D. Jeff Jaco, M.E., P.E.
Consulting Engineer
Mechanical, Fires & Explosions
Columbia
Post Office Box 8027
Columbia, SC 29202-8027
(803) 791-8800
Mr. Jaco is a native South Carolinian and makes his home in Columbia with his wife and three children. He has bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from The University of South Carolina. After earning his bachelor's degree, Mr. Jaco worked as a project/mechanical engineer specializing in supervision of design, procurement, and installation on small and medium-size capital projects and writing equipment specifications. His responsibilities also included production process improvements and fire protection system evaluations. Mr. Jaco joined ED&T's Columbia District Office in 1991, spending his first nine months on a project to rebuild a fertilizer plant in Sterlington, Louisiana that was damaged by an explosion. Since then, Mr. Jaco has worked on a variety of investigations, including origin and cause of fires and accidents in commercial, industrial, and residential settings; mechanical equipment damage assessment and repair and replacement cost estimates; project estimating and scheduling; and the engineering analysis and investigation of fire protection systems. Mr. Jaco spends his free time outdoors, be it boating, hiking, hunting, woodworking, or gardening. Mr. Jaco is a licensed engineer in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. He is also a Certified Fire Protection Specialist.
