Our Story

Since 1997, We’ve expanded and evolved to provide accurate, high quality site investigation services in the most cost effective and efficient manner. Check out our story.

1997

Concept was born. We began consulting for civil, structural and geotechnical projects and surveying buildings across the great city of London.

1998

Our first home was a serviced office space for two in Boston Manor. It came with complimentary admin staff and a CAD technician that we managed to keep very busy.

1999

Lots of our early work was subsidence investigation for insurers, which was carried out by our Executives, Anastasia and Milan.

2000

With regular work in subsidence claims, our turnover got healthier and healthier.

2001

We bought an office at Northfields Avenue and supplied site investigation to construction. We also won a framework agreement which led to a £100k order at the Salvation Army HQ.

2002

A good year. Our first soils testing lab, closer links to academia, expert witness testing for structural and geotechnical engineering and a dedicated division for ground investigation.

2003

Another milestone year of growth. We welcomed a team of new geotechnical engineers, drilling staff, field operatives, lab technicians and report staff.

2004

Twickenham, the LTA and the National History Museum Darwin Centre capped a year of prestigious projects. Witness testing took us to Belgrade, Nigeria and the Port of Southampton.

2005

We acquired a bigger office at Warple Mews. Our soil testing capabilities grew and the lab was accredited by UKAS. We also achieved ISO 14001 and 9001 for our commitment to quality and the environment.

2006

More opportunities, awards, growth and permanently employed staff. Onwards and upwards.

2007

Our big ten year anniversary was marked by a ground investigation project at the Tate Modern.

2008

A £1million project for Lots Road Power Station. It included on shore, off shore, geotechnical and environmental as well as structure and fabric investigations to inform the redevelopment.

2009

Welcomed into the Highways Agency AREA 4 MAC Framework for Ground Investigation, we explored movements, landslips and solutions features on major motorways and A roads for Balfour Beatty and Mott Macdonald.

2010

We opened the Brunel Road office and warehouse. We expanded our soil lab, we invested in more plant and equipment and we expanded in the rail sector.

2011

The year we launched our Menard pressuremeter testing. 2011 also saw us using modular cable percussive rigs and multi-functional dynamic sampling and rotary coring rigs.

2012

Amazing, prestigious and complex projects. The Victoria and Albert Investigation, Canary and Wood Wharf over water, and the award-winning Shell Centre Ground Investigation.

2013

The Baker St to Bond Street GI Project for Transport For London explored movements affecting the Jubilee Line. Our drilling, sampling and coring with groundwater pressure monitoring, geotechnical and mineralogical testing allowed the client to make predictions. It also secured us the ICE Contribution To London Award.

2014

Permanent staffers reached sixty in number. We presented for Eurocodes in Pisa to the European Geotechnical Community. We carried out GI projects at Wood Lane BBC TV Centre and for offshore wind farms at Dunkirk. The year was capped with a Ground Engineering Award for Site Investigation Specialist Of The Year.

2015

Launching our bespoke Groundworks division and Structural Pathology Services division, we pioneered unique methods to reuse existing foundations for sustainable redevelopments and brownfield sites. We bought a Pagani unit for in-house Static Cone Penetration testing and we completed site works in Albania.

2016

Central Government, Wessex Water and local authorities helped us to grow. We expanded our foundation and pile investigation services with novel drilling and coring techniques. We also took on our first airport projects.

2017

Our Midlands Office dream became a reality. Long term monitoring programmes also became new divisions. Admiralty Arch, Claridge’s Hotel and a wind farm investigation near Aberdeen formed our flagship projects. We took over Derwent Yard in West London to create a bespoke sample storage facility and we achieved RISQS Accreditation.

2018

Framework awards landed for HS2 high-speed rail, Parliamentary Estates and BSkyB. Denmark called us to various sites. And our Midlands geotech lab achieved UKAS accreditation helping us to grow in the region.

2019

Relationships blossomed beyond London and into the Midlands and the North of England. We achieved UVDB Accreditation and we were happy that our permanent team grew past the 100 mark.

2020

Adapting to the Covid-19 pandemic, we assessed essential works for HS2 and Parliamentary Estates to keep working safely with as little disruption as possible. Our business continued to thrive and we kept clients happy.

2021

Our e-Site app digitised and data-collected for our operations in the field. Drillers, engineers, monitoring, testing, payments, health and quality systems all became electronic. We were welcomed in frameworks with Bristol and Salford Council Highways and Amazon UK.

2022

Our 25-year anniversary! An exciting and landmark year with the award and renewal of some of the most prestigious projects and industry frameworks. These included The Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal, Transport for London and Severn Trent Water.

We provide accurate, high quality site investigation services in the most cost effective and efficient manner.

Concept was established in 1997 in the UK to provide site investigation, geotechnical / environmental consultancy, laboratory testing, instrumentation installation and monitoring services and survey work. Since formation we have sustained steady growth and have been involved in numerous high-profile projects throughout the UK and abroad.

We have a broad client base which includes Consultants, Contractors. Developers, Construction Managers, Insurance Companies, Architects, Government Agencies and private individuals. Our aim at Concept is to supply high quality site investigation services tailored to meet the needs of our clients.

Take a look at our core values and vision.

Our Team

Milan Dedic
Eur Ing BSc MSc DIC CEng MICE FConsE
Chief Executive Officer
Civil / Geotechnical Engineer with over 35 years industry experience.
Anastasia Savidu
Eur Ing Dip Civ Eng MSc DIC
Executive Chair
Civil Engineer specialising in geotechnical and structural assessments with over 30 years industry experience.
David Airey
Commercial Director
30+ years’ experience of the UK ground and site investigation industry.
Daniel Freeland
BEng(Hons), MSc, CEng, MICE, FGS, ROGEP
Associate Director
Civil / Geotechnical Engineer with 25 years industry experience.
Natalie Bews
BSc, FGS
Managing Director
Engineering geologist with over 25 years’ experience of the UK site investigation industry.
Olia Savvidou
Grad Dip Arch. Eng., MSc, ARB
Technical Team Manager
Architect by background, with over 16 years’ experience in the geotechnical consultancy industry.
Dean Skirrow
Resources Manager
Over 25 years of experience of civil and geotechnical field operations with particular expertise in in management of deep shaft excavation.
Ivo Penchev
MSc CivEng
Associate Director
Civil / Structural Engineer with over 15 years industry experience.
Kasia Mazerant
London Laboratory Manager
Environmental Scientist – over 14 years’ experience in geotechnical testing, over 10 years as laboratory manager.
Lynn Griffin
Coventry Laboratory Manager
30 years of experience in geotechnical testing and Quality systems with UKAS, 14 years as Laboratory manager.

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Head Office:
Unit 8 Warple Mews
Warple Way
London W3 0RF
si@conceptconsultants.co.uk
+44(0) 20 8811 2880
Temporary Office:
218 Northfields Avenue
London
W13 9SJ
si@conceptconsultants.co.uk
+44(0) 20 8811 2880
Laboratory:
47-49 Brunel Road
Old Oak Common Industrial Estate
Acton London W3 7XR
lab@conceptconsultants.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 8740 1553
Midlands Office:
Unit D Herald Way
Binley Industrial Estate
Coventry CV3 2RQ
coventry@conceptconsultants.co.uk
+44 (0)24 770 87670