Expansion

By 2013, JDS had increased its workforce to 20 people, and moved into half (5,000 square feet) of the Raleigh building where it is today.

A Defining Year

Four key employees joined the company: Robert (Robb) Murray as vice president, Kane W. Hamer as director of finance, William Scudder as director of a new plans department, and Tiger Stellings in structural field operations. Today, Eli and Robb are the company’s...

Beginnings

After having worked as a structural field engineer for several years, company founder Elijah (Eli) B. Smith, P.E., began providing structural-engineering consulting, drafting and inspection services out of his home in Raleigh, NC. In 2008, Eli founded “JDS Consulting...