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Since 1988, Shield has delivered high-quality, value-added solutions to a vast array of engineering and environmental challenges for clients across the U.S. Shield is a privately held company with nine employee owners and three non-employee owners. Our staff of approximately 70 people includes eleven professional engineers and eight professional geologists. Our nine principals have a combined 170+ years of experience, and our technical staff averages 10 or more years experience. Shield has been ranked by Engineering News-Record as one of the Top 200 Environmental Consulting Firms and named one of the fastest growing environmental consulting firms in the U.S. by ZweigWhite. Shield maintains offices in North Carolina and Tennessee, and owns and operates its own AMRL/AASHTO-accredited Soils and Materials Laboratory in Charlotte, North Carolina. Shield provides a complete menu of services, including design, incident management, compliance, assessment, remediation, material testing, claim review and investigation, and quality assurance and control. Please reference our Service Index for a more comprehensive list. Our clients include petroleum companies, transportation firms, public and private utilities, public and private corporations, telecommunication firms, real estate companies, real estate developers, financial institutions, insurance carriers and law firms.