Promotion News!

We are pleased to announce the following promotions within Cole Easdon (CE).

From left to right:

Caroline Shakespeare has been promoted from Principal Transport Planner to Associate Director.

Caroline has over 22 years’ transport planning experience in both the private and public sector. She has comprehensive knowledge and experience of producing Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, Travel Plans and providing detailed technical advice to clients for a wide range of projects including residential, commercial, education, leisure and mixed-use schemes.

Sarah Seed has been promoted from Finance Manager to Associate Director.

Sarah is responsible for the finance/administration team at CE and all accounting functions, as well as assisting with human resources, project management, research, costings, procurement and preparing contract documents for clients.

Jess Pockett has been promoted from Principal Engineer to Associate Director.

Jess joined CE in 2012 and continues to provide expert advice to our clients in the preparation of Flood Risk Assessments, Foul and Surface Water Drainage Strategy documents, Detailed SuDS Design and both Pluvial and Fluvial Modelling Studies acting for a broad range of clients. She has comprehensive experience of residential, commercial and leisure proposals.

Jonathan Griffiths has been promoted from Infrastructure Engineer to Senior Infrastructure Engineer.

Jonathan joined CE in 2022 after achieving an MEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering from the University of Plymouth. He previously completed an industrial year placement with CE as part of his degree programme. As part of the infrastructure team, he is responsible for producing detailed design packages for a wide range of schemes.

Zoë Wilson has been promoted from Senior Infrastructure Engineer to Principal Infrastructure Engineer.

Zoë joined CE in 2018 after completing her degree in Physical Geography at Aberystwyth University. She has worked across a broad range of project types and sizes producing Flood Risk Assessments and Foul and Surface Water Drainage Strategies for planning, as well as producing detailed designs from discharge of planning conditions through to construction.

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What our clients say…

“CE carried out the work we commissioned exactly as we would have wanted it in a courteous, friendly and professional manner.”

John Stuart Grant, Grantham Bros Ltd

“CE are great to deal with, their knowledgeable and professional approach was key to helping us achieve a very positive outcome.”

Robin Uttley, United Utilities

“Wonderful service, fast, thought-out and accurate. Assisted us greatly in getting our project scoped out and costed quickly and efficiently.”

Dominic Fry, Avebury Sports & Social Club

“CE offered our design practice a very thorough, friendly and professional highways report service that fully met our brief and within the timescales requested.”

Andrew Jackson, Sylva Group

“The consultant was knowledgeable, professional and efficient. Good value for money. I would highly recommend them.”

Julie Jeanes, Linwood School

“I work regularly with Cole Easdon on a variety of projects for different house builder clients. I have always found them to be very reliable and very pro-active when dealing with highway and drainage authorities.”

Roger Smith, Savills (Oxford)

“Without the professional support from Cole Easdon we would not have been able to challenge and prove the local planning department were incorrect regarding their comments made about our flood zone status.”

Rob Charman, Cuddra Aquatics

“It’s the personal (not corporate) approach you take on projects that I like.”

James Bulley, Trivandi

"CE are very professional, promote good relationships with Clients and provide good civil/drainage solutions on time."

Cidalia Teixeira, Clegg Associates

"They are a thoroughly professional and reliable company. They provide expert advice and support and their reports are first class. They are very willing to engage and give an opinion as to the best way to overcome a problem. Delightful to deal with too."