Our staff

Eric O'Donnell

As Sports Labs Managing Director, Eric has worked in a variety of civil engineering positions for almost 30 years. Eric identified a unique and highly specialized business opportunity in the area of sports surface consultancy and testing. He is responsible for the strategic direction, overall profitability and ongoing development of this small niche civil design and testing company.

Richard Nixon

Richard has a background in Civil Engineering and over 23 years experience in the testing and assessment of construction materials. He also has 19 years experience of synthetic surfaces testing, including failure investigations and assessment of ground conditions.

Kenny Abbott

Kenny has worked in a variety of engineering, construction, contract management and business development positions for almost 20 years. Kenny is a director with the company and is focused primarily in Design & Project Management of major projects within the specialist sport surfacing market, delivering facilities from feasibility stage all the way through to procurement, construction and contractual completion.

Sean Ramsay

Sean has a background in Civil Engineering and over 20 years experience in the testing and assessment of construction materials. This includes 13 years of synthetic surfaces testing and pavement materials design.

George Wood

George has a background in Pharmaceuticals. He has 19 years experience in the testing of construction materials with 5 years of synthetic surfaces testing.

Keith Macpherson

A graduate in Sports Engineering, Keith is mainly responsible for the testing of sports surfaces both in the UK and internationally.

Jason Halliday

A graduate in Sports Engineering, Jason is responsible for the testing of sports surfaces both in the laboratory and in the field, both within the UK and Ireland.

David Dillon

A software and development engineer, David is responsible for the continued development of testing software and data acquisition applications.

Robin Wallace

As a Materials Engineer, Robin is responsible for the manufacturing and ongoing maintenance of all test equipment.

Stephen Beveridge

Stephen is a Civil Engineer. He is responsible for site investigations and base condition assessments of new or existing pitch construction.