Michael Jacobs

BASc '85 Civil

Michael Jacobs graduated in 1985 from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering. After 18 months with the Engineering Department of the City of Vancouver, he then completed his Master’s Degree in Construction Management from Stanford University in 1988. Michael Jacobs, P. Eng., currently serves as the CEO and Chairman of The Board of Emil Anderson Construction (EAC) Inc. He joined Emil Anderson Construction in 1988 as Project Manager for Dilworth Mountain Estates, a 750-acre residential development in Kelowna, B.C. In 1989 he founded Dilworth Quality Homes Inc, a residential building company in the EAC group of companies. He was appointed General Manager of Land Development and Housing at EAC in 1996, promoted to Vice President in 1998 and President in 2004. He has extensive road building and heavy construction experience, and his project highlights include the Glenrosa Interchange Design Build, the Kincolith Extension, and many sections of the Trans Canada Highway. EAC has also taken part in other notable projects across BC, including the Bennett Bridge – Campbell Road interchange in Kelowna, the Sneena overpass in West Kelowna, the bobsleigh, luge and ski jump venues in Whistler for the 2010 Winter Olympics, road and rail expansion at the Port of Prince Rupert, a rock shed in the Fraser Canyon for CN Rail, over 1600 new homes in the Okanagan and  twenty two years of highway maintenance in the Fraser Valley. As part of his service to the community, Michael was a founding Member of the Kelowna Chapter of the Urban Development Institute, and was President of the Kelowna Chapter from September 1996 to January 1999. He is also a member of John Thompson Executive Roundtable in Kelowna, and he previously served as Chair to the BC Roadbuilders and the Kelowna Catholic School Council. In 2014, the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards awarded Michael with the Business Leader of the Year award. Amongst all of his work, Michael Jacobs has been a tremendous supporter of the University of British Columbia.