About

Brett C. Phillips Ph.D., CPEng, NER, IntPE (AUS), BC.WRE, F.ASCE, F.EWRI, F.IEAust, FTSE is a Senior Principal with Stantec with more than 39 years of experience in managing and undertaking a wide range of hydro-environmental assessments, catchment studies, flood and floodplain management studies and WSUD / LID investigations for Government and Industry clients. He also had senior roles on 33 projects that received 43 Divisional and/or National engineering excellence awards from Engineers Australia, Stormwater Australia, Stormwater NSW and Consult Australia since 1987. He is an author or co-author of more than 200 papers published in International and Australian conference proceedings on integrated catchment management, flooding and floodplain management and hydrology and sustainable development. He has served as ASCE Australia Section President, Region 10 Governor, Region 10 Director as well as a member of a various ASCE Committees and Taskforces. He has served on the Engineers Australia National Committee on Water Engineering since 1988 and was its chair from 1994-1997. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Water Resources from 1998-2004 and 2008-July 2015.

Career Type:

Practitioner/Engineers

Organization Type:

Companies and Enterprises

Expertise Fields/Interests:

hydro-environmental assessments, catchment management studies, flood studies, floodplain management studies, flood mitigation and stormwater quality investigations

Major Achievements:

He has project managed a wide range of projects in all states of Australia as well as in Singapore and Malaysia. This includes being directly responsible for over 350 water engineering projects for clients in both public and private sectors. He has combined high level modelling and analysis and best practices to deliver practical engineering solutions to protect citizens and property and to improve the built environment. He was also the Project Director or Project Manager or Team Leader or Senior Engineer on 33 projects that have received 43 Divisional and/or National engineering excellence awards from the Engineers Australia, Stormwater Australia, Stormwater NSW, Consult Australia and from other prestigious organizations since 1987. He is an author or co-author of more than 200 papers published in international and Australian conference proceedings and journals on sustainable development, integrated catchment management, flooding and floodplain management and hydrology. He is a co-author of the Australian Runoff Quality Guidelines released by Engineers Australia in 2006. He was also one of the managers of the 2016 revision of the iconic Australian Rainfall & Runoff on behalf of Engineers Australia. He has served on the Engineers Australia National Committee on Water Engineering since 1988 and was its chair from 1994-1997. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Water Resources from 1998-2004 and 2008-July 2015. He has served as ASCE Australia Section President, Region 10 Governor, Region 10 Director (2016-2019) as well as a member of a various ASCE Committees and Taskforces.