Support safe, sustainable operations for critical
infrastructure
DALLAS, April 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A Jacobs (NYSE:J) led joint
venture (JV) was selected to provide environmental engineering,
restoration and compliance services for the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA). As an architect-engineer, Jacobs
and JV partner Geosyntec will support safe, sustainable operations
for multiple NASA centers, component facilities and other
infrastructure assets.
Jacobs will continue to serve NASA as a premier
technology-enabled solutions provider focused on addressing its
infrastructure, environmental and sustainability needs. Under the
five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, Jacobs
will cover technical consultation, contamination detection,
sampling, human health and ecological risk assessments, evaluating
remedial alternatives, implementing remediation technologies and
long-term management of affected environmental media. The project
will also support NASA with Environmental Justice and National
Environmental Policy Act evaluations, environmental permitting,
planning and compliance activities surrounding emerging
contaminants, hazardous and solid waste management, emergency spill
cleanup and prevention, energy and water management.
"As one of NASA's longest serving solution providers, our team
has an intimate knowledge of NASA's unique geographic and
environmental considerations needs," said Jacobs Senior Vice
President Susannah Kerr. "We tailor
environmental restoration and compliance services effectively
without impacting critical operations, ensuring NASA's work at the
frontier of space and scientific discovery continues to
flourish."
Jacobs has provided environmental services for NASA for nearly
four decades, including environmental work at Marshall Space Flight
Center, Santa Susana Field Laboratory, Michoud Assembly Facility,
Armstrong Flight Research Center, Johnson Space Center, Kennedy
Space Center, Wallops Flight Facility and Goddard Space Flight
Center.
"As a 20+ year consultant to NASA at Kennedy Space Center,
Geosyntec is committed to supporting NASA's vision through the
success of our JV partnership with Jacobs. We are dedicated to
delivering exceptional service and best-value solutions to address
NASA's nationwide environmental restoration and compliance
challenges," said Geosyntec's Sr. Principal/Vice President and NASA
Program Manager Jim Langenbach.
Jacobs' commitment to Climate Response and Data Solutions,
combined with its vast experience working with governmental
agencies to make their missions successful, sustainable and
resilient, has been recognized by Engineering News-Record
ranking No. 1 in Chemical & Soil Remediation, Hazardous Waste
and Site Assessment and Compliance globally in 2023. The
Environmental Business Journal and Climate Change Business Journal
have also recognized Jacobs with five awards in 2023 for leadership
and outstanding innovation in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) transformation pathway technologies, data-driven remediation
engineering, carbon sequestered nature-based solutions and as a
company dedicating more than 50-years to constant innovation
towards creating a more connected, sustainable world.
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by
solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities,
resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational
advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing,
turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for
good. With approximately $16 billion
in annual revenue and a talent force of more than 60,000, Jacobs
provides a full spectrum of professional services including
consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the
government and private sector. Visit jacobs.com and connect with
Jacobs on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X.
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There are a variety of factors that could cause business results to
differ materially from our forward-looking statements including,
but not limited to, our plans to spin off and merge with Amentum
our Critical Missions Solutions business and a portion of our
Divergent Solutions business in a proposed transaction that is
intended to be tax-free to stockholders for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, the timing of the award of projects and funding and
potential changes to the amounts provided for under the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and other legislation
related to governmental spending, as well as general economic
conditions, including inflation and the actions taken by monetary
authorities in response to inflation, changes in interest rates and
foreign currency exchange rates, changes in capital markets, the
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infectious disease outbreak, including the related reaction of
governments on global and regional market conditions, among others.
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could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking
statements, see the discussions contained under Item 1 - Business;
Item 1A - Risk Factors; Item 3 - Legal Proceedings; and Item 7 -
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations in our most recently filed Annual Report on
Form 10-K, and Item 2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis
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