Rodney Charles BRIDLE MSc(Eng) C Eng C Geol FICE FGS

Rod Bridle is an All Reservoirs Panel Engineer, authorised under the Reservoirs Act (1975) to inspect, design and supervise construction of dams of any size or type. Current responsibilities include acting as Construction Engineer responsible under the Act for design and construction of four new flood control dams in UK. Two of these, Melton Mowbray and the River Nar, are for the Environment Agency. He was also Construction Engineer responsible for design and construction of the recently completed Pollan Dam in Ireland. He has carried out numerous dam safety inspections for many owners including Severn Trent Water, North West Water, South West Water, Environment Agency, Bristol Water, British Waterways and several private owners.

He has worked in Africa, Malaysia and many other countries, including USA. He was Project Manager for Queen's Valley Reservoir in Jersey, Channel Islands, and was Design Engineer and Resident Engineer in the 1970s for Empingham Dam, the dam that retains Rutland Water. His current client list includes the Building Research Establishment, Environment Agency, Hong Kong Government and several consulting firms and private clients.

From 1999-2001, he was Chairman of the British Dam Society and the UK representative on the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD). He supports the work of the World Commission on Dams (1998-2000) and its successor, the UNEP Dams and Development Project. In 1986 he was awarded the Telford Medal, highest award of the Institution of Civil Engineers, for his paper on Empingham dam.

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