Claire Howarth
With 25 years engineering / environmental consultancy experience, Claire is the Technical Principal (Groundwater) and Hydrogeology Specialism Lead within the Heavy Civils Infrastructure division of Mott MacDonald. She is the groundwater engineering lead for: major Design & Build infrastructure projects in the UK and overseas (including HS2, Tideway, Crossrail, Doha Metro); construction risk mitigation advisor […]
Dr Stephen Thomas
Stephen is a British and European Chartered Civil Engineer, having over 40 years of experience solving groundwater problems in the Construction and Energy Industries. Stephen is Founder & Managing Director of OGI Groundwater Specialists Ltd, established in 1989 to Design & Install Groundwater Control and Dewatering Systems for a range of both large and small construction […]
Greg Ziegler
Over 25 years of geotechnical contracting experience. In addition to fulfilling a corporate role as Executive Vice President, he has responsibility for Moretrench’s Groundwater Control Division which handles Keller Foundations’ national dewatering and ground freezing operations, and also oversees the Grouting Division. He has extensive experience in ground freezing, construction dewatering using deep wells, wellpoints […]
Christoffel Botha
Christoffel has specialised in Construction Dewatering and Groundwater Control for over 16 years. During this time, he has designed, installed and operated more than 350 dewatering systems in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East. He has held key executive level positions working for client, consultant, main contractor and specialised sub-contractors. His project […]
Niel Kriel
Niel Kriel, Operations Hydrogeologist at Rio Tinto, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Hydrogeologist with a keen interest in dewatering and associated groundwater management.Niel has been fortunate enough to have worked in dewatering across multiple industries in a short amount of time. He was exposed to groundwater and to a larger extent mine dewatering when he started […]
Owen Gilbert
Owen serve as the President and CEO of NCS Fluid Handling Systems Inc. The inception of NCS Fluid Handling Systems stemmed from a recognition of a pertinent opportunity and a personal interest in the service industry. He was keenly aware of the growing importance of responsible water management, prompting his decision to establish this enterprise. […]
Andres Pinto
Andres’s work history starts back 21 years ago when, as a freshly graduated civil engineer, he joined a geotechnical consultancy firm in Colombia. It was one of the most amazing experiences, he had the opportunity to be mentored by experienced ground engineering professionals to solve problems arising from complex geotechnical conditions in a mountainous and […]
Bronson Gerken
Bronson is the Vice President of Technical Services at Griffin Fluid Management, with over 10 years in the dewatering industry. He holds a Bachelor’s in Geology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is a licensed geologist in several states. Bronson has led numerous groundwater control projects across the U.S., overseeing a team of […]
Francois Gous
Francois a Technical Engineer for Project Dewatering Limited (PDL). PDL is a specialised dewatering contractor based in the UK and part of the Hoelscher International Group. Francois is also enrolled as a master’s student at NWU Potchefstroom in South Africa. His duty as a Technical Engineer involves all aspects related to dewatering, from documenting tenders […]
Timothy D. Lynch
Tim has been employed by Roscoe Moss Company since 1979 and currently serves as its President. Over the last 42 years he has been involved with production wells for municipal supply, irrigation wells for large commercial growers, water supply wells for mineral processing, aquifer storage and recovery wells, along with dewatering wells used for controlling […]
Peter Brooke
Peter brings over 30 years of ground engineering experience to the advisory board. His career has covered a broad range of disciplines including geotechnics, groundwater abstraction, dewatering and geothermal ground source energy. Starting in project management roles, Peter has experience in contracts management, operations, country directorship and senior sales director roles that have taken him […]
Dr. Kym Morton
Dr Kym Morton is an international expert on mine dewatering design with over 40 years’ experience on over 300 mines. Her qualifications include BSc Hons Kings College, London, MSc Hydrogeology University College London, PhD in mining hydrology Imperial College London and an MBA in innovation from Imperial College London. She is a Chartered Geologist (UK) […]