Jacobs has launched Flood Platform, a cloud-hosted system for advanced flood modelling designed to support planning and delivery of flood infrastructure projects.
The new platform, available through a subscription-based software-as-a-service model, is built to streamline and unify flood modelling workflows in conjunction with Jacobs’ existing Flood Modeller software. It brings together data management, analysis, and collaboration tools within a single environment.
Executive Vice President Amer Battikhi said: “At Jacobs, we integrate digital, data and AI capabilities throughout our global delivery portfolio to solve complex client challenges. Flood Platform demonstrates how cloud-based technology and automation can improve infrastructure planning and modelling – helping clients make more informed decisions and achieve faster project delivery and strengthened resilience.”
Flood Platform operates on Microsoft Azure, offering a secure and scalable environment for data upload, access control, analysis, and collaboration. It supports integration with Jacobs’ Flood Modeller and other tools commonly used in flood risk and hydraulic modelling.
Initially developed by Jacobs for internal use over 15 years ago, the platform has supported projects including Melbourne Water’s Flood Mapping Programme and the Environment Agency’s Oxford–Cambridge Arc Flood Risk Investment Study, which helped unlock more than $134 billion (£100 billion) in economic value.
Jacobs has now expanded Flood Platform for global commercial use to help organisations manage growing volumes of flood-related data and support faster, evidence-based decisions in flood risk management and infrastructure resilience.
