Chris is a flood risk engineer specialising in sustainable drainage, Lead Local Flood Authority planning application reviews and hydraulic modelling. He is a Senior Engineer within WSP having joined the company following graduation and working up through the graduate training scheme and beyond. Chris has worked on a number of multi-disciplinary schemes, developing the early surface water management strategies and, working in collaboration with the master planner and landscape architect, embedding these within the design plans for forthcoming developments. Chris has also had complementary experience working with a number of Lead Local Flood Authorities across the Midlands in reviewing planning applications and providing statutory responses to Local Planning Authorities regarding flood risk and surface water drainage matters.