Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., a publicly traded company with over 50,000 employees and 2010 revenues of nearly $10 billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services globally. Headquartered in Pasadena, California

Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...

, it was founded in 1947 by Dr. Joseph J. Jacobs

Joseph J. Jacobs

Joseph J. Jacobs was an American chemical engineer who founded Jacobs Engineering Group, a major international engineering-construction company.He earned bachelor's , master's and doctor's degrees in chemical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn .-Early life:Jacobs...

. Jacobs offers support to industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple markets. Services include scientific and specialty consulting as well as all aspects of engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

, architecture, construction

Construction

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, and operations and maintenance. Annual revenues have made Jacobs Engineering a Fortune 500 Company.

Jacobs' global presence includes more than 160 offices in over 20 countries, with operations in North America

North America

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, the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, Continental Europe

Continental Europe

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, India

India

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, Australia

Australia

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, Africa, and Asia

Asia

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