An Active Member may be any firm legally engaged in the private practice of geotechnical consulting. An Active Member firm may designate any legally established branch office as a separate firm for purposes of such branch office qualifying as a separate Active Member. Each Active Member firm, including each branch office of a member firm qualified as a separate member in accordance with the foregoing, shall have as a full-time employee at least one registered civil engineer, registered geologist, or registered geophysicist under California state law with a minimum of 5 years of experience in geotechnical consulting.

Members joining effective July 1 will receive access through September 14, 2026.

• $300 flat-fee dues for firms with 1 employee*
• $400 flat-fee dues for firms with 2 employees*
• $575 for firms with 3-5 employees*
• $825 for firms with 6-10 employees*
• $1025 for firms with 11-25 employees*
• $1225 for firms with 26-50 employees*
• $1600 for firms with 51-100 employees*
• $1925 for firms with more than 100 employees* (includes all offices within California)

     

* "Employee," for purposes of CalGeo membership dues calculations, is defined as any person directly involved in soil engineering, geology, or environmental sciences; support staff (lab and field technicians), and administrative staff involved in supporting these services in the State of California. Part-time employees should be calculated on a full-time equivalent basis (total monthly part-time-employee hours divided by 160 hours).

*Multi-disciplinary or multi-state/national firms need only count the employees in the geotechnical group within California.

Affiliate Members Category

Individuals or organizations that support the geotechnical profession with products or services.

Members joining effective July 1 will receive access through September 14, 2026.

• $2275 Flat Fee (firms may be in or outside of California)

Affiliate Members receive:

• A FREE EXHIBIT BOOTH at our Annual Conference with the purchase of one conference registration. (Conference exhibit space is available exclusively to Affiliate Members on a first-come, first-served basis with some limitations depending on venue capacity.)
• A complete listing of our members key contacts (in Microsoft Excel).
• A rotating logo & link placement on the front page of our website.
• The opportunity to provide one Emerging Professionals webinar (open to CalGeo's whole mailing list) annually.
• An ad in one of our monthly e.Geo electronic newsletters.
• Member pricing for all CalGeo events and offerings.
• Exclusive sponsorship opportunities.

     

Individual Members Category

Individual members shall be geoprofessionals. Membership shall be confirmed by a majority vote of the Board. "Individual" members shall not have any voting rights. Individual members may only purchase and use courses themselves at the member rate.

• $200 flat-fee dues for an individual geoprofessional

     

Academic Members Category

College professors and students studying in the geoprofessional fields.

• $10 flat-fee dues for professors
• FREE for engineering students that are members of their university's CalGeo chapter
• $10 for other engineering students