John inspects the outlet of the aqueduct at
Maidens Brook on the New River for Thames WaterJohn
Prytherch joined us after completing a Master’s degree in Civil
Engineering and Management from Birmingham University in 1999. He
is a Chartered Engineer specialising in irrigation, drainage and
hydraulic engineering. He has wide ranging experience including
project management, feasibility studies, hydraulic modelling,
design, contract management and construction supervision.
Early in his career he worked on a number of river engineering and
flood defence projects both directly for Mott MacDonald and while
on secondment to the Environment Agency. John also supervised the
construction of the Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake, the training
centre for the British Olympic Rowing Team.
More recently he has led design teams for irrigation and drainage
projects in India and Uzbekistan and worked as a dam engineer on
projects in Lesotho, Ghana and the UK.
John is currently working in Mali as the design team leader for the
Millennium Challenge Corporation funded Alatona Irrigation Project.
He is responsible for the design of a 22,000 hectare extension to
the existing Office du Niger irrigation system and leads a team of
engineers from the UK, India and Mali.
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