Our People

Our People

Our team came together with a vision of being able to offer clients access to dedicated specialist expertise in water services. Commitment to the industry is unquestionable and our passion for all things water is evident.

Our Directors lead from the front and have hands on involvement in many of our projects. Each head up a technical discipline with complementary skills across the process design, monitoring, engineering design and contracting arenas.

Kevan Brian

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Position:

Executive Director - Process Technology

Specialist areas:

Technical specialist in wastewater process technology, including design, commissioning and optimisation of biological wastewater treatment processes. Specialist skills in the design, operation and optimisation of biological processes. Recent experience in commissioning a range of treatment processes from Nitrifying Trickling Filters (NTF's), Biological Aerated Flooded Filters (BAFF's), SBR systems and MBR installations.

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Roger Beardsley

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Position:

Chairman

Specialist areas:

Governance of Engineering and Financial organisations. Engineering specialities include Hydrology, Hydrography & Hydraulic modelling, and Project & Business Management.

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Robert White

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Position:

Executive Director - Civil Infrastructure

Specialist areas:

Civil infrastructure, pipelines & pump stations, project management, water & wastewater treatment plant upgrades, and hydraulic modelling. Responsible for HR and general business administration.

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Peter Stephens

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Position:

Executive Director - Monitoring & Modelling

Specialist areas:

Installation, calibration & operation of HVQ, weir, flume & rainfall monitors. Sewer, storm water & river/stream gauging, water quality monitoring, pump station calibration, dye & salt dilution analysis, data editing, quality coding & management and inflow/infiltration analysis.

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Ian Chase

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Position:

Managing Director (Australia)

Specialist areas:

Project and Business Management, with specialist skills in hydography (including flow monitoring, inflow and infiltration reduction, sewer system evaluation, water monitoring and leak detection) and Biosolid processes (Sludge thickening, dewatering and thermal drying).

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Steve Couper

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Position:

Managing Director (New Zealand)

Specialist areas:

Strategic infrastructure planning & management, water and waste water treatment plants, industrial waste water engineering, effluent re-use & bio-solids management, treatability tests and pilot plant trials, trade waste management, process simulation modelling & nutrient removal and management of resource consent acquisition.

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Jason Ewert

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Position:

Executive Director - Engineering

Specialist areas:

Experience in the detailed design of treatment plant upgrades including: design management, condition assessments, cost analysis, options investigations, feasibility studies, preparation of equipment technical specifications, selection of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control equipment, detailed design, contract document preparation, construction supervision, contract administration and commissioning.

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