Jacobs Engineering was founded by Joseph J. Jacobs in 1947 as Jacobs Engineering Company. The original company was both a consulting agency and a manufacturer’s representative for makers of large-scale equipment in the processing industry.
In 1956 the company completed its first substantial chemical project – the engineering of a chlorine plant in Louisiana.
In 1970 Jacobs Engineering went public, trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
From 1968 to 1978 the company completed one-third of the uranium projects in the United States with 1,600 employees.
In 1995 Jacobs Engineering expanded to Italy, Spain, and France and in 1999 to the Middle East.
Today Jacobs Engineering is an international architecture, engineering, and construction firm with offices all over the world. The company’s largest single client (20%) is the United States Government, for which it does aerospace and defense work.
Typical projects for Jacobs Engineering include oil refineries, manufacturing plants, and roads and highways.
Jacobs Engineering is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol JEC, is a member of the S&P 500, is #249 in the Fortune 500, has 50,000 worldwide employees, and had $12.13 billion in revenue in 2013.
Jacobs EngineeringJacobs Engineering was founded by Joseph J. Jacobs in 1947 as Jacobs Engineering Company. The original company was both a consulting agency and a manufacturer’s representative for makers of large-scale equipment in the processing industry.
In 1956 the company completed its first substantial chemical project – the engineering of a chlorine plant in Louisiana.
In 1970 Jacobs Engineering went public, trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
History
From 1968 to 1978 the company completed one-third of the uranium projects in the United States with 1,600 employees.
In 1995 Jacobs Engineering expanded to Italy, Spain, and France and in 1999 to the Middle East.
Today Jacobs Engineering is an international architecture, engineering, and construction firm with offices all over the world. The company’s largest single client (20%) is the United States Government, for which it does aerospace and defense work.
Typical projects for Jacobs Engineering include oil refineries, manufacturing plants, and roads and highways.
Jacobs Engineering is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol JEC, is a member of the S&P 500, is #249 in the Fortune 500, has 50,000 worldwide employees, and had $12.13 billion in revenue in 2013.
