Geoenvironmental issues have a significant impact on everyone. From property values and the safety of children in our homes and schools, through to the impacts on construction costs and the ability to mitigate the climate crisis. The nature of the soil and groundwater beneath our feet has a huge influence on everyday life.

MHB Consultants Geoenvironmental & Land Quality Services (LQS) was formed in 2020 and works in tandem with our established civil, geotechnical and surveying teams to provide a full range of ground and development related services to existing and new clients.

The department is led by William Warnock, William joined MHB Consultants in August 2021 and is the LQS lead based in the Glasgow office. With over 10 years’ experience in consultancy and contracting, William has delivered geoenvironmental solutions across the UK, with a focus on site investigation works, remediation and decommissioning works. His experience includes working on public and private sector projects from preliminary risk assessments and investigations to detailed remedial design and verification works. William is responsible for delivering complex design and consultancy advice to meet client programmes, budgets and aspirations. He can manage and work with multidisciplinary design teams including design engineers, architects and contractors.

The LQS team provide pragmatic and evidence-based assessment of soil and groundwater quality issues to meet our Clients’ requirements in line with our common practice goal to provide practical solutions to save money for our clients. 

With many planning permissions requiring an assessment of the environmental risks on site, we provide advice and support to our clients through the various aspects of the planning process. We provide a complete range of geoenvironmental and land quality services from preliminary contaminated risk assessments to remediation strategies and environmental planning support for flooding, drainage and mining issues.