Our Team

We have a team of experienced drilling staff including qualified plant mechanics with a broad range of welding and fabricating experience. Along with our daily pre-start checks this ensures that our vehicles, plant and equipment are well-maintained, serviced to schedule, and can be relied upon to get the job done.

  • John Hite

    Director

    Almost 30 years’ experience in construction in the ACT and surrounding region. Extensive knowledge of delivering civil, geotechnical, and structural engineering works. John is an experienced senior technical officer with over 15 years’ experience in geotechnical engineering and laboratory soils testing.

    John has worked on a large range of projects including residential, transport, water, and multi-storey commercial developments. Field investigations, ground investigations, slope stability analysis, pavement studies, footing certifications, Site classifications, ground vibration monitoring, level 1 supervision, foundation assessments.Drilling knowledge of difficult access drilling, augering, grouting, undisturbed sampling and monitoring wells.

  • Brooke Hite

    Office Manager

    Brooke’s duties include project management, including WHS, quality, and environment. Brooke has contract management and administration expertise in the civil and geotechnical construction industry including experience in surveillance officer duties, contract management, and geotechnical support for consultancy and principal contractor roles. Brooke is a geotechnical administrator undertaking site classification investigations and completing reporting for clients for their Geotechnical and construction requirements.

  • Jim Sheather

    Senior Driller

    Our senior driller, Jim Sheather, has over 16 years’ drilling experience having worked on large projects such as the investigation drilling for the Cotter Dam enlargement, drainage and monitoring on the Thredbo slip, Clyde Mountain stabilisation works, as well as many and varied dam investigation and remediation works.

    Jim currently holds drilling licenses for NSW, VIC, ACT & SA, and the company is a financial member of the Australian Drilling Industry Association.

  • Bill Edwards

    Senior Driller

    Almost 13 years’ experience in drilling within the civil construction industry in the difficult terrain locations across the Eastern States of Australia as well as work in South Australia and Northern Territory, New South Wales, and Australian Capital Territory. Extensive knowledge of drilling, investigation drilling, drainage works, grouting, rock and slope stabilisation work, plant welding and fabricating experience. Operation of various drill rigs, small portable, skid mounted, trailer mounted, and track mounted.

    Bill has worked on large projects such as the Snowy 2.0 Tantangra intake investigation, Warragamba dam investigation, Whitlam Dam investigation, as well as drilling in hard access and difficult terrain.

    Bill currently holds drilling licenses for NSW & ACT.