David Shelton, P.E.

David Shelton

Dave has been engineering and designing at Tahoe for nearly thirty years. He has been consulted by TRPA, appointed by the Placer County Building Department to their Board of Appeals where he currently serves as Chairman, and taught passive solar design classes at the local college. Dave was the engineer consulted by Placer County, during the 1997 floods, to evaluate the damaged bridges on the Truckee River. Dave has nearly forty years of municipal and consulting engineering experience.

  • Founder of Shelton & Associates, an architectural engineering firm in Tahoe City.
  • B.S. Civil Engineering, University of California at Davis
  • Limited Teaching Credential in Engineering for California Community Colleges
  • Licensed Civil Engineer in California, Nevada, Colorado and Arizona
  • LEED Accredited Professional
  • Member of:
    • American Society of Civil Engineers
    • Architectural Engineering Institute
    • American Institute of Timber Construction
    • International Conference of Building Officials
    • American Solar Energy Society
    • US Green Building Council
    • Sierra Green Building Association
    • Tahoe Truckee Engineers Association
  • Over ten years of experience in City, County and State Municipal engineering
  • Twenty-eight years as principal of a firm dealing with general civil engineering, structural analysis, architecture, energy analysis, agency coordination, hydrology, improvement plans, and surveying.
  • One of four professionals approached by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) to advise on their ordinance revisions, 1991, and appointed to the TRPA's Streamlining Committee in 1995.
  • Appointed to Placer County Building Department Board of Appeals as Tahoe Design and Engineering Representative, elected Chairman 1998.
  • Appointed to the Tahoe City Public Utility District's Park and Recreation Commission. Commission Chairman, 1994
  • Member and past Treasurer, Vice President, and President of the North Lake Tahoe Kiwanis Club
  • North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce/Kiwanis Club "Volunteer of the Year 1990"
  • Volunteer assigned to monitor all Truckee River Bridges during the 1997 Flood by the Placer County Emergency Task Force
  • Past President - Tahoe Truckee Engineers Association
  • California O.E.S. Disaster Service Worker, safety assessment volunteer.