"My interest is in the future,
because I am going to spend the
rest of my life there."

—Charles F. Kettering

The schools we build become environments for learning; the hospitals we build become environments for healing. It’s always exciting to create these and many other environments… and as we do, we’re always mindful of the one we’re striving to preserve.

Each project we complete contributes to the quality of life in our communities—which is why 100 percent of our preconstruction leaders and project executives are LEED Accredited Professionals. These leaders actively pursue every avenue possible to make our projects sustainable, so that the quality of life in these communities—where our families and friends reside—is the very best it can be for as long as possible.

It really comes down to one indelible truth: Building is not simply about what we have to give. It's about what we leave behind.

» See some of Jacobsen's LEED-certified projects