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Profession

 

Civil Engineer

Position

 

Principal Engineer

Qualifications

 

BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering
Chartered Engineer
Planning Supervisor

Professional Affiliations

 

Member, Institution of Civil Engineers
Member, Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management

Expertise

Bob is a Principal Engineer, with over 30 years experience in water engineering. This has been gained in the U.K. and overseas working with Consulting Engineers. He has managed teams undertaking all phases of projects from pre-feasibility to construction.

He has been engaged on schemes for Public Authorities and private developers and worked in the U.K. and overseas.

His fields of specialisation include

  • foul and storm sewerage
  • Flood Risk Assessments
  • Sewage and water treatment
  • Water supply, storage, pumping and distribution
  • Hydraulic modelling of storm water systems
  • Open channel hydraulics
  • Pumping systems.

He has been engaged as an expert witness for flood and drainage schemes.

Experience
1999-date Fenland Hydrotech Principal Engineer engaged on water supply, sewerage and drainage schemes
1984 - 1999 Ove Arup & Partners
Senior Water Engineer
London and Leeds
Project Management: Feasibility and Construction of foul sewerage, waste water treatment plants and water supply schemes for Yorkshire Water Services.
Design : Detailed design of 50KM of foul water interceptor sewers for Bangkok Waste Water project, including major pumping stations to serve a population of 1,100,000. Tender design of pumping stations for Hull UWWTD Scheme.
Supervising Engineer : Drainage area studies for Harrogate and Colchester using WALLRUS models of combined sewage systems.
Review Engineer : Infrastructure design for master plan of Peterborough Southern Township, ( including foul and surface water pumping stations) serving an area of nearly 1,000 hectares.
1980 - 1984 Howard Humphreys Ltd
Principal Engineer
Design & Construction Supervision : Nanyuki sewage treatment and water supply (Kenya), waste stabilisation ponds for Chilumba army barracks (Malawi). Design and construction by direct labour of the District water supply scheme (Malawi)
1973 - 1980 Haiste & Partners
Project Engineer

Senior Design Engineer : Spalding Sewerage and sewage treatment works, including sludge disposal to serve a population equivalent of 140,000.
Water supply and infrastructure for Kaduna and Katsina in Northern Nigeria

1970 - 1973 Ward, Ashcroft & Parkman
Assistant Engineer
Design : rural sewage treatment works and sewerage schemes
1967 - 1970 Mott, Hay & Anderson
Site engineer
Assistant Resident Engineer : on the Mersey Tunnel
Bob Williams