Albrecht Miegler is Senior Consultant in the Water business unit and an expert in water supply infrastructure. 

Mr. Miegler has many years of experience as a design engineer for water supply and wastewater infrastructure. His activities include the preliminary assessment and detailed technical and economic investigations to identify all available options, as well as the preliminary design for the approved option including the overall concept and design criteria, numerical simulation, detailed design and the preparation of tender documents and contract documents. He is greatly valued as a partner by our customers as design leader for water supply and wastewater infrastructure and head of the consultant’s team for preparation of detailed design and tender documents for water treatment plants and distribution infrastructure as well as for disposal of wastewater and storm water from water treatment plant compounds. Apart from the supervision of design works to comply with project specifications and local and international design standards for water supply and sanitation as well as the highest project quality standards, his expertise also includes providing leadership, advising and motivating the consultant’s engineers and support personnel. Monitoring progress of detailed design and tender preparation, and liaising with the client for technical discussions and approval of design methodology and documents also play a key role in his work. As principal resident engineer, he is responsible for directing the consultant’s team to supervise the construction works safely and in accordance with the highest project quality standards as per the project specifications, providing leadership, advising and motivating the consultant’s engineers and support personnel, and planning the assignment of the consultant’s site supervision staff. He also monitors the contractor’s compliance with the requirements, keeps all parties to the contract informed of clarifications and interpretations required for proper execution of the contract, directs negotiations and resolves change requests on behalf of the client, and guides the review of contractor’s design documents, making recommendations for approval. Mr. Miegler has extensive experience in the design of water supply infrastructure, such as transport pipelines, distribution networks, supply networks, reservoirs, pumping stations, wells for recovery of water and infiltration, special infrastructure for the infiltration of water, and water treatment plants. He is also very experienced in the design of wastewater infrastructure, such as combined sewers and their structures, sanitary sewers and their structures, storm drains, retention basins, and sewer pumping stations. His customer base chiefly comprises governmental authorities related to water supply and wastewater management, municipalities, water supply companies, local authorities, and private companies requiring services for water supply and wastewater projects.  

Mr. Miegler was involved in various Strategic Water Storage and Recovery projects in the Liwa Desert, in which ADWEA, the governmental authority for water supply and electricity for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, implemented an emergency supply for the city of Abu Dhabi. The project included the storage of desalinated water in an existing fresh water aquifer through infiltration, in order to increase the quality of water extracted in the event of an emergency. 

Mr. Miegler studied at Würzburg-Schweinfurt-Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences, graduating with a degree in engineering (Dipl.-Ing. (FH)). Following his degree course, Mr. Miegler worked as a consultant for wastewater and water supply engineering at SRP Schneider & Partner GmbH in Germany, UAE, Romania and Turkey from 2001 to 2006. He was subsequently employed by General Company for Engineering and Consulting – GCEC in Damascus, Syria, from 2006 to 2008, where he was a consultant for water supply engineering.