Business consulting and services specialist Jacobs has won a contract to provide strategic planning and advisory support to Ireland’s National Transport Authority (NTA).
The NTA has re-appointed Jacobs to support it with the development of transport strategies, urban centre, local transport and other area-based development plans. Jacobs will also support with policy and guidance, and general town planning matters. The appointment builds on Jacobs’ long-standing relationship with the NTA, to which it has provided vital strategic transport plans and studies. The NTA estimates the new contract duration will be approximately 3-4 years.
“We’re harnessing our strategic advisory and digital capabilities to drive innovation and help clients like the NTA create intelligent, responsive and efficient transportation systems tailored to users’ needs,” said Jacobs Senior Vice President Kate Kenny. “Our continued collaboration with the NTA reflects our shared commitment to shaping a future where sustainable, accessible transportation connects people and communities to opportunities.”
Jacobs has more than 1,200 employees in Ireland serving clients in sectors – most notably Advanced Manufacturing, Cities & Places including Transport Planning, Energy & Power, Environment and other Infrastructure. Projects include the National Transport Authority’s BusConnects Dublin and BusConnects Cork programmes, bus service planning across the whole of Ireland, the NTA’s Modelling Support Services and Cork County Council’s M28 Motorway project. Jacobs also supports Irish Rail’s East Coast Railway Infrastructure Protection Projects programme – the largest coastal protection scheme in North-Western Europe, the WuXi Biologics Drug Substance Manufacturing Facility and Edwards Lifesciences Greenfield Manufacturing Facility.
Around the world, Jacobs has supported transportation projects like The Elizabeth line and the Transpennine Route Upgrade in the U.K., Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit in Malaysia and The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Grand Central Madison programme in New York.
