Kevin Tilford joins Weetwood

Dr Kevin Tilford has recently joined Weetwood as Technical Director and to manage our new Leeds Office.

Kevin has over 20 years experience of the water industry having previously worked as an academic and consultant. He joins us from EC Harris where he had regional and national responsibilities for the water and highways sectors. Prior to this, he worked for Atkins where he headed up the Rivers and Coastal Engineering teams in Warrington and Leeds. In both organisations Kevin provided specialist consultancy services to public and private sector clients, whilst also having business development and client management responsibilities.

Kevin brings a broad range of technical, business and consultancy skills to Weetwood and will be responsible for developing the services we provide to our clients, overseeing service delivery, and managing and developing relationships with clients and strategic partners in order to support our drive to become the leading specialist water management and sustainability consultancy.

His approach is to work with colleagues, clients and partners in a collaborative and trusting manner, and to ensure that client interests are central in order to deliver positive outcomes in a timely and cost effective manner.

Weetwood Managing Director, Andrew Grime, said of Kevin's appointment that... 'the expertise that Kevin brings as an industry leading figure will be invaluable to Weetwood as we continue to grow our presence nationally in the field of water management and sustainability. We are confident that this move will further improve the range and quality of services we offer.’

 

About Weetwood

Weetwood provides consultancy services on all aspects of water management and sustainable development throughout England and Wales.

Our specialist areas of work include the production of full Flood Risk Assessments in accordance with relevant planning policy guidance, Hydrological and Hydraulic Modelling, Surface Water Management (incorporating sustainable drainage solutions), River Restoration/Habitat Surveys and preparation of Environmental Statements. Our in-house surveying capability enables us to obtain accurate and targeted surveys without dependence on third party surveyors.

For further information on any of these services please contact your local Weetwood office or the named contact on our website.

We work with planning consultants, architects and developers in order to help meet the criteria of the planning process and to maximise potential benefits for our clients.

Our knowledge, expertise and contacts combined with our core beliefs of:

• the provision of high quality, professional and customer focused services;
• the delivery of sustainable solutions which give due regard to social, economic and environmental considerations;
• the need to invest in our staff to ensure that the business is sustainable to the benefit of existing and future clients;
• the highest possible business ethics;

ensure that we deliver our services efficiently, to the highest standard, and with costs and timescales being kept to a minimum.