Our Team
Geo-Integrity is a consultancy set up in 2016 by Murray Bateman, who is looking to provide a cost-effective, high quality, personal service to colleagues within the industry who need advice on soil investigation, soil strength, soil contamination and soil management to ensure their development projects run as efficiently as possible.
Murray has over 28 years postgraduate experience in site characterization within the UK and Europe. With extensive knowledge in geotechnical consultancy, risk assessment, waste characterisation and site remediation gained on many large and small scale projects. He graduated from Imperial College, London with an M.Sc. in Engineering Geology and also later qualified with a postgraduate certificate in Environmental Law, covering Waste Management and Contaminated Land Law from De Montfort University, Leicester. He held a position of Technical Director at a previous company, giving advice on all aspects of geotechnical and geo-environmental projects and was also responsible for the production , implementation and control of the company’s training scheme for Chartered Engineering Geologists accredited by The Geological Society. He is Chartered with The Geological Society and has been a Society C.Geol scrutineer since 2014.
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Lee Ashworth B.Sc., M.Sc. FGS
Lee is an Engineering Geologist having left Portsmouth University with a Masters degree in Engineering Geology, before joining Geo-Integrity in 2018. Since then he has become a valued member of the team, undertaking many site investigations, covering desiccation surveys, contaminated land, waste classification, past coal mining sites, plate bearing testing, piling design, BRE365 soakaway testing and Phase 1 Desk Study environmental reports. Lee is also a fellow of The Geological Society with a view, in the future, of gaining chartered status.
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Fiona is an Engineering Geologist having left Newcastle University with a Masters degree in Engineering Geology. Before that Fiona studied Physical Geography at Worcester, undertaking a project on the Miage Glacier in the Italian Alps, measuring its velocity and changes in meltwater channels. Since joining Geo-Integrity in 2020 Fiona has become another valued member of the team, undertaking many site investigations, covering desiccation surveys, contaminated land, waste classification, plate bearing testing, piling design, BRE365 soakaway testing and Phase 1 Desk Study environmental reports. Fiona is also a fellow of The Geological Society with a view, in the future, of gaining chartered status.
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Benjamin Lee B.Sc. FGS
Ben has two-decades experience working within the ground investigation industry, having progressed from a technician undertaking a wide range of laboratory and in-situ field tests, to a senior engineer responsible for the management and preparation of interpretative geotechnical and geo-environmental investigation reports, in addition to training junior staff members. Over the years he has managed a wide variety of projects across the UK including various small to large scale residential, commercial and infrastructure developments, covering contaminated land, groundwater assessments, remedial works, waste soil classification assessments, as well as providing geotechnical engineering advice for foundations, roads, basements and retaining walls.
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Harry Fellingham B.Sc.
Harry has recently joined the company as a Geotechnician and in that role he organises and undertakes the gas monitoring; produces the final logs, sections and location plans; assists with fieldwork, in-situ testing (BRE365, TRL DCP, CBR, Plate Bearing Tests) and sampling; carries out our CAD work; and organises sample schedules and liaison with geotechnical and chemical testing laboratories. Harry has recently graduated from Warwick University with a B.Sc. in Biomedical Science and has been looking for an interesting career to use his science background. If Harry enjoys the role the plan is for him to undertake an industry related M.Sc. in the future. When not working Harry enjoys playing rugby for Buckingham RFC
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Amber Jeacock West B.Sc.
Amber is a Geotechnician/Graduate Engineer, her role involves organising and carrying out Groundwater Monitoring and Gas Monitoring, Assisting Engineering Geologists on-site with the sampling and logging of soils, BRE365 Soakaway tests, TRL DCP and Plate Bearing Tests. When in the office she is writing up Phase 1 Desk Study reports, and also producing the final logs and graphs for Engineering Geologists’ Phase 2 Reports. Before joining Geo-integrity in 2025, Amber graduated from Royal Holloway with a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Geography. During Amber’s studies, she reconstructed the historical land of a site in East Anglia using pollen, spores and charcoal; from the onset of the Roman Period to the Medieval Ages. In the future, Amber hopes to deepen her knowledge by undertaking a Masters Degree in an industry related subject. Out of work, Amber competes at a high-level in the Discus for Radley Athletics Club and plays football for Launton Ladies Football Club.
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Heidi Bateman
Heidi helps with admin, chasing invoices, marketing and keeping the office ship shape. She has a varied work history, starting her working life in hospitality before moving into event management and corporate fund raising for a number of national charities, including NCH Action for Children and Leonard Cheshire. Heidi then worked for the RSPCA as an animal collection officer, followed by 15 years as a receptionist for a local vets, but recently decided to help out with us.
When not working Heidi likes travelling, skiing, walking our Labrador, loving our Burmese cat and entertaining friends
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