Rockridge Geotechnical

What Rockridge Geotechnical does

Rockridge Geotechnical, Inc. is a privately held, California-based geotechnical engineering consulting firm founded in 2006 by Craig S. Shields. Headquartered in Emeryville with a secondary office in Sacramento, the firm employs 27 people, including 8 licensed engineers, and has prepared more than 3,000 geotechnical reports across the San Francisco Bay Area. The company operates as a professional services provider rather than a technology platform, with no disclosed software products, API surface, or AI/ML capabilities in the source data.

The firm delivers four core service lines: geotechnical engineering (site investigation, subsurface characterization, and foundation design), seismic hazard assessment, construction observation and testing, and consultation (including due diligence, expert witness support, peer review, and sea-level rise adaptive strategy). Service delivery is project-based and quote-priced, spanning the full lifecycle from land acquisition due diligence through entitlement, design, and construction support.

Rockridge serves a horizontally segmented client base of real estate developers, general contractors, and government/public entities, with a notable concentration in affordable housing developers (MidPen Housing, BRIDGE Housing, Eden Housing, Related California). Repeat or visible clients include Stanford University, Greystar, oWow, and KTGY on projects ranging from 99-unit affordable developments to a 1,075-unit mixed-use project and what is described as the tallest mass timber building in a high seismic zone worldwide. The firm is certified as a Small Business in California and as a Small, Local and Emerging Business in Alameda County, providing procurement advantages on publicly supported projects.

Name

Rockridge Geotechnical

Legal name

Rockridge Geotechnical, Inc.

Website

https://rockridgegeo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rockridge Geotechnical is a privately held, Bay Area geotechnical engineering consulting firm serving real estate developers, general contractors, and public entities across California with site investigation, foundation design, seismic hazard analysis, and construction observation services from its Emeryville and Sacramento offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geotechnical Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Geotechnical Design, Engineering & Consulting (Analysis, Design, Peer Review) (IMAFAOAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Geotechnical Investigation & Site Characterization (Boreholes, In-situ Testing, Lab Testing) (IMAFAOAG), Geotechnical Instrumentation & Monitoring (Settlement, Inclinometers, Piezometers) (IMAFAOAH), Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAB), Geotechnical Site Investigation & Engineering Geology (Borings, Lab Testing) (EUAHAFAE)

Keywords

• Geotechnical engineering
• Foundation engineering
• Seismic hazard assessment
• Construction observation testing
• Subsurface site investigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Emeryville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Geotechnical Engineering Consulting Services: Project-based consulting fees for geotechnical investigation reports, engineering analysis, construction observation, and testing services. Services range from site feasibility assessments through construction support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Rockridge Geotechnical is a geotechnical engineering consulting firm that performs site investigation, subsurface characterization, foundation engineering, seismic hazard assessment, and construction observation and testing for construction projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. It supports clients from due diligence and land acquisition through planning, entitlement, permitting, engineering design, and construction, delivering practical and economical geotechnical solutions for varied subsurface conditions. The firm also provides specialized consultation including expert witness support, forensic assessment, peer review, and sea level rise adaptive strategy.

Product overview

Rockridge Geotechnical is a geotechnical engineering consulting firm offering a unified suite of services spanning the full project lifecycle. The core offerings include Geotechnical Engineering (site investigation, subsurface characterization, foundation design), Seismic Hazard Assessment, Construction Observation & Testing, and Geotechnical Consultation (due diligence, litigation support, peer review). The company has prepared over 3,000 geotechnical reports and serves clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, supporting projects from land acquisition through construction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Geotechnical Engineering

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,000+ geotechnical reports prepared
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• North Berkeley Housing Partners (BRIDGE Housing)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 December 2024Rockridge Geotechnical is working with the North Berkeley Housing Partners development team on a 739-unit transit-oriented development above the North Berkeley BART station. The firm is collaborating with BRIDGE Housing to build 236 affordable units across two eight-story buildings and three three-story buildings as part of this multi-phase project.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Geocon Consultants: California-focused geotechnical and environmental engineering firm with a similar mix of site investigation, foundation design, and construction support, competing in many of the same Bay Area and Northern California markets.
• Treadwell & Roloff: Bay Area geotechnical engineering consulting firm with a comparable service mix in site investigation, foundation engineering, and construction observation, serving similar developers and contractors in overlapping local markets.
• Wallace-Kuhl & Associates: California-based geotechnical engineering and geology firm providing similar site investigation, foundation design, and construction observation services, often for the same Northern California developer and contractor clients.
• Cornerstone Earth Group: Northern California geotechnical and geological consulting firm with overlapping service lines (site investigation, seismic, foundation engineering) and a similar target market of Bay Area developers and contractors.
• BSK Associates: California-based geotechnical, environmental, and materials testing firm offering foundation engineering, seismic analysis, and construction observation services closely aligned with Rockridge's core offerings.
• Crawford & Associates: California geotechnical engineering firm with a focus on seismic and foundation engineering for complex urban and hillside sites, providing directly comparable services to Rockridge's Bay Area practice.
• Murray Engineers: Bay Area geotechnical engineering firm focused on site characterization, foundation design, and seismic hazard mitigation for urban infill and high-seismic-zone projects, directly comparable in services and market.

Broad incumbents

• Langan Engineering & Environmental Services: National geotechnical and environmental engineering firm with strong West Coast presence; offers geotechnical, seismic, and site/civil services that overlap directly with Rockridge's practice.
• Kleinfelder: Large multi-discipline engineering, geotechnical, and environmental services firm that competes with Rockridge on geotechnical scopes while also offering broader testing, environmental, and design services across California.
• Terracon Consultants: National engineering consulting firm with geotechnical, environmental, and materials testing practices, competing on geotechnical scopes while operating at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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