About
Founded in 1954, Jacobs Associates is an award-winning leader in tunnel engineering. We provide practical, cost-effective, and innovative design and construction management services for difficult underground projects in the water, wastewater, and transportation sectors and serve the broader civil construction industry with skillful claims and dispute resolution services.
Our combination of technical expertise and field experience puts us ahead of our competitors. Our founder believed in the importance of engineers “getting their hands dirty,” and we do too. We have specialized education and practical hands-on field knowledge in of the disciplines required for underground projects, including engineering geology, geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics, structural engineering, construction contracting, and disputes resolution.
We provide a full array of design services, including tunnel design, shaft design, excavation support, rail clearance improvements, deep foundations, dewatering, slope stabilization, foundation design, and geotechnical characterization. We also understand the construction process at every level. We regularly lead multidisciplinary construction management teams and provide monitoring and inspection services.
Jacobs Associates also is a formidable ally in claims resolution and dispute cases. We have acted on behalf of clients in more than 650 contract disputes of all types and magnitudes.
We have a staff of over 100 engineers and operate offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Pasadena, San Diego, Boston, New York, and Melbourne.