| Water resources management adviser |
2009-10: Managing water in Asia's river basins (ADB RETA 6470). 2008: DHI-NTU Water & Environment Research Centre and Education Hub, Singapore. 2007: Cambodia: IWRM-based river basin studies in Kratie and Kampot provinces. 2006: Study of water availability and livelihoods in the Boribo and Dauntri rivers in the Tonle Sap basin, Cambodia. Consultant: PRD (Cambodia), funded by ADB and AFD. 2000-06: Mekong Basin Development Plan (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam). Client: Mekong River Commission (Phnom Penh), funded by Danida and others. 2002-05: National Capacity Development Project, Cambodia. Host organisations: Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Ministry of Environment, and other ministries involved in natural resources management. Consultant: Carl Bro International and DHI Joint Venture, funded by Danida. 2002-03: Flood Management and Mitigation Programme for the Lower Mekong Basin, support during programme formulation and implementation planning. Client: Mekong River Commission. 2002: IWRM pilot studies in Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam. Client: Mekong River Commission, funded by DFID (UK). 2000: Kok River Basin, Thailand. Multi-disciplinary natural resources and environmental management study. Client: Mekong River Commission (Phnom Penh) and Office of Environmental Policy & Planning (Thailand), funded by DFID (UK). 1999: Mekong Basin Development Plan (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam), detailed planning phase. Client: Mekong River Commission (Phnom Penh), consultant: Jaakko-Poyry in joint venture with DENconsult; funding agencies: Danida and SIDA.
1992-96: River Survey Project (FAP24), Bangladesh. This was one of
the largest components of the national Flood Action Plan, which had a total
budget of around 150 mio. USD. The project comprised hydrological and
morphological mapping and analysis of the main rivers of Bangladesh.
Consultant: Delft-DHI Joint Venture in association with Hydroland and
Approtech (Bangladesh), client: Flood Plan Coordination Organisation
(Bangladesh), funding: The Commission of the European Communities. 1992:
Kelani Ganga River, Sri Lanka. Water quality study of saline intrusion
from the sea, threatening the water supply of Colombo. Consultants: DHI and
Lanka Hydraulic Institute (Sri Lanka), client: National Water Supply and
Drainage Board (Sri Lanka), donor: Danida. 1983: Marina Bay,
Singapore. Hydraulic and environmental impact study for a reclamation scheme
re-shaping the mouth of Singapore River. Consultant: DHI, with participation
by United Surveyors (Singapore), client: Housing and Development Board
(Singapore). 1982-83: Thailand, rehabilitation of provincial
waterworks. Consultant: Kampsax-Krüger and DHI (Denmark), and Necco and
Thaigroup (Thailand), client: Provincial Water Works Authority (Thailand),
funding: The World Bank.
Coastal, estuarine & marine environment
2001: Sri Lanka, Coastal
Resources Management Project, Component B, Institutional Strengthening. Lead
consultant: Anzdec (New Zealand), host organisation: Ministry of Fisheries
and Aquatic Resources Development (Sri Lanka), funding: Asian Development
Bank. 1998: Bahrain, cooling water recirculation study and marine
environmental screening. Consultant: DHI in association with COWI-Almoayed
Gulf (Bahrain) and COWIconsult (Denmark), client: Aluminium Bahrain.
1995-98:
Meghna Estuary Study (FAP5B), Bangladesh. Hydraulic engineering services
in connection with a master plan study for the low lands of the mouth of the
Meghna, where Ganges and Brahmaputra discharge into the Bay of Bengal. Lead
consultant: DHV (The Netherlands), host organisation: Bangladesh Water
Development Board, funded by DGIS (The Netherlands) and Danida. 1992-93:
Masinloc Power Plant, The Philippines. Environmental feasibility and impact
study with associated technology transfer to the host organisation.
Consultant: Danish Power Consult and VKI, sub-consultant: DHI, client:
National Power Corporation (The Philippines), funding: Asian Development
Bank. 1992: Kakinada, Andra Pradesh, India, coastal hydraulic study
for a planned harbour. Consultant: Ramboll (Denmark), sub-consultant: DHI,
host organisation: Godavari Fertilizer Co. (India), funding: Danida.
1991: Barranco de Tirajana and Granadilla power plants, Gran Canaria and
Tenerife, Spain. Site selection study. Consultant: HIDTMA (Spain), client:
Unión Eléctrica de Canarias SA. 1990: Venice Lagoon, Italy,
environmental and morphological feasibility and impact study for the planned
flood protection of the town of Venice. Consultants (study component C.2.3):
DHI and Ecomar (Italy), client: Consorzio Venezia Nuova (Italy). 1989-91:
The Maldives, Male waste disposal study, marine investigations. Lead
consultant: Gitec (Germany), sub-consultant: DHI in association with Lanka
Hydraulic Institute (Sri Lanka) and VKI (Denmark), client: Government of the
Republic of The Maldives, represented by Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
(Germany). 1988-89:
Taichung Thermal Power Plant, Taiwan ROC. Cooling water disposal study,
including recirculation, environmental impact, and hydraulic optimisation of
a 380 m³/s sea water cooling system. Consultant: DHI, in association with
Sinotech, IHMT and THL (Taiwan ROC), client: Taiwan Power Company.
1987-88: East Coast Siltation Study, Singapore. Study of silt transport
and harbour siltation. Consultant: DHI, with participation by United
Surveyors (Singapore), client: Housing and Development Board (Singapore).
1987-88: Keelung and Tamsui, Taiwan ROC, consultancy on environmental
aspects in connection with planning of two large harbours on the north coast
of Taiwan. Consultant: CECI (Taiwan ROC), client: Keelung Harbour Authority.
1985-86: North East Coast Reclamation Project, Singapore. Hydraulic
and environmental impact study for a large reclamation scheme in Johor
Strait. Consultant: DHI, with participation by United Surveyors (Singapore),
client: Housing and Development Board (Singapore). 1985-86: Ad Dur,
Bahrain. Hydraulic and environmental design and impact study for a 10 mio.
gallons/day reverse osmosis desalination plant. at that time the World's
largest plant of its kind. Consultant: DHI, contractor: Weir/Daewoo
Consortium (UK/Republic of Korea), client: Saline Water Conversion
Corporation (Saudi Arabia). 1985: East Coast Reclamation Project,
Singapore. Hydraulic and environmental impact study for a reclamation
scheme. Consultant: DHI, client: Housing and Development Board (Singapore).
1984: The North Sea, operational oil spill forecast modelling.
Development of a deterministic oil spill model for the emergency
preparedness of the operators, with modules for prediction of wind, current,
drift and weathering. Consultant: DHI, with participation by VKI, client:
Maersk Oil and Gas. 1982: Pontevedra, Spain, estuarine dye tracing as
a part of an environmental study. Consultant: Ramon Iribarren Institute
(Spain). 1982: Puerto de Carboneras Power Plant, Spain, environmental
and sedimentological study for a power plant and a coal import harbour.
Consultant (hydraulic studies): DHI, lead consultant: Christiani & Nielsen
(Denmark), client: PUCARSA (Spain).
1981-82: Marmorilik, West Greenland, field survey for a research
project of estuarine circulation. 1981: Mecca-Taif Power and
Desalination Plant, Saudi Arabia, hydraulic investigations for a planned
power and desalination plant on the Red Sea coast. Consultant (hydraulic
investigations): DHI, lead consultant: Fichtner (Germany), client: Saline
Water Conversion Corporation, Saudi Arabia. 1981: Yanbu, Saudi
Arabia. Field surveys for a large industrial development scheme on the Red
Sea coast. Consultant: DHI, client: Petromin (Saudi Arabia). 1979:
Narssaq, Southwest Greenland. Environmental hydraulic baseline study for a
planned uranium mine at Kvanefjeld. Consultant: DHI, client: Technical
Organisation of Greenland. 1978-79:
Marmorilik, West Greenland. Environmental hydraulic studies of tailings
disposal from the Black Angel lead and zinc mine. Consultant: DHI, client:
Greenex.
Structures
1991: Jubail Power and Desalination Plant, Saudi Arabia, design modification of the 290 m³/s sea water intake of the Worlds largest desalination plant, in order to provide protection against oil pollution. Consultant: DHI and COWI-Almoayed Gulf, client: Saline Water Conversion Corporation (Saudi Arabia). 1991-92: Koggala, Sri Lanka, study of a planned ocean outfall for industrial wastewater. Consultant: Lanka Hydraulic Institute (Sri Lanka), client: National Water Supply and Drainage Board, Sri Lanka. 1991-92: Costa de la Luz, Spain. Environmental feasibility and hydraulic design of 6 ocean outfalls on the Atlantic coast of Spain. Consultant: HIDTMA (Spain) and DHI, client: Junta de Andalucia. 1990-91: Hsin-Ta power plant, Taiwan ROC. Planning and hydraulic design of the cooling water system for a 4200 MW power plant observing strict national environmental standards. Consultant: DHI, client: Taiwan Power Company.
Miscellaneous
2007:Cambodia: Resource-based livelihood opportunities in commune development planning. Consultant: DHI, funded by Danida. 2006-07:
China, formulation of a capacity-building sub-component of the planned
2nd Shandong Environment Project, client: The World Bank. 2005-06: Water
Resources University, Hanoi, support to development of a new MSc course in water resources
economics. Consultant: PEM-consult, funded by Danida. 2003: Consultant for the 2nd
Annual Flood Forum of Mekong River Commission. 2001: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, visiting research
engineer, integrated water resources management (IWRM). 1995-2000: Surface Water
Modelling Centre, Bangladesh. Short-term consultancies, funded by Danida.
1999: Coastal Zone Management, Cambodia, appraisal of a combined
technical assistance and social development project, institutional
specialist. Client: Danida, consultant: VKI. 1998: Flood Forecasting
& Warning Centre (FAP10), Bangladesh, consultant on institutional issues.
Host organisation: Bangladesh Water Development Board, consultant: DHI,
funded by Danida. 1997: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda. Consultant for
seminars on environmental policy and management, organised by the national
environmental agency and the World Bank. 1996-97: Kazakstan.
Consultant for a seminar on environmental policy and management, organised
by Ministry of Ecology and Bioresources and the World Bank. 1993-95:
India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and The Philippines, research
project (PhD study) on international technology dissipation, supervised by
dr. phil. Erik Baark, sponsored by the Danish Development Research Board
(Rådet for Ulandsforskning), Danida. 1994: The Caspian Sea,
identification mission for an environmental conference. Consultant: DHI in
association with Volga Consulting Engineers (Moscow) and VKI, client: TACIS.
1991-94: Lanka Hydraulic Institute, Sri Lanka, technological
upgrading (Phase 3), comprising implementation of a suite of numerical
models, and associated training in Sri Lanka and Denmark. Consultant: DHI,
funded by Danida.
Employment
Education
Publications
T.K. Nielsen: Bedre rådgivning (in Danish, textbook about consultancy, discussing the client/consultant relation, and the role of the specialist in the decision process). (Out of print). Teknisk Forlag, København 1992 (ISBN 87 571 1393 9)