About Target Site Engineering & Surveys Ltd
With broad experience across the building and civil engineering industries we understand the importance of getting it right first time. Our services include setting out to highways, steel and concrete structures, earthworks, landscaping, infrastructure and housing developments. In addition we also undertake topographical surveys, as-built surveys, 3D laser scanning, drone surveys, high-precision monitoring, and can always assist in land registry planning.
We’re a small team who pride ourselves on offering a fast, efficient and dynamic service, tailored to your project’s needs, utilising the very latest surveying techniques and computer technology.
We are based in Suffolk, and so are ideally placed to take on regular work throughout East Anglia, The Midlands, London and the Southeast.
Tom Holder
BSc Hons
Tom is Senior Engineer and founder of Target Site Engineering & Surveys Ltd. He formed the company in 2011 after ten years of site experience on major infrastructure projects and traditional builds.
Tom’s career started with J Breheny Contractors in 2002 where he was to gain valuable practical experience out in the field. During the five years he was with Breheny’s, Tom completed an ONC and then an HND in Civil Engineering at West Suffolk College.
In 2007, Tom moved to Birse Civils Southern (a Balfour Beatty company) as section engineer, whilst also embarking on a four-year part-time course at Anglia Ruskin University. He went on to gain a First Class Honours Bachelor of Science degree, completing a dissertation on GPS Virtual Reference System and Site Control.
In the Autumn of 2010, Tom joined a growing East Anglian company, BB Surveys, to strengthen his surveying skills, before forming his very own company Target Site Engineering & Surveys Ltd in May 2011.
Since starting Target SES, Tom has worked on various large projects including highway improvements on the A14 between Haughley and Stowmarket, and was senior engineer on the Stowmarket Relief Road build. He was involved with first-stage earthworks at London Gateway Park for DP World and pavement construction at Felixstowe Port. He has set out roof gardens at Liverpool Street in London and Principle Place in Shoreditch, as well as an award-winning garden at the 2017 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Other major setting-out projects include the brand new Ford showrooms at Gates of Harlow and the A14 Huntingdon bridge demolition.
Tom is married with 3 children and lives near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. The family have two dogs, a lurcher called Rufus and Teddy a young black Labrador. There’s also a menagerie of chickens and ferrets to care for! Whilst he has little spare time, Tom loves gardening, embarking on home improvements and keeping an eye on the fortunes of his beloved Tottenham Hotspurs.
I first made contact with Tom and the team from Target Site Engineering & Surveys after a personal recommendation of their services two years ago. With the technical landscaping projects we undertake, precision and detail is critical from beginning to end. Target SES has been responsible for setting out and surveying many of our recent projects including Here East in Stratford, Level 10 and 16 Roof Gardens at Principle Place in Shoreditch, the Chelsea Royal Hospital Gardens, and the Silver Gilt Award-Winning Silk Road Garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Tom’s work is always meticulous, and that allows us to lay the foundations of our projects with absolute confidence. Willerby Landscapes and Target SES are currently working on further projects in London, Cambridge and Surrey, and I would highly recommend their services to prospective new customers.
Rick Davies
Tom and his team at Target Site Engineering & Surveys have been providing setting out & topographical survey work for West Dereham Plant Ltd for over 5 years. WDP are a family run business who specialise in civil engineering projects and high quality hard landscaping schemes to commercial clients and Main Contractors the like.
Tom & SES always provide a professional service and are able to be flexible to meet short term demands. The quality of their setting out, survey and “As-Built” information is always first class and competitive, demonstrating their ability to provide accurate work every time. WDP would have no hesitation in recommending Tom and his team to others.
Nick Drew
A timely and accurate service is what we require from professional surveyors and Target SES provides that. Of all the surveying companies we work with on a regular basis, however, we find Target SES to be most progressive in terms of embracing the latest technology and taking on interesting projects where ’thinking outside the box’ is a must. They are good people to know and work with.
Tom Stebbing
I have had the privilege of working with Tom for over ten years. Tom has supported us on a range of diverse construction projects from reconstruction of sections of the A14, Highways England Award winning Machine Control Project, to upgrading the A13 to facilitate the operation of the new deep water port for D P World at Shellhaven.
Target Site Engineering and Surveying has also worked with me on mineral and waste planning submissions with topographical surveys and volumetric analysis. Their services and commitment are second to none with a superb work ethic.
David Huckstep
RG Carter has been using the services of Target Site Engineering and Surveys on approximately fifteen of our building projects for around three years now. Tom and his team have most recently worked with us on the brand new Ford Store in Harlow, as well as a Grain Store in Ipswich Docks, the MMDIC building at Colchester hospital and the STEM building at Walthamstow Forest College.
We call upon Target SES time and again because they offer a prompt, reliable service that’s always delivered to time and budget. Tom’s experience and depth-of-understanding of what’s required on each of our projects is invaluable to us, and that’s why I would highly recommend Target’s services to you.
Christian
Burgess Homes are a family run company specialising in the development of luxury new homes. We have worked on our development sites in Suffolk and Norfolk with the Target SES team for over five years using their service for topographical surveys and setting out.
We have a great relationship with Tom and the Target team. They are extremely trustworthy and professional in their approach and hugely experienced in their field. They provide us with invaluable advice in dealing with all land matters and boundary issues.
Target pride themselves on getting the job done on time and on budget and we find their service extremely cost-effective. I would have no hesitation in recommending Tom and the Target SES team to anyone requiring their services.