Technical rigour and
personal engagement —
on every project.
Farshid Bateni, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Principal Geotechnical Engineer · Specterra Consultants Ltd.
"Engineering decisions should be informed by actual site data, not generic assumptions. Every project — regardless of scale — receives the same rigour and direct principal involvement."
With over 20 years of geotechnical practice across British Columbia, Farshid founded Specterra to address a gap in the market: smaller and mid-scale projects often receive templated reports from junior staff at large firms. Specterra provides the same technical depth typically reserved for major infrastructure projects.
Registered as a Professional Engineer with both Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC) and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA), Farshid oversees every engagement from site program design through to construction sign-off.
We measure success by the quality of decisions we enable.
Not report volume, not billable hours. Specterra was founded to deliver geotechnical insight that genuinely informs project decisions — keeping schedules intact, budgets realistic, and structures built on solid ground.
We serve residential developers, commercial builders, municipal clients, and infrastructure owners who have experienced the cost of inadequate site investigation or disengaged engineering consultants.
Metro Vancouver · BC & Alberta
Based in Metro Vancouver, serving clients throughout British Columbia and Alberta. Contact us to discuss your project.
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