Parikh Consultants

Parikh Consultants is a Milpitas, Calif., geotechnical engineering firm that’s been working on public infrastructure since 1993. Its practice covers geotechnical and geological investigations, seismic and fault studies, and environmental support for CEQA and NEPA documents, on jobs ranging from small solar projects to major highway interchanges and large design-build contracts. Beyond its Santa Clara County headquarters, it keeps offices in Oakland, Walnut Creek, Sacramento and Costa Mesa, and it holds DBE and small business certifications with several California agencies. Parikh is on the design team for SMART’s $269 million Healdsburg rail extension, which rebuilds a derelict segment on concrete ties and adds two steel bridges. SMART’s board approved the $190.5 million construction contract Oct. 21.