Environmental Business Journal and Climate Change Business
Journal recognize firm for business achievement in professional
services, technology, industry leadership and performance
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has been awarded six business
achievement awards by the Environmental Business Journal (EBJ)
and the Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ). The
prestigious industry awards span achievement in professional services,
technology, industry leadership and consulting and engineering.
The Jacobs team, combined with CH2M (acquired by Jacobs on December 15,
2017), will receive the EBJ and CCBJ awards at the 16th Annual
Environmental Industry Summit on March 21-23, in San Diego, California.
Jacobs’ technical experts will also participate as featured panelists at
the summit.
“We are proud to be recognized as a market leader in environmental
solutions, climate adaptation, technology, resilience and sustainable
infrastructure,” said Aerospace, Technology, Environmental and Nuclear
Senior Vice President and General Manager Global Environmental Solutions
Jan Walstrom. “Our award-winning industry leadership contributions are a
testament to the business vision and sustainable approach of our
combined Jacobs and CH2M team, and the projects we deliver for our
clients.”
In conferring the awards, EBJ and CCBJ recognized the company for a
broad spectrum of awards including:
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EBJ - Large Firms, Gold ($1B) Business Achievement: For
creating a $15 billion professional services leader focused on
delivering innovative solutions for a more connected, sustainable
world. The acquisition of CH2M unites two industry-leading, innovative
companies with complementary capabilities, cultures and relationships,
resulting in a differentiated, end-to-end value proposition for
clients and partners.
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EBJ - Technology Merit: GIS and Mobile Data Solutions – Collection,
Analysis, Visualization and Reporting Technology for Linear Projects:
For teaming GIS technologists, site planning and permitting
professionals to create a customized, near real-time field data
collection and reporting program that increases data integrity,
accessibility, transparency and flexibility while decreasing reporting
levels of effort by 90 percent.
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EBJ - Technology Merit: Autonomous and connected vehicle policy
framework: For working with Nevada Department of Transportation to
develop a vision and collaborative policy framework for autonomous
vehicle (AV) and connected vehicle (CV) initiatives, connecting Nevada
through smart infrastructure and using transportation as a launch
point for Smart Cities, Smart Regions and Smart States.
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EBJ - New Technical Practice: Emerging Contaminants: For
culmination of a 5-year program to establish industry leadership in
emerging contaminants (PFAS & 1,4-dioxane) found in drinking water
worldwide. In 2017, the firm was selected for Society of American
Military Engineers National Environmental Committee Vice Chair for
Emerging Issues; Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council Writing
Co-Lead, PFAS Remediation; spokesperson U.S. EPA Emerging Contaminants
Workshop; and worked on 40 EC projects, doubling average annual
revenue growth for five years.
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EBJ - Industry Leadership: Envision Programmatic framework,
planning and designing resilient infrastructure: For developing a Resiliency
and Sustainability Framework for infrastructure, with
comprehensive program development and decision support system. Cities
like Los Angeles, California are using the framework to evaluate
economic, environmental and social impacts of infrastructure projects,
resulting in consistent, predictable, resilient outcomes that reduce
costs and align stakeholders.
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CCBJ - Consulting and Engineering Climate Adaptation and
Resilience: For completing the first phase of the Thames Estuary
Asset Management 2100 (TEAM 2100) system, the iconic barrier
infrastructure that protects London from tidal flooding. The UK
Environment Agency’s largest flood-risk management program and one of
UK’s top infrastructure projects, extends flood protection service
until 2070, yet reduces whole-life costs of up £100 million over 10
years.
Download full descriptions of the award-winning projects here.
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering
solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With $15 billion in
fiscal 2017 revenue when combined with full-year CH2M revenues and a
talent force of more than 74,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of
services including scientific, technical, professional and construction-
and program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government
and infrastructure sectors. For more information, visit www.jacobs.com,
and connect with Jacobs on LinkedIn,
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Statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact
are forward-looking statements. We base these forward-looking statements
on management’s current estimates and expectations as well as currently
available competitive, financial and economic data. Forward-looking
statements, however, are inherently uncertain. There are a variety of
factors that could cause business results to differ materially from our
forward-looking statements. For a description of some of the factors
which may occur that could cause actual results to differ from our
forward-looking statements please refer to our Form 10-K for the year
ended September 29, 2017, and in particular the discussions contained
under Items 1 - Business, 1A - Risk Factors, 3 - Legal Proceedings, and
7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking
statements made herein.
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Source: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.