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SHN is 100% employee-owned, with approximately 30% of employees holding stock. Private ownership allows us to make long-term plans and investments in the company, without the pressure of creating short-term gains.
SHN began as Selvage and Heber in 1979 and quickly became Selvage, Heber & Nelson. After acquisition of a geotechnical firm, it became known as SHN Engineers & Geologists. Now, with the addition of numerous other services such as planning and environmental services, we have branded to simply, SHN. Many of our original municipal and forest products clients are still with us today, and we are proud of their friendship and trust.
SHN’s civil engineers are practical, efficient, and collaborative; they are comfortable in the field and in the office.
SHN’s environmental services team includes engineers, geologists, and scientists whose success combines technical expertise with flexibility, resourcefulness, and meticulous preparation.
SHN’s geologists and geotechnical engineers deliver practical solutions to complex geotechnical challenges that are easier to communicate, permit, design, and construct.
Construction inspectors and materials-testing technicians play a critical role in public safety, often unnoticed—until a failure makes their importance unmistakably clear.
Planners help navigate complex, interconnected challenges, including environmental impacts, funding and scheduling pressures, regulatory hurdles, neighboring concerns, and opposition from project critics.
SHN surveyors bring more than 40 years of land surveying experience, combining trusted accuracy with modern drone and data technologies to improve efficiency while upholding industry standards.
SHN’s wildlife biologists, botanists, ecologists, and soil scientists deliver a broad range of services for public and private clients across Northern California and Southern Oregon.