Who are we?

2ic are specialist consultants in the engineering and management of irrigation systems and water supply schemes. The practice was formed in 1999 to answer all the irrigation and water questions asked by golf course architects, secretaries, greenkeeping staff, sports turf management, landscape architects and agronomists.

We are a world class company with a great deal of international experience and can work with many different cultures and languages, including Arabic.

Bill Hawthorn ASIC, MIAgrE, Director.
Bill has been engineering irrigation and water supply projects since 1960 in Europe, Africa, Asia and America. He was the first person to install a pop-up sprinkler on a golf course in the British Isles and as founder, owner and later chairman of Watermation Ltd was directly responsible for many of the innovations that have driven the irrigation industry forward over the last three decades.

He was the pioneer of the two-wire irrigation control system and one of the founders of the British Turf and Landscape Irrigation Association - the self regulating body of the British industry. He is also a Professional member of the American Society of Irrigation Consultants (ASIC). Bill is an acknowledged leader in the design of pumping and hydraulic systems as well as earth bank winter storage reservoirs.

Philip Landon ASIC, Director
Phil has 20 years’ experience in the design, construction supervision and project management of irrigation systems, both in the UK and Europe. He has specialist skills in the location of underground water sourcing, combining geological evaluation with water divining.

He has plenty of hands-on experience in the installation of irrigation systems, having spent several years as a contractor. There is not an irrigation installation job that he has not done himself, from installing pipes, valves and sprinklers through to control wiring and setting up the computer with its database.

As a consultant, Phil has designed, installed and overseen the installation of many types of irrigation systems, including golf projects, football stadia and large garden projects in conjunction with private developers. His specialist skills have been brought to bear on water resourcing for remote locations for housing developers, large dairy farms and domestic properties. Phil has served as Vice Chairman of the British Turf and Landscape Association where he was responsible for setting up a technical support facility to ensure that standards were being upheld in the industry.

Sally Sandison, Director
Sally has worked in the industry for over 20 years and has a wealth of experience in sales of sprinklers, control systems, ancillary goods and pumps, as well as looking after distribution networks worldwide and handling technical issues as they arise. We are delighted to now have Sally on the 2ic team in a sales and marketing role.

Angus Gilmore, Surveyor and AutoCAD draughtsman
2ic Land surveyor with Total Station and GPS systems.
After achieving high grade GCSEs in Maths and Physics, Angus entered The North East London Polytechnic for an intensive training course in Land Surveying, graduating from there in 1978.

He then commenced a period of employment L A Story & Partners, of Newcastle- upon- Tyne, undertaking various topographical and aerial surveys throughout the British Isles. Then responding to the call of overseas adventure, he undertook survey projects in U.A.E, Qatar, Oman, Iraq and Algeria. There followed a period surveying and setting out for Bovis and other large building contractors and finally critical surveying for the Piper Bravo oil project. In 1994 Angus moved to Portugal and there his experience was put to good use in undertaking surveys for new golf courses, large landscapes as well as housing developments. He has continued with type of work since then. In 2006 he became an associate of 2ic undertaking surveys and producing drawings for our projects throughout UK and Europe.