Gilbert + Sutherland

Principal Water Resource Engineer and Environmental Scientist Owen Droop will head Gilbert & Sutherland’s hydraulic and hydrology section from August 1, 2010. Owen replaces Neil Collins, who has accepted a role with BMT WBM after ably developing and enhancing our flooding and hydraulic assessment capabilities over two whirlwind years.

Based in our Brisbane Office, Owen has recently completed lengthy secondments within the Department of Environment and Resource Management and the Queensland Water Commission where he was responsible for large-scale water resource modelling, impact assessment and supply planning.

A Director of Gilbert & Sutherland, he will lead a team of five engineers experienced in hydraulic and hydrological modelling, water supply planning and mine water management. Owen’s first disciplines are hydraulics and hydrology and he has given expert evidence to mining and planning commissions over the last fifteen years.