Following the appointment of Managing Director Richard Woods the company has gone from strength to strength following its success under the helm of Gary Dresser.
The 38-year-old joined the company in 2006, starting as a graduate engineer before becoming an engineer and senior engineer and taking over as a director in 2015.
The firm employs 23 staff at its offices and geotechnical testing laboratory on Yarm Road. Solmek operates its own UKAS accredited geotechnical laboratory, including laboratory apprentices employed directly from the Tees Valley area and conducts works across the UK as well as throughout the North East and Tees Valley, along with regular contract locations such as Leeds, Wakefield and the Midlands. The firm specialises in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering – civil engineering of the ground prior to projects such as houses, bridges and roads being built.
Its wide range of services include detailed Phase 1 Desk Studies and Phase 2 Site Investigations using a variety of intrusive methods of drilling and trial pitting to obtain soil parameter data for both foundation design as well as land contamination.
Woods said: “This is a great Tees Valley-based company to work for which is growing, and I’m definitely proud to be the new managing director.
“We have a really great, loyal team who have been with us a long time, and some fantastic clients. We train and promote from within and want everybody to progress.
“The aim is to keep pushing forward.” Solmek has been trading successfully since 2002 and has grown an impressive portfolio of clients from across the Tees Valley such as Able UK, Ineos, ConocoPhillips and SABIC as well as long standing relationships with numerous house builders and consulting engineers such as Billinghurst George and Partners.
Solmek has gained numerous other top-line industry accreditation in recent years, including ISO 9001 for quality management systems, 14001 for environmental standards and 45001 for health and safety.
Woods mapped out his future hopes for Solmek, adding: “I think we are the main site investigation contractor in the Tees Valley after more than doubling in size with our turnover in the last five years.
“Using our fantastic team of engineers and technicians we want to grow the company by providing our existing and new clients with an unrivalled service.”
Find out more about solmek on the company’s new website: www.solmek.com
