SaLUT is incorporated in Maryland as a small research firm dedicated to improving agricultural production in the Third World.

A small engineering component is added to the company.

Pradeep J. Perera, PE joins SaLUT as a civil engineer

SaLUT enters the industrial hygiene field and wins a contract with the General Services Administration – National Capital Region. SaLUT will continue to support GSA under a series of successive contracts to the present day.

Mr. Perera purchases SaLUT. He changes the direction of the company, making it a research and applied civil engineering firm.

SaLUT establishes itself as a major construction inspection and materials testing company with the purchase of NFE, Inc. SaLUT's Boston, Massachusetts office opens to support Boston's Big Dig, the most complex urban highway construction project in U.S. history. At its height, the project employees 25 SaLUT engineers. An additional NFE office in Baltimore, Maryland supports geotechnical drilling.

SaLUT adds a significant environmental engineering component through the purchase of Eaststar Engineering.

SaLUT contracts with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to operate FHWA's Geotechnical Laboratories and Mobile Concrete Laboratory, beginning SaLUT's pavement research work.

SaLUT wins the FHWA's Laboratory Support Services contract, adding asphalt, corrosion, and coatings research.

SaLUT receives its first industrial hygiene and environmental engineering contract with the Department of State, expanding the firm's work throughout the world.

SaLUT wins the FHWA's Mobile Asphalt Trailer Laboratories contract.

SaLUT wins a contact (as a subcontractor to Samsung Corporation) for asbestos survey and abatement in Korea.

SaLUT receives its second industrial hygiene and environmental engineering contract with the Department of State.

SaLUT wins a contract with the Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu Engineer District for asbestos and lead survey and abatement throughout the Pacific Ocean region.

SaLUT graduates from the 8(a) program.

SaLUT wins the first of two contracts to conduct remediation and restoration at the Libby, Montana Superfund site.

SaLUT wins a contract with the Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District to conduct remediation throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region.

The mentor-protégé relationship between SaLUT and Global Consulting, Inc. is approved by SBA.

Global-SaLUT LLC is incorporated as the umbrella firm for joint ventures between Global Consulting and SaLUT.

SBA approves the Global-SALUT LLC joint venture for award of a third five-year industrial hygiene and environmental engineering contract with the Department of State.

SaLUT wins a contract with the Washington Sanitary Sewer Commision for providing indoor air quality services.

SaLUT was awarded the US Navy Contract to provide industrial hygiene services at Norfolk, VA.

SaLUT reaches a major milestone of having worked in 160 countries on all continents.