
Rockridge Geotechnical provides a full range of geotechnical services
to a broad spectrum of public and private-sector clients. With over
60 years of experience, our Principals have provided economical
and effective foundation solutions for several hundred structures
supported on the widely varying subsurface conditions throughout
Northern California.
Rockridge Geotechnical has performed geotechnical investigations
and geologic hazard evaluations for a wide variety of public projects,
including roadways, pipelines, public housing, schools, and renovations
of existing public-owned structures. We have also performed evaluations
of infrastructure.
Craig S. Shields, P.E., G.E.
Mr. Shields is a Principal Engineer at RG with over 28 years of
geotechnical engineering experience in Northern California. He received
a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University
of California, Berkeley in 1981 and a Master of Science degree in
Geotechnical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley
in 1982. He has been a licensed civil engineer in the State of California
since 1984 and a registered geotechnical engineer in the State of
California since 1989.
Mr. Shields' experience includes directing explorations of soil,
rock, and groundwater conditions, design and evaluation of foundation
systems, static and dynamic slope stability analyses, evaluation
of liquefaction potential and lateral spreading, ground improvement,
forensic investigations, and construction monitoring. He has been
responsible for geotechnical investigations performed for numerous
public projects throughout Northern California.
His recent experience includes directing geotechnical investigations
for improvements to the Orientation Center for the Blind in Albany,
a DGS project, and a major renovation and addition to the Naval
Architecture Building at the University of California, Berkeley.
He also performed an evaluation of settlement of gravity utilities
along a section of Littlefield Road for the City of South San Francisco.
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