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Company Background
The company was formed in January 2003 by Mark Swindells and traded as McFadden Environmental Solutions as part of the McFadden Building and Civil Engineering Group based in Leeds. Initially it provided services mainly to the petrol filling station industry, and, as the company grew and new staff were taken on, the client base grew to include numerous developers and environmental consultancies.
Following a management buyout in March 2007 the company rebranded as Geo2 Remediation Limited and relocated to Ferrybridge to take advantage of easy access to motorway connections.
Key Staff
Adam Wilson
Adam graduated from the University of Wales, Cardiff with a degree in Environmental Geoscience and a Masters in Applied Environmental Geology. He worked for Parsons Brinkerhoff for one year, predominantly on former gasworks sites.
He joined Geo2 in January 2003 as site engineer and has subsequently been promoted to project manager on merit. He is a specialist in statutory authority liaison and quantitative risk assessment.
Paul Stapleton
Paul graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Environmental Geology in 1998. He immediately began work at Grantham, Brundell and
Farran in Doncaster undertaking Environmental Impact Assessment for land drainage works. After a year he moved to QDS Ltd in Lincoln and later Mexborough where he worked a project scientist on soil and groundwater remediation projects.
During the next five years he had gained a wealth of experience in remediation techniques, quantitative risk assessment and had been promoted to Project Manager. In September 2004 he moved to Corsair Environmental as Project Manager at the group’s head office where he led the project scientist team.
After the move to MES in November 2005 he became a director following the purchase of the company from the McFadden Building and Civil Engineering group.
He has recently undertaken a National Examining Board of Safety and Health (NEBOSH) qualification to NVQ level 4.
Mark Swindells
Mark graduated from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1997 with a degree in Earth Studies, after which he volunteered to spend his summer undertaking soil and stream sediment sampling for the British Geological Survey.
During November 1997 he joined Aquatera Environmental Consultants as a graduate engineer. Here he learnt how to undertake desk studies and site investigations.
Mark moved to Quest Environmental Services and Technologies Limited as a site scientist in August 1998, where he refined his site investigation skills, predominantly on petrol filling station sites. One year later he moved within the company to the Northern Remediation team.
The department moved to Lincoln during Quest’s merger with Delta Simons to form QDS in 1999, and later relocated to Mexborough where he was promoted to Project Manager in 2001. He was responsible for managing QDS’s largest project to date; the chemical oxidation of a former gasworks in the midlands.
After leaving QDS in February 2003 he founded MES (later Geo2) and has worked hard to develop the client base and reputation of the company. Over ten years industry experience has provided him with a well respected technical and mechanical knowledge.
Mark is Geo2’s Technically Competent Person with regard to our Waste Management licence.
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