Why SHN?

SHN is a small business that provides professional services on budget and on time. We will do our best to understand your needs and provide services that will meet your goals.

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Our Services

SHN offers the services needed from start (siting studies, planning and permitting) to finish (design and bid packages, construction management, materials testing and inspections, and monitoring).

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Careers at SHN

SHN is proud to create professional, technical, and administrative jobs that boost our local economies. Come join our team!

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We're proud to be an industry leader, meeting the engineering, geologic, and environmental needs of communities in Southern Oregon and Northern California.

We love our work because:

Our projects improve public health and safety
We are addressing the important environmental challenges of our time, such as sea level rise, species decline, and climate change
Money flowing through SHN remains local longer, supporting our regional economy
About SHN

SHN is a small business serving primarily rural regions in Northern California and Southern Oregon.

We are 100% employee owned, which allows us to decide which projects we work on and which clients we work for. Without the pressure of quarterly shareholder dividends and quick profit, we can invest in our company over the long-term.

Civil Engineering

SHN’s civil engineers are practical, efficient, and collaborative; they are comfortable in the field and in the office.
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Environmental Services

SHN’s environmental services staff are engineers, geologists, and scientists whose successes depend on their flexibility, resourcefulness, and meticulous preparation, in addition to their technical expertise.
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Geosciences

SHN geologists and geotechnical engineers find practical solutions to complex geotechnical problems, which are easier to explain, permit, design, and construct.
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Materials Testing

Construction inspectors and materials-testing technicians are vitally important, yet the general public has little appreciation of them—until something fails!
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Planning

Planners assist people facing complex and intertwined problems such as potential environmental impacts, scheduling and funding/financial pressures, adjacent landowners’ concerns, regulatory hurdles, and controversy from parties not supporting the project.
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Surveying and Drones

SHN surveyors have provided land surveying services for over 40 years and we are adapting new drone and data handling technologies to improve efficiency while maintaining industry standards for accuracy.
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Biological Sciences

SHN’s wildlife biologists, botanists, wetland and stream ecologists, and soil scientists provide a wide range of services that address both public and private client needs in Northern California and Southern Oregon.
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News & Events

AES (Lakeview, Oregon) Joins SHN

AES (Lakeview, Oregon) Joins SHN

We’re thrilled to welcome Anderson Engineering & Survey (AES) into the SHN family, strengthening our services and presence in Eastern Oregon and Northern California.
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SHN's Changes in Surveying Leadership

SHN's Changes in Surveying Leadership

SHN is excited to share important updates in our surveying leadership, with new team members, promotions, and a well-earned retirement.
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SHN Wins PSMJ Client Satisfaction Award!

SHN Wins PSMJ Client Satisfaction Award!

SHN is proud to announce that we’ve been recognized for outstanding client service, earning PSMJ’s prestigious Premier Award for Client Satisfaction.
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We specialize in civil, environmental, and geotechnical engineering; geosciences; planning and permitting; surveying and drones; environmental and biological sciences; and materials testing and special inspections.

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