SHL is an engineering firm with 39 trained cost segregation engineers and architects. Our staff is acutely focused on providi ... ng quality engineered cost segregation studies for the commercial and residential rental property owner who has a building valued at $100,000 or more or who has tenant/leasehold improvements of $50,000 or more. We can and do travel to any destination in the world to give our clients the quality cost segregation studies they deserve. Our firm, led by Managing Director Jeff Hobbs, is staffed with construction, industrial and civil engineers (all PEs) as well as licensed AIA architects. Each has held senior management positions with the top 10 accounting firms in America where their cost segregation skills were honed and fine-tuned as they led teams of engineers conducting studies nationwide. Most have penned reports and white papers that have been published in nationally recognized publications and periodicals. All have experience defending cost segregation reports before the IRS when a client has been selected for audit by lottery with none over-turned. Our position is clear…if you are audited by the IRS for any reason and our cost segregation report is included, we will defend the results against the IRS on your behalf. read more