Geotechnical Consulting Group

We are one of world’s leading geotechnical consultancy, with a well-established reputation for developing innovative solutions to technical demanding engineering problems. Founded in 1983 by Professor Lord Robert Mair, Professor David Hight & the late Professor Peter Vaughan, we operate as an independent LLP, including a co‐ordinated group of highly qualified consultants pooling their wide range of skills & experience to provide a comprehensive advisory and specialist consulting service in geotechnical engineering. Our team comprises pioneers within the geotechnical community, including 10 Rankine lecturers, 2 Glossop lecturers, 5 Geotechnique lecturers, 2 Harding lecturers, 1 William Smith Medal recipient and 1 Terzaghi lecturer, FREng, FRS & FICE. Our expertise in geotechnical engineering is widely based, developed over many years of consulting to industry & Government, both in the UK & abroad. Since our formation, we have been called on by 300+ clients from 50+ countries. We are actively engaged in applied and fundamental research in the field of geotechnics, which ensures that our consulting service draws on the most recent developments in engineering theory, research and practice from around the world to provide a comprehensive advisory & specialist consulting service in geotechnical engineering & innovative solutions to our client’s engineering problems. We provide specialist geotechnical assistance & expert advice to civil engineers & structural consultants, to government departments & to leading specialist geotechnical contractors. Our services range from input at tender stage on the interpretation of ground conditions to troubleshooting during construction, through to the development & analysis of alternative, more economic design solutions. We also provide advice on claims & forensic investigations. We maintain strong links with world-class universities to enable early implementation of state-of-the-art research & development into engineering practice.