Freddy Betancourt, PE, LEED AP, joined our Water Resources Group as National Pipeline Technical Lead where he will focus on growing our conveyance practice across the country while serving water and wastewater clients in Florida. He brings 22 years of experience in water transmission and distribution and wastewater collection with expertise in rehabilitation, design, trenchless technologies, and construction management.

Working with Florida municipalities and utilities, Freddy has designed large, complex pipeline projects for Tampa Bay Water; Cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg; Orlando Utilities Commission; Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sarasota, and Orange Counties; and the Florida Department of Transportation. Optimizing pipeline alignments, streamlining permitting processes, and minimizing construction impacts and surface restoration costs are integral to his project approach.

Freddy is Vice Chair of the Water Environment Federation (WEF) Envision Task Force and a member of Collection Systems Committees for WEF and the Florida Water Environment Association. He earned a Master of Science degree in Engineering from the University of New Orleans and a degree in Civil Engineering from Universidad Rafael Urdaneta, Maracaibo, Venezuela.