We provide a high quality, cost-effective and pragmatic geotechnical, mining, geological and environmental service to our clients. We take pride in our work, we enjoy our work, and we are very committed to the provision of timely services at a reasonable cost with clearly presented solutions.
The Directors all share the same vision: to provide a high-quality, cost-effective, and pragmatic geotechnical, mining, geological, and environmental service to our clients. At Earth Environmental & Geotechnical Ltd, we take pride in our work, we enjoy our work, and we are very committed to providing timely services at a reasonable cost with clearly presented solutions.
We will operate as a niche small to medium sized technical consultancy practice and grow the business gradually, in a sustainable manner. Our long term aim is to provide a national service delivered by local offices, run by technically proficient staff with a strong business acumen.
Our aim is to maintain a vibrant and dynamic working environment where clients’ and employees’ expectations are always considered, responded to and achieved. As a group of people, we are committed to our core values and constantly measure ourselves individually and collectively against our own personal high standards and the expectations of clients. Our core values are:
Earth Environmental & Geotechnical was founded by three lifelong friends and business partners who shared a vision: to create a specialist consultancy offering expert-led, practical, and cost-effective solutions in environmental, geological, and geotechnical services.
Their shared ambition was to build a business that prioritises technical excellence, integrity, and real-world value for clients across all sectors.
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Graham brings over 15 years of experience in the geo-environmental sector, having worked across a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from residential redevelopments and landfill monitoring to large-scale infrastructure schemes. His career spans both field-based engineering and office-based operational management, giving him a deep understanding of the full project lifecycle.
Beginning his career as a Graduate Geo-Environmental Engineer in 2008, he quickly progressed into site supervision roles, gaining hands-on experience in a wide range of intrusive investigation techniques including rotary coring, cable percussive drilling, CPTs, trial pitting and dynamic sampling. His technical skillset covers gas and groundwater monitoring, in-situ testing, geotechnical data collection, and the supervision of complex remediation and validation works.
Since 2021, he has worked as an Operations Manager, overseeing the safe and efficient delivery of site investigations across the UK. His role has encompassed quoting, project management, client liaison, and report production, with a particular focus on quality assurance and technical delivery. He has also taken a leading role in staff development and mentoring, supporting junior engineers and contributing to internal training programmes.
His project experience includes:
Graham is a keen advocate for practical, solution-focused engineering. He is valued for his attention to detail, hands-on approach, and ability to manage complex multi-stakeholder projects.
Outside of work, he enjoys sports and spending time with his family.
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John is Managing Director of Earth Environmental & Geotechnical, following Technics’ acquisition of the business in 2024. He brings extensive leadership experience and a long-standing understanding of Technics’ values, having been part of the company since 1995.
Throughout his career, John has played a key role in shaping Technics’ culture, supporting continuous improvement and building sustainable client relationships. He works closely with Customer Relationship Managers to strengthen Technics’ capabilities, develop its project portfolio and ensure clients continue to receive trusted, practical solutions.
John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors and, in 2022, was awarded a Level 7 Diploma in Leadership & Management.
He is passionate about creating an environment where employees can grow, clients feel supported, and the combined expertise of Technics and Earth Environmental & Geotechnical continues to develop.
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Paula Grgich is a Chartered Geologist with over 20 years’ experience in the geo-environmental and ground engineering sectors. She was raised and educated in the USA and holds a BSc (Hons) in Natural Science and an MSc with Distinction in Geology from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Since moving to the UK, her experience has spanned consultancy, regulatory and commercial roles, with a particular focus on contaminated land, ground investigation, environmental risk assessment, remediation strategy and sustainable brownfield redevelopment. She has worked across a wide range of development, infrastructure and renewable energy projects, supporting schemes from due diligence and planning through to construction and validation.
Paula has extensive experience in the design and delivery of ground investigations, human health and controlled waters risk assessment, environmental permitting, planning support and regulatory liaison. She has advised developers, local authorities, regulators and multidisciplinary project teams on technically challenging sites, providing clear and practical advice to support project delivery and risk management. Her background also includes expert witness, forensic engineering and strategic planning support.
Alongside her technical work, Paula has held senior leadership roles with responsibility for project delivery, client management, team mentoring and business development. She has led multidisciplinary teams on complex development projects and has a strong track record in developing long-term client relationships, strategic bidding and commercial management.
As Associate Director at Earth Environmental & Geotechnical, Paula provides senior technical leadership across geo-environmental projects, supporting clients with practical advice and project delivery.
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Paul was raised in the seaside town of Redcar and attended Teesside University, where he graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
In his early years, he worked in a specialist geotechnical laboratory based in the North East of England, where he carried out earthworks testing, geotechnical testing and in-situ testing. After leaving the lab, he moved on to large scale contract supervision work where he worked on a large infrastructure job, the largest being a pipeline scheme from Peterhead to Grangemouth involving several rigs at once.
After this Paul worked for a local geotechnical consultancy where he worked for 10 years, moving up the ranks in the office, from Graduate Geotechnical Engineer to Project Manager. He gained extensive experience in desk-based assessments, site investigation in brownfield sites, validation of earthworks, and complex underground mine investigations.
During this time, he attended Newcastle University part-time studying Geotechnical Engineering and graduated with a master’s in Geotechnical Engineering in 2016.
The company moved to large contracting work, Paul was able to use his multiple skills and competencies to deliver large site investigations for multi-million-pound projects nationally, which included the site investigation for Westfield Court Student Accommodation Block at The University of Hull, Earthworks testing at Windsor Castle for the Queens Diamond Jubilee and several large ground investigations at the local oil refinery Conoco Phillips in Seal Sands.
Prior to joining Earth Environmental & Geotechnical Ltd, Paul had moved to a local company where he set up his own earthworks department, worked project management and tendered for work, also working onsite and hands-on drilling boreholes and producing onsite reports for the clients.
Out of work Paul is a family man who has two young daughters and enjoys DIY and over the past few years has successfully completed a loft conversion and single storey extension to his home.
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John studied for an undergraduate degree in Chemistry at Reading University before completing a Masters in Soil and Environmental Pollution.
Upon completion of his MSc, John secured a position as a contaminated land consultant for Apple Environmental in 2010 before joining RPS Group in 2012.
John’s work initially resided within the residential market prior to expanding into the energy, infrastructure and waste sectors. Much of his experience has focussed on site management and supervision, alongside human health, gas, and groundwater risk assessments. John has frequently worked in conjunction with clients and regulators to achieve environmental permit surrender, assessment of land quality, and the discharge of planning conditions.
Whilst working at RPS, John was the site manager responsible for delivering the comprehensive ground investigation works for the proposed M4 Corridor around Newport, South Wales. The works, which included geotechnical and geo-environmental investigation, spanned 24 km across the city of Newport and over 30 individual contaminated sites. An important element of John’s work was managing the multiple technical and non-technical stakeholders, including the Welsh Government, consultant engineers and current land owners. John successfully delivered four stages of ground investigation over a period of two years, with the information obtained directly influencing the design and delivery of this nationally important infrastructure project.
Other notable projects which John has been involved in include the scoping and site management of ground investigations at six former coal and oil-fired power stations across the UK. The works, which were undertaken on behalf of three of the major UK energy providers, comprised of comprehensive ground investigations required to support each site’s Environmental Permit surrender, decommissioning, the evaluation of land quality, and the assessment of each site’s liability under Part IIa.
John joined Earth Environmental & Geotechnical in early 2018 and started off working alongside Simon in the Bath office. However, John has now moved back to Reading where he is heading up the development of our Reading office.