Ivory Coast Water Treatment Plant (Client ONEP; project value £160m; 2021 to date) – Head of Steering Committee, Director Fluence Israel
Overall responsibility for the engineering, procurement and construction of a 150,000m3 / day surface water treatment plant to treat water from Lagune Aghien, Ivory Coast’s largest freshwater reserve near Abidjan, which experiences severe seasonal algae contamination. Thescope of work includes water intake, multi barrier water treatment plant, bulk water piping and water towers. Fluence engaged Vinci Construction as the civil works sub-contractor for the project and the project is on target to commence commissioning in August 2023.
Cambodia Wastewater Treatment Plants, PS 1 and 2 (Client Ministry of Construction, Cambodia; project value £8m; 2020-2021) – Fluence China Director
Led the development, award and delivery of a project involving engineering, manufacturing and equipment supply for two greenfield decentralised wastewater treatment plants with a total flow of 12,000m3 / day. These plants based on Fluence’s proprietary MABR technology were the first biological wastewater treatment plants to be installed in the Kingdom of Cambodia and were successfully supplied and commissioned in under 10 months despite the challenges of operating under Covid 19 restrictions. Successful delivery of these plants led to the award of a third plant of 20,000m3 / day which when complete will be the largest MABR plant in the world.
WEM framework (Environment Agency; fees £60m; 2014-2018) – Framework Director
Responsible for delivery of a range of flood and coastal risk management services as part of Capita’s engagement on the Environment Agency’s Water and Environment Management (WEM) framework for Lot 1 (Modelling), Lot 2 (Environmental Services) and Lot 3 (Engineering). As framework Director I was responsible for servicing this framework and I successfully managed the organic growth of the team from 2 people to over 200 staff over the four year programme, delivering multiple high profile flood protection schemes. A key part of this role was to manage the relationship with our partner AECOM and to represent the joint venture on the WEM Framework Strategic Leadership Board.
Shatin Immersed Tube Tunnel, Hong Kong (Client PCJV; fees £7m; 2015-2017) – Project Director
Responsible for negotiating and delivering a detailed design commission for a tunnel across Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong which forms part of the 17km long Shatin to Central Link (SCL) connecting the New Territories to Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. In 2014 Capita teamed up with local consultant Hyder Hong Kong and the contracting joint venture Penta Ocean Construction and China State Construction Engineering (PCJV) to bid for this £380m design and build tunnel project for Mass Transit Railway Corporation Hong Kong. Following award of the design and build contract to PCJV in December 2014, I led the 30 strong project design team based in East Grinstead and client facing team based in Hong Kong which successfully met the challenges of an aggressive delivery programme, significant cultural differences and a demanding client.
Conemaugh FGD Wastewater Treatment, USA (Conemaugh Power; £15m; 2013) – Project Director
To address a need to remove heavy metals from Flue Gas Desulfurisation (FGD) wastewater generated from coal-fired power plants, I established a research project through the company’s in-house R&D facility which led to the development of a cost effective and patented biological wastewater treatment process named iBIO®, involving a three-stage anoxic/anaerobic /aerobic reactor system. In 2013 the first contract for an iBIO system for FGD wastewater treatment was awarded and I oversaw the successful design, installation and commissioning of the plant at Conemaugh Generating Station in New Florence, Pennsylvania, USA.
Lakeview Sludge Incinerator, Toronto (York Municipality; project value £50m; 2013) – Project Director
Project to build the largest sludge incinerator in North America with 4 Thermylis High Temperature Fluid Bed (HTFB) trains each of 100 Tonnes Dry Solids (TDS) per day capacity. I led the delivery team and closely managed relationships with client and consulting engineer. With final responsibility for budgets, time frames and delivery, the plant was successfully commissioned, leading to a repeat order for larger plant at Duffin Creek, Toronto with two HTFB trains of 105TDS/day.
Gulf West Pumping Station Screening, New Orleans (US ACoE; £8m; 2013) – Project Director
As part of post Hurricane Katrina flood defences in New Orleans, the US Army Corps of Engineers commissioned a US$1Bn contract in 2009 to build the largest pumping station in the world (551m3 / second). To address the need for robust mechanical screens to protect the 5,400HP pumps, I led a team that designed, installed and commissioned a solution of 11 climber screens, each 12m wide and 11m deep.