About Us

Penfield & Smith was founded by Wallace C. Penfield and Delbert D. Smith in 1946. The firm's roots go back to the Santa Barbara practice started by George A. Miller in 1924. In 1960, the practice was incorporated as an employee owned company. With over 60 years of experience, the firm has established itself as one of the most progressive and well-respected firms based in the Tri-Counties area. Our talented and dedicate staff of professionals serve our clients from locations in Santa Barbara, Camarillo, Lancaster, and Santa Maria. Penfield & Smith is the largest central coast based company providing complete surveying, mapping, planning, engineering, and construction administration services to the Central and South Coast areas of California. We serve both the private and public sectors and specialize in providing professional services to our clients from project inception through construction.

Our registered civil engineers have extensive experience in the design of roadways, bridges, water and wastewater systems, storm drainage, grading, and erosion containment systems. Our engineers also provide expertise in the areas of flood control, solid waste management, municipal financing, traffic engineering and transportation planning, transportation demand management, permit processing, and construction engineering.

The firm's survey department is staffed with 8 licensed professionals, fully equipped field crews and sufficient office personnel necessary to respond to many projects including boundary surveys, right-of-way easements, ALTA surveys, field control for aerial mapping and GIS, subdivision mapping, and construction staking.

Professional Associations

Penfield & Smith is actively involved in numerous professional boards and associations including:

American Concrete Institute (ACI)
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSMN)
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Santa Barbara Chapter
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
American Institute of Steel Contractors Inc. (AISC)
American Planning Association (APA), California Chapter
American Public Works Association (AWPA), Central Coast Chapter
American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Santa Barbara/Ventura Branch
American Society of Floodplain Managers (ASFM)
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFM)
California Land Surveyors Association (CSLA), Central Coast Chapter
California Land Surveyors Association (CSLA), Channel Islands Chapter
California Society of Professional Engineers (CSPE)
California Special Districts Association (CSDA)
California Water Environment Association (CWEA)
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)
Engineers Land Surveyors of California (CELSOC), San Luis Obispo Chapter
Floodplain Management Association (FMA)
Groundwater Resources Association (GRA)
Home Builders of the Central Coast (HBCC)
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
International Code Council (ICC)
International Right of Way Association
League of CA Surveying Organizations
National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
Santa Barbara Contractors Association
Santa Barbara Industrial Association
Santa Clarita Builders Exchange
Santa Maria Valley Contractors Assn. Inc.
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
Ventura County Contractors Association