ENGEO is an employee-owned firm of geotechnical and civil engineers, geologists, hydrologists, environmental professionals, and construction quality assurance field representatives. Founded in 1971, we have offices throughout California and New Zealand.       

ENGEO serves projects in transportation, infrastructure, water storage, conveyance and treatment, industrial facilities, geologic hazard mitigation, flood control facilities, civic structures, healthcare, education, energy, manufacturing, ports, harbors and waterfront development, residential and mixed-use communities and urban development.  We assist in every phase of projects from the due diligence for land acquisition and planning through entitlement, permitting, engineering design, construction and project build-out.
 

Core Services

 

• Geotechnical Engineering

• Special Inspection & Materials Testing

• Environmental Engineering

• Stormwater Management

• Engineering Geology GIS/GPS

• Water Resources & Hydrology Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts (GHADs)

• Construction-Phase Testing & Observation Entitlement & Permitting

 

Commitment to Client Service

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Client service is the cornerstone of ENGEO’s business philosophy. ENGEO professionals are absolutely committed to outstanding service in every aspect of our clients’ projects. We have invested in technology for the benefit of client service in the field, laboratory and office. We foster open lines of communication, immediate response to client concerns and questions and an unfailing sense of accountability to place the success of our clients as our highest priority.

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Technical Excellence

 

Our technical acumen is renowned, and our professionals are some of the absolute best in the business. We place significant emphasis on employee enrichment and demonstrate this through extensive in-house training and continuing education programs. Our very high rate of employee retention is a reflection of our commitment to providing challenging career opportunities and exciting projects for our most valuable resources – ENGEO’s people. The stability and long term commitment of our staff translate to continuity and experience to better serve our clients.

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Laboratory Testing
 

ENGEO maintains in-house soil and materials testing laboratories managed by registered civil engineers. Our laboratories are certified and accredited through the following:

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• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) • Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory (CCRL)

• California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) • AASHTO Materials Reference Laboratories (AMRL)

• Division of State Architects (LEA 92 and 70)

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Project Management

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Our project management approach is sensible and communicative. By offering clients a project team with all disciplines available, we can handle any issue that arises on a project site. The objective of our management approach is to ensure technically proficient, timely and cost-effective execution of the project. In order to provide our clients with services that are responsive to the initially defined needs while maintaining the technical quality of final deliverables and budget/schedule control,

 

ENGEO’s project management for this contract is designed to include the following features:

• Single point of client contact and accountability

• Flexibility to expand or contract in response to project needs.
• Backup in key management and technical positions

• Highest corporate commitment to the project.
• Direct technical review and QA/QC involvement • Clear and effective communication among all project.

• Clear lines of reporting and authority participants, which simplifies cost and schedule control.

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Awards

 

ENGEO is honored to have received multiple awards for engineering excellence, employee satisfaction and community service. Most recently, ENGEO ranked as one of the Top 5 Best Places to Work in America for the second consecutive year, presented by Fortune Magazine. In addition, we have been recognized as the #1 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area, presented by Bay Area Business Times/Journal.

 

Technical excellence awards include:

 

• CalGeo Outstanding Project of the Year Award ASCE Sustainable Project of the Year Award.

• 2013 San Mateo Bayfront Levee Improvement Project, San Mateo.

• 2009 Miners Ravine Off-Channel Detention Basin, Roseville.

• 2010 Pacific Cannery Lofts, Oakland ACEC Engineering Excellence Merit Award.

• 2009 Trestle Glen Transit-Oriented Development, Colma. 

• 2009 Miners Ravine Off-Channel Detention Basin, Roseville.

• ASCE San Francisco Outstanding Project of the Year Award CELSOC Engineering Excellence Merit Award.

• 2009 Trestle Glen Transit-Oriented Development, Colma.

• 2008 MSE Retaining Wall Design at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.

• 2007 Arroyo Crossings Quarry Redevelopment, Livermore.

• 2006 Main Branch Alamo Creek Restoration, San Ramon.

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Key Personnel:

 

Steven D. Harris, GE - Associate Engineer
 

Mr. Harris has more than 16 years of experience in geotechnical consultation, project management, SWPPP and construction management services for large residential developments, commercial developments, levees, water storage facilities, transportation projects and educational facilities throughout northern California.

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Mr. Harris has been the lead geotechnical consultant on hundreds of projects that have collectively included millions of cubic yards of earth work, thousands of miles of roadway improvements, public infrastructure including utilities, bridges, tunnels, levees, detention basins, water storage facilities, water conveyance systems,  highways, commercial and retail centers, large residential developments,  civic structures, community centers, public buildings, fire stations and police stations.

 

He has performed various computer modeling analyses for slope stability, liquefaction, seepage, settlement, retaining walls, pavement and deep foundations for projects in the Bay Area and Central Valley.

 

His expertise includes geotechnical explorations, grading recommendations, foundation recommendations, levee analysis for large residential developments, commercial developments, water storage facilities, water conveyance systems and single family homes.
 

Josef J. Tootle, GE - Principal Engineer

 

Mr. Tootle has more than 18 years of experience in Project Management, levee design, flood control structures, riparian corridor restoration, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, large hillside grading design, pavement design, hydrologic evaluation and development of foundation criteria.

 

He joined ENGEO in 1999 and manages ENGEO’s San Ramon operations. Mr. Tootle has been the lead geotechnical consultant on hundreds of large projects that have collectively included more than 100 million cubic yards of earth work, hundreds of miles of roadway improvements; public infrastructure including bridges, tunnels, levees, detention basins, highways and light rail transit corridors, commercial and retail

centers, community centers, public buildings including libraries, public schools and community colleges and police and fire stations.

 

For the past several years, Mr. Tootle has been a participating member of the Urban Levee Design Criteria development committee.  The committee’s purpose is to develop levee design criteria for Urban and Urbanizing areas that require a 200-year level of protection as defined in Senate Bill 5.

 

Project Experience:

 

Coyote Valley Specific Plan—San Jose, CA.

ENGEO provided the preliminary geotechnical/geological feasibility assessment for the Coyote Valley Specific Plan area (CVSP) which will consist of industrial, mixed-use urban, and open space preservation areas. The site will include roughly 25,000 new homes, park and school facilities, rail/light rail transit extensions and upgrades, emergency response sites and 1,400 acres of commercial facilities anticipated to bring 50,000 new jobs to the Coyote area.

Yosemite National Golf and Wetland Preserve Groundwater Study—Jamestown, CA.

ENGEO is providing a geotechnical and geologic groundwater resource and effluent disposal study for the proposed Grand Yosemite National Golf and Wetland Preserve.  The site consists of approximately 500 acres located near the intersection of Highway 108 and Highway 120.  The project will consist of constructing a golf course, a multi-story hotel, multiple vacation ownership buildings, approximately 60 one- to two-acre residential lots, a wastewater treatment facility and other related structures.

The Villages at Squaw Valley—Olympic Valley, CA.

ENGEO performed geotechnical studies for this world-class village and addressed environmental contaminants within the project area.

We conducted numerous ground water studies to solve earthwork and construction issues in advance, and developed a “one-of-a-kind” foundation solution for the parking garage saving our client over $750,000.

University Community—Merced County, CA.

ENGEO has been retained to provide a full range of services to provide consultation during the due diligence phase of the development of a new community on 2,100 acres located immediately south of the UC Merced campus.

At full build out, the University Community is envisioned to have a population of 31,250 people, a total of 11,600 dwelling units and 2,023,000 square feet of commercial, office and business park development.

 

Our scope of services has included:

 

• Modified Phase One Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) with limited agrichemical soil sampling.

• Preliminary Geotechnical Assessment (PGA) with preliminary recommendations for grading and foundation.

• Design criteria for residential single-family homes including consultation with governmental agency staff.

• Storm water management consultation.