Clarity Engineering LLC

Seattle, WA

Geotechnical consulting delivered with clarity, integrity, and genuine teamwork.

Services: 15
Offices: 1
Projects: 6
Leaders: 2

Overview

Clarity Engineering LLC is a geotechnical consulting practice specializing in collaborations with multidisciplinary engineering teams to assist public agencies and private sector clients. It balances cost, risk, and sound technical analysis to deliver engineering judgment for infrastructure projects and commercial or residential developments.

Services

Seismic and Numerical Analysis

Advanced computational evaluations modeling dynamic soil behavior, seismic hazards, and soil-structure interactions under complex static and dynamic loads.

Earthquake Engineering and Site Response Static and Dynamic Soil Modeling Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis

Foundation and Subsurface Engineering

Design and analysis of shallow and deep foundations, structural retrofits, and customized ground improvement strategies for unstable soils.

Foundation Design and Retrofits Ground Improvement and Mitigation

Slope Stability and Earth Retention

Geotechnical evaluations for unstable ground, slope stabilization, landslide reconnaissance, and robust shoring and excavation support systems.

Slope Stability and Stabilization Earth Retention and Shoring Systems Excavation Support and Retaining Walls Landslide Reconnaissance

Water Resources and Advisory Services

Technical stormwater infiltration assessments and independent peer reviews of third-party geotechnical designs.

Stormwater Infiltration Assessment Independent Peer Review

Industries

Infrastructure Commercial Residential Government

Firm type

Geotechnical Engineering

Project types

Geotechnical Engineering

Projects

8th Ave NW Bridge Seismic Retrofit

Washington | Infrastructure

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Willowmoor Floodplain Restoration

Washington | Infrastructure

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SR 520 Montlake Pedestrian Bridge

Washington | Infrastructure

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Delridge Pedestrian Bridge Seismic Retrofit

Washington | Infrastructure

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4th Avenue Bridge Seismic Retrofit

Washington | Infrastructure

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King County Metro South Interim Base

Washington | Infrastructure

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Leadership

Claire Gibson

CEO

Claire earned her engineering degrees from the University of Washington (B.S.) and University of California, Berkeley (M.S.). She began her career in the Bay Area before returning to the Puget Sound region. Her geotechnical experience includes subsurface characterization, field testing, foundations, deep excavations, seismic hazard studies, slope stability, and levee analysis. She has extensive experience in public works project delivery at city, county, and state levels, and has helped author city standards and design guidance manuals.

Matthew Gibson

Principal

PhD, PE

Dr. Gibson is a geotechnical engineer with 20 years of professional practice and research experience along the west coast of the United States and Canada. His project history includes design and construction aspects of high-rise buildings, shoring for deep excavations, static and dynamic soil-structure interaction analyses, site-specific site response analyses, and ground improvement to mitigate settlement and liquefaction. He has extensive numerical analysis experience using finite element, finite difference, and discrete element methods to model geological materials.

Offices

Seattle Metro Office

Headquarters

Seattle, WA

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