GSA Schedule Holder	ACEC Member	ASCE Fellow	High Overall Rating

Bellingham, Washington

We at Merit Engineering are capable of solving problems through innovative engineering analysis because our staff is highly educated with advanced degrees and extensively experienced in their fields.  We understand the subjects not only through our experience in similar projects but also from theories and mechanics that apply to the subjects.  Our staff has received advanced and comprehensive training in identifying and solving problems from graduate research and accumulated professional experience in research, industrial, and consulting engineering practices.  Merit Engineering, Inc. has established a successful history of providing on-time, cost-effective, and quality services that meet each client's specific needs.  We work closely with our clients, other design consultants, and experts in specialty disciplines to respond to major project requirements.

  Merit Engineering provides a full range of Geotechnical, Geological, Environmental, Hydrological and Materials Testing Services.   Among some of our specialties include:

• GeoEngineering

• GeoTesting

• Phase 1 and 2 - Environmental Site Assessment ( ESA )

• Septic Design

• Concrete and Soil Testing

• Drainage and Infiltration Studies

• Critical Area Investigation and Geohazards

• Slope Stability and Retaining Wall Design

Our Mission

To deliver fast, accurate geotechnical and environmental services with pride, integrity and dependability.

Company Profile

Merit Engineering, Inc., founded in 1993, is a growing engineering consulting firm full of vigor and vitality. We have a strong expertise and are specialized in geotechnical and environmental engineering. We offer full scale geotechnical engineering, soil laboratory and field testing, geological engineering, hydrogeology, and environmental services.

Dr. Huang, president and principal of the firm, has strong expertise and extensive research and consulting experience in geotechnical and geological engineering. He holds 14 research publications including four in the world leading research journals. The most recent paper is about poro-elastic theoretical model for hydraulic fracturing in-situ stress measurement. The paper has been collected into the Society for Mining Engineering's permanent literature. The paper has presented the new model through review of the history of the model development in the field of poro-elasticity and effective stresses. Huang's model made significant contribution to rock mechanics both in understanding of effective stresses in saturated porous medium and in understanding of the effect of rock anisotropy on pore pressure and effective stresses. He also served as technical paper peer reviewer for International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Testing Journal. He is an Adjunct Faculty Member at Western Washington University and opened "Soil Mechanics" and "Slope Stability" courses.  He has extensive consulting experience in the area of Western Washington State and knows glacial geology and soils well. He conducts and manages all the engineering aspects of Merit's projects in order to maintain a high level of quality control, and provides final review on the projects so as to assure a quality that is consistent with the standard of care in the industry.