Cotton, Shires and Associates, Inc.

330 Village Lane
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Phone: (408) 354-5542
Fax: (408) 354-1852

send an email

view website

Profile:
Full service geotechnical engineering, consulting firm specializing in investigation, design, arbitration, and expert witness testimony with offices in Los Gatos and San Andreas, California. Earth movement (settlement, soil creep, landslides, tunneling and expansive soil), foundation distress (movement and cracking of structures) drainage and grading (seeping slabs and ponding water in crawlspace), pavement and slabs (cracking and separating), retaining walls (movement, cracking and failures), pipelines, flooding and hydrology, design and construction deficiencies, expert testing at over 70 trials (Municipal, Superior and Federal); 100+ depositions; 200+ settlement conferences in Northern and Southern California and Hawaii.

Contact: Patrick O. Shires, Principal Geotechnical Engineer 330 Village Ln. Los Gatos, CA 95030-7218 (408) 354-5542 Fax: (408) 354-1852 Degrees/Licenses: MS, BS, Stanford University RCE 26397, GE 770, RGPh 879

Specialties: Geotechnical Engineering; Design and Construction Deficiencies; Earthquake Engineering; Landslides (earth movement); Expansive Soil; Drainage.

Primary Area of Expertise: Geotechnical Engineering