What if we showed you how Jacobs is safely managing one of the world's-largest remediation programs, aimed at protecting this valuable resource?
This Simulation Modeling Tool Makes Decision Making Easy
Whether it’s putting money into your retirement fund or daily exercise to slow the effects of aging, preparing for the future depends on smart, informed decision-making today. What if we showed you how Jacobs’ Replica™ digital twin software helps clients plan how their integrated and multi-component resource systems – from drinking water supply to energy generation – will operate with and affect each other in the future?
One Man’s Trash Became Another’s Treasure (Literally) at Kennedy Space Center
Getting rid of waste isn’t always as simple as just tossing something in a trashcan or putting it out for recycling, especially if the material is regulated or controlled. What if we showed you how Jacobs is diverting thousands of pounds of waste for reuse at Kennedy Space Center, delivering a sustainable and cost-effective solution for temperature-resistant materials needed to keep spacecraft and personnel safe during exploration?
This Transit Agency Hopped into the Digital Age with Electronic Payment
Americans took 9.9 billion trips on public transportation in 2018, and more than 97 million of those occurred in the Portland metro area! What if we showed you how Jacobs helped the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) move into the next generation of transit fare with a hassle-free account-based fare payment option that’s bringing savings and smarter travel to riders throughout the Portland-Vancouver metro area?
Treatment Process Simulations Power Smart, Sustainable Solutions
Projected population growth and changes in public consumption are substantially increasing wastewater flow for utilities and at the same time, decreased effluent limits to protect waterways drive even more sophisticated treatment improvements. What if we showed you how Jacobs’ Replica™ digital twins solutions software helped design a cutting-edge treatment solution to help Washington’s Spokane County enhance the environment by reducing its nutrient output into the Spokane River and boosting its capability to serve future populations?
This Flexible Solution Could Change Road Travel as We Know It
As populations surge around the globe, road congestion is increasing – making it harder to predict journey times and decreasing air quality. Building more roads is certainly no guarantee of faster travel or a healthier environment. What if we showed you, how Jacobs and Volterra set out how present U.K. fuel and vehicle excise duties can be replaced by a road user charging system that results in faster and safer journeys, guaranteed journey times and less congestion and pollution?
One of the Industry’s Most Effective Remediation Approaches Helps Clients Go Green and Sustainable
Accenture highlights that companies gain their business edge by conducting innovative R&D and implementing disruptive technologies in the sustainability space. What if we showed you how Jacobs is leveraging lessons learned to develop the next generation of bioremediation solutions set to deliver more accelerated and cost-effective cleanup actions at some of the world’s most contaminated sites?
This Growing Georgia City Tackled its Traffic in Real-Time
As the population continues to grow, rising traffic congestion is an unavoidable issue in large and small metropolitans alike. What if we showed you how Jacobs and the City of Johns Creek are improving the efficient and safe flow of goods, services and people by monitoring traffic flows and responding in real time?
Landfill Waste Becomes Sellable Compost in Just 60 Days
Most of the U.S. is just beginning to grapple with reductions in the level of disposal of organic waste. What if we showed you how the City of Calgary, by implementing the largest in-vessel based operation in Canada, reduced the amount of organic waste sent to the city landfill from single family homes by 46% in just one year of operation?
This Utility’s Largest Plant Became Energy Independent in Just 3 Years
Water and energy are interdependent, and their demand is surging as urbanization and climate variability impact supply. What if we showed you how, in an innovative partnership with Jacobs, VCS Denmark broke the mold for how utilities approach energy optimization – creating a water resource recovery facility that generates more than 150% of its own energy and setting a lasting model for the future?
Adaptive Reuse is Breathing New Life into Urban Spaces
Many communities throughout the world have concerns about the use of open space, including prime agricultural land for development, while former landfill or industrial sites are overlooked as candidate development areas. What if we showed you how adaptive reuse, a sustainable development strategy gaining acceptance as both economically viable and environmentally responsible, can provide communities and industries with unique reclamation opportunities?
This Top Travel Destination Became More Resilient
The gorgeous islands of Belize are a quickly becoming a world-famous tourist destination. But their coastal location leaves them at risk from devastating storm and sea level rise damage. What if we showed you how Jacobs, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Government of Belize used satellite and drone imagery and data-driven coastal planning to protect and improve the tourism economy for the future?
Innovation Drives Efficiency on Britain’s Busiest Waterway
The 10-year, TEAM2100 program to refurbish and replace tidal flood defenses in London and the Thames Estuary is the Environment Agency’s single largest flood risk management program in England and one of the U.K. Government’s top 40 infrastructure projects. What if we showed you how the TEAM2100 team, including Jacobs, is driving innovation at every stage of the asset lifecycle to better protect London from current and future tidal flooding?
The Fastest Growing U.S. Metro Area Is Managing High Density Traffic
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area gained 146,000 new residents in 2017, the largest jump in population of any U.S. metro area. What if we showed you how Jacobs and the North Texas Council of Governments are addressing growing high-density conditions by exploring options for an automated transportation system to better connect and mobilize its thriving population?
Intelligent Asset Management Protects Tomorrow’s Space Technologies Today
In a technology-dominated world, today’s government agencies, infrastructure owners and businesses are constantly dared to respond with effective business practices that accomplish more with less. What if we showed you how Jacobs and NASA are improving system reliability and reducing maintenance costs on 270 facilities at the Langley Research Center?
Edinburgh is Putting People at The Heart of its City Design
With growing demands being placed on them, cities can’t stand still: they need to change and adapt to respond to the needs of their citizens and be economically competitive. Edinburgh is joining a growing movement of cities around the world – including New York, Oslo, Copenhagen, Madrid and Cape Town – that are progressively introducing measures to transform their centers. What if we showed you how, as the city embarks on this transformation journey, Jacobs is helping Edinburgh ensure it puts people ahead of design and firmly projects its world heritage reputation into the future?
This Space Center Manages Stormwater for Out-of-This-World Benefits
When untreated stormwater enters Earth’s surface waterways, it presents threats to drinking water, natural areas and human, plant and animal health. What if we showed you how Jacobs and Kennedy Space Center are capturing stormwater in bio-filters to create a healthier environment and reduce harmful runoff into local waters?
Florida Is Accelerating the Future of Smart Vehicles
Driverless vehicle technologies promise significant benefits for society, including advancing safety, improved traffic flow, new options for those with limited mobility and reduced carbon emissions. What if we showed you how Jacobs and the Florida Turnpike Enterprise got their hands on the wheel of revolutionary automated, connected vehicle technologies with a new, nationally-recognized proving ground?
The Power of Location Is Reducing Harmful Building Vapor Risks
Increasing value across markets from retail and healthcare to financial and transportation, geospatial analysis continues to find new solutions for today’s most-challenging issues. What if we showed you how Jacobs’ integrated geospatial analysis and mobile field data collection tools are assessing thousands of buildings for potential harmful vapor risks, generating on-the-go reports to help teams more effectively mobilize a prioritized response?
America’s Gateway to Space Gets Ready for Liftoff with Predictive Maintenance
When it comes to meeting NASA launch dates, plenty goes on behind-the-scenes to make liftoff possible. What if we showed you how Jacobs’ predictive, data-driven maintenance approach keeps Kennedy Space Center’s systems running smoothly?
Robots and Data-Driven Insights Optimize Automotive Production
Ford is undergoing its most ambitious manufacturing expansion in a half-century – increasing capacity around the world to meet demand. What if we showed you how Jacobs and Ford used just two weeks, data decision-making and robotic simulations to turn around months of downtime and low production rates at one manufacturing plant into sustainable uptime and the ability to go further toward its ambitious goals?
Drones Are Guiding Major Construction at U.S. Ports
Drone technology is constantly evolving and achieving countless business benefits, including bringing an estimated additional $82 billion and 100,000 job boost to the U.S. economy by 2025. What if we showed you how drones took flight to guide Jacobs and the Port of Virginia’s construction progress on a major expansion to double capacity?
One City Is Getting Smart to Confront Urbanization
India is experiencing an astonishingly rapid shift in the movement of people from rural to urban centers. What if we showed you how Jacobs and Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited are promising India’s residents new pathways to economic vitality and vibrant urban living, with creative reconnection to its golden past?
This Platform Revolutionizes Management of Assets and Operations
In an increasingly digitized world, industrial systems that were once analog, manual, and isolated are now digital, smart and connected. What if we showed you how Jacobs and an international manufacturing company leveraged the power of digitization to automate operations processes to drive costs down and realize a vision of a connected enterprise with the Jacobs ion platform?
Imagining Life on Mars is Made Possible Through 3D Printing
A third of urban dwellers – some 1.6 billion people – could struggle to secure decent housing by 2025. Smart options for affordable, livable structures, both on land and in space, are critical for society and for future exploration. What if we showed you, how with 3D printing, Jacobs and NASA can fabricate habitable outposts, in the most remote places and possibly even those closer to home?
A Picture Is Truly Worth 1,000 Words in Disaster Response
When disaster strikes, providing aid and returning to normalcy is crucial. What if we showed you how Jacobs, in support of NASA’s International Space Station team, is leveraging remote-sensed data and high-definition imagery captured from 240 miles above in space to aid disaster response efforts?
Australia’s Largest Metro Area Got Clever for Commutes
Commutes are more hectic than ever before. In the U.S., the average person spends 52 hours a year snarled in traffic. What if we showed you how Jacobs and Roads and Maritime Services are bringing intelligent traffic technologies to life on Sydney’s motorways during the next 20 years?
Online Water Quality Monitoring Provides Better Detection and Protection
The number of reported illnesses caused by water-borne Legionella bacteria have increased by nearly four and a half times in the U.S. since 2000. What if we showed you how Jacobs, alongside Cisco, designed a powerful, online monitoring system to monitor water quality and protect public health?
The Western Hemisphere’s Busiest Container Port Got Digital
With global maritime trade expected to double in the coming decades, the need for ever-increasing efficiencies in terminal operations is intensifying. What if we showed you how Jacobs and Port of Los Angeles dove in to digital intelligence and automation on its competitive path to achieving record-setting cargo operations?
Digital Twin and Analytics Improve Operations, Minimize Costs
By 2020, researchers predict that companies using digital twins of IoT-connected assets will achieve gains of up to 25 percent. What if we showed you how a Jacobs-designed simulation platform is driving savings in the industrial water space using digital twin analytics to minimize resource usage?
This Tech Wields the Power to Keep You Safe in a Digital World
With the exponential growth of information being harvested, deriving meaningful insights from data collecting can be challenging for organizations. What if we showed you how Jacobs and U.S. Department of Education - Federal Student Aid aggregated filtered data into a consolidated perspective to enhance real-time analysis by implementing TITAN™ Cyberdata Fusion?
Smart Meters Are the Real Winners in Reducing Water Loss
With no new water on Earth, communities cannot afford to waste this precious resource. What if we showed you how Jacobs, as part of a pilot study team with Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources, is deploying cellular technologies to better manage water loss and track water usage?
Connected Vehicle Tech is Cleaning Up LA Congestion
Truck trips along the I-710 South Corridor, home of the two largest U.S. container ports, are expected to nearly double by 2035. What if we showed you how Jacobs and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority are exploring how connected vehicle technologies can reduce traffic and air congestion along this crucial 18-mile connection in the global trade network?
Flood Resilience and Big Data Combine for Fast Answers, Anywhere
Globally, flood frequency is predicted to increase across 42 percent of Earth’s land regions by the end of the century. What if we showed you how, at the click of a button, Jacobs’ game-changing Flood Cloud service provides dynamic, on-demand access intelligence to promote resilience against climate threats?
Singapore Turned its Water Woes into a NEWater Model
Water scarcity is not a new phenomenon; historical records note water shortages dating as far back as the 1800s and since there’s no new water on Earth, we’re drinking the same water dinosaurs did. What if we showed you how Jacobs and Singapore’s PUB turned water scarcity into international successes with an innovative water reuse strategy?
One Highway Network Is Changing the User Experience Game
In a world of instantaneous customer service and big brand dominance, providing a memorable user experience is no longer just a nice to have, it’s business imperative. What if we showed you how Jacobs and Costain are using a cloud-based customer service model to improve mobility along more than 2,000-miles of highway in East Sussex?
Big Data is Shaping London’s Future
London’s population is forecast to grow to nearly 11 million people by 2041 and with more people come greater urbanization challenges. What if we showed you how we’re working with Transport for London (TfL) to harness the power of big data to provide new insights into journeys on London’s transport network and to inform key policy/investment decisions ahead of future change?
An Affordable HD Wireless Camera System Was Engineered to Work Reliably in Space
An international crew of three to six live and work aboard the International Space Station and have conducted some 200 spacewalks since 1998. What if we showed you how Jacobs developed an external high-definition camera system that is portable, reliable, durable and affordable to capture video for NASA during spacewalks?
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- Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin: Design by data: the future of healthcare facility design
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- Civil + Structural Engineer Magazine: More Than a Bird's-Eye View
- GovCon Executive: Jacobs Initiates Technology Effort to Address World Issues; Darren Kraabel Quoted
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- Infrastructure Intelligence: Delivering a smart post-Brexit Britain depends on the power of data
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- Water Online: Flood Cloud: How Cloud-Based Modeling Capabilities Can Help Boost Cities' Resilience And Infrastructure Needs In The Face Of Climate Variability
- Water & Wastewater Treatment: Interview: Jacobs vice-president Bryan Harvey
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