Below you will find brief biographies of our team members
from Director to Surveyor grade.
We aim to recruit top graduates from survey based BSc and
MSC courses around the country. Our goal is to build a solid
team capable of top quality project delivery.
Qualifications and experience are a starting point. We place
great importance on continued professional development,
because if you are not moving forward, you are standing
still. To keep our knowledge up to date, we have encouraged
senior members of the team to attend conferences in
SanFrancisco (HDS users), Texas (Spar View), Las Vegas
(Trimble Dimensions), Germany (Intergeo), Stockholm (FIG)
and Newbury (WOG)!
Managing Director
Mark Combes, BSc(Hons), Dip Svy, MRICS, MInstCES
Graduate in Geography, Plymouth Polytechnic and Diploma in
Land Surveying at University College London. Overseas
surveying experience in Papua New Guinea, Mozambique, South
Africa, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. Two seasons with the
British Antarctic Survey on the Halley 5 Base undertaking
construction and snowdrift monitoring. Surveying experience
in the UK on a wide variety of projects. Specialising in
engineering surveying and railway surveying.
Financial Director
Nicholas Blenkarn, BSc(Hons), MSc, MRICS, MInstCES, MPWI
Graduate in Geography and Geology, The College of St Paul &
St Mary, Cheltenham. Masters degree in Land Surveying from
University College London. Wide ranging experience over 19
years of large survey projects throughout the UK.
Specialising in laser scanning, railway surveying and track
deformation monitoring along with all aspects of CAD, data
management and manipulation. Quality Assurance Manager.
Survey Manager
Bob Hutchings, MInstCES, AssocRICS
Higher Diploma in Land Surveying from East London University
in 1975. General land surveying within Local Government for
9 years followed by 14 years within a civil engineering
consultancy specialising in engineering surveying. Bob was
Regional Manager of a multi disciplinary survey company
where he founded the Land Survey Division in 1993 and is a
past serving member of TSA Technical Committee.
Principal Surveyor
Matthew Levine BSc (Hons), MSc
Graduated from University of London studying Geography and
University College London (UCL) with Masters in Surveying.
Matthew is our project leader in 3D Laser scanning (HDS
scanstation), scan data manipulation and high accuracy
surveys of rail infrastructure. PTS Qualified, RICS APC
ongoing, Management GNVQ (level3).
Senior Surveyor
Neil Roberts Bsc (Hons)
Graduated in 1997 from Sheffield Hallam University with a
degree in Minerals Estate Management. Neil has a wide
ranging post graduate experience of deformation monitoring,
large topographical surveys, Pway track surveys and rail
engineering projects.
PTS Qualified, COSS Qualified
Senior Surveyor
James Roberts BSc (Hons)
Graduated from University of Glamorgan in 1989 and has 16
years survey/project management experience. Jim specialises
in large photogrammetric surveys, rail projects, building
surveys and currently manages our Health and Safety Policy.
PTS Qualified, Management NVQ, RICS APC Ongoing.
Senior Surveyor
Jamie Price BSC (Hons)
Jamie joined the Partnership in 1998 and has studied
Surveying and Mapping sciences at the University of East
London. After rejoining TSP, Jamie took a Senior Surveyor
role, specialising in large scale pway surveys (HOTR and A09
speed enhancement projects). Also managing the service and
calibration of our ever increasing list of survey equipment
PTS Qualified, Management GNVQ (level3)
Senior Surveyor
Anett Dude Dipl.Eng
Anett Graduated from the University of Applied Sciences in
Dresden, Germany with the equivalent of a BSc Honours degree
in Land Surveying/Engineering. She joined the team in
January 2005 and has a breadth of experience in
topographical, railway and building surveys. Anett
specialises in the accurate extraction of 3D/2D data from
laser scan point clouds. PTS Qualified, ICES APC ongoing,
Management GNVQ (level3)
Senior Surveyor
Rollo Rigby BSc (Hons), MSc
Graduated from the University of Wales (Geography) and UCL
(MSc Surveying). Joined Severn Partnership in 2005, working
on laser scanning projects, TMG spigot coordination, and 3D
modelling. Rollo specialises in GPS networks, RTK surveys
and manages our fleet of Leica GPS and system 1200 smartnet
service. PTS Qualified
Senior Surveyor
Matthew Miles BSc (Hons), MSc
Graduated from the University of Wales (History) and UCL
(MSc Surveying). Joined Severn Partnership in 2008.
Experience since 2000 includes extensive work on Environment
Agency Projects and Measured Building Surveys. London
Underground Stations and LUL track survey. Two years as
Party Chief in Vancouver working on $2Billion Canada Line
PTS Qualified
Surveyor
Ash Johnson BSc (Hons), DipSvy
Graduated from Harper Adams University College with a BSc in
Rural Enterprise and Land Management, before heading to UCL
to complete a Postgraduate Diploma in Surveying. Joined the
company on Industrial Placement in 2005 and started full
time in 2008. Ash specialises in TMG Spigot Installation,
Structure Clearance Gauging, Laser scanning and 3D
Modelling. PTS Qualified
Surveyor
David Spurling
David joined Severn Partnership as an Assistant Surveyor in
2005 after gaining survey experience in New Zealand. David
completed the Survey Association course at Worcester and
specialises in wayleave transect surveys for utility
services; pipelines and power cables. PTS Qualified
Surveyor
Tomasz Koniuszy Msc
Graduated from University in Krakow with an MSc in Surveying
and Cartography and joined Severn Partnership in 2007.
Tomasz is progressing through our in house surveyor training
and mentoring and is experienced with a range of CAD
packages.
Surveyor
Chris Brown BSc (Hons), MSc
Graduated from the University of Liverpool (Mathematics) and
UCL (MSc Surveying). Joined Severn Partnership in 2004.
Chris took an ‘extended honeymoon’ 2008 to 2009, during
which time he gained experience surveying in New Zealand. We
are pleased that has returned to continue his career with
the partnership. PTS Qualified
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Surveyor
Zdenek Trubak MSc
Graduated from the Brno University of Technology with an MSc
in Geodesy and Cartography in 2004 and joined Severn
Partnership in February 2010. He is experienced in Laser
Scanning, Measured Building, GPS, Topographical, Engineering
and Monitoring Surveys. PTS Qualified
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Surveyor
Patrick Foster MSc
Graduated from the University of Liverpool (Geography) and
UCL (MSc Surveying). Joined Severn Partnership in 2009.
Patrick is progressing through our in house surveyor
training and mentoring. PTS Qualified
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3D Modeller
Mark King BSc (Hons),
Graduated from De Montfort University, Leicester (Industrial
Design) and joined Severn Partnership in 2010. Mark spent 2
years working as a Visualisation Designer for BMW in Munich,
and now heads our 3D modelling department, specialising in
modelling for Plant & Mechanical Engineering applications.
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Administration & Accounts
Gill Otto
Gill has managed the Partnership accounts since the
inception of the company in 1984..
Administration & Reception
Sally Jury
Sally joined the Partnership in 1997 and is the key to the
door of office communications..
