Jacobs serves as technical adviser on New York public health laboratory
Construction began on the planned Wadsworth Center laboratory in Albany. Jacobs is technical adviser to DASNY for a five-storey, 663,000-square-foot facility with a reported total project value of $1.7 billion.
- Publish date: 2026-06-23
- Category: EPC Contractors
- Original source: Jacobs
- Reading time: 1 min
Reported scope and milestone
Jacobs: Construction began on the planned Wadsworth Center laboratory in Albany. Jacobs is technical adviser to DASNY for a five-storey, 663,000-square-foot facility with a reported total project value of $1.7 billion.
Engineering interpretation
Jacobs provides independent technical advice across architecture, engineering and construction, representing the public owner while Gilbane and Turner form the design-build JV. The $1.7 billion is project value, not Jacobs’ advisory fee or construction share.
Delivery responsibilities
Engineering, design, assessment and advisory appointments must be read within their documented package. The consultant may support planning, approvals, technical decisions or construction interfaces while other parties supply equipment and execute the works. Proposed capacity belongs to the future asset and does not establish present output. Design acceptance, permits and construction completion are separate milestones. The reported role supports those decisions without transferring ownership, operation or all construction responsibility to the consultant; subsequent delivery commitments require their own source evidence.