Company Experience  
   
Nippon Koie. LAC Co. Ltda.
Mouchel Group
Wingerts Consulting
Cooperative Housing Foundation (CHF International)
Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)-/World Bank, Lima/Peru - Vice Ministerio de Servicios Básicos La Paz, Bolivia.

Beyond LWB’s key members, the company counts with a circle of over 30 associate professionals. This team complements and assures an effective provision of services in the following areas of expertise:

- Civil engineering
- Sanitary engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Industrial engineering
- Agronomic Engineering
- Forestal Engineering
- Architecture
- Hydrology
- Geology
- Geography
- Biology
- Environment
- Business administration
- Economy
- Agricultural Economics
- Sociology
- Anthropology
- Social Communication
- Education

 

CLIENT:
ELAPAS (KfW), Sucre, Bolivia

From: September 2010
Until: December 2011

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
Development of a feasibility study for the bulk water supply to Sucre "Sucre III (Sasanta - Yurubamba)" - Bolivia

 

CLIENT
Water and sanitation program/Ministry of Health, Panamá

From: May 2011
Until: May 2012 (expected)

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
Master plan, design and social intervention to improve water supply and sanitation in Chilibre, Alcalde Díaz and peripheral communities in San Miguelito, Colón and Panama districts.

 
 

CLIENT
Hydroconseil

From: March 2010
Until: April 2010

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
LWB provided technical assistance to develop a Water Supply and Sanitation Master Plan for the Sao Tomé Government.

 
 

CLIENT
WS Atkins plc. Cambridge, UK

From: August 2009
Until: November 2009

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
Technical Assistance to conduct an assessment and implement community management for the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme (WSSSRP) – 9 ACP UNI 006

 

CLIENT
Montgomery Watson, Harza SA/NV

From: February 2009
Until: April 2009

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
LWB led the team for a mid-term evaluation of the Small Town Water and Sanitation Programme in the Western and Central Regions of Ghana, financed by the EU. The evaluation team determined the effectiveness and efficiency of the programme related to objectives, results and planned impact. A summary evaluation of water resource management was also completed.

 

CLIENT
Nippon Koie. LAC Co. Ltda.

From: July 2008
Until: March 2009

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
Design of a Conceptual Framework, Baseline and Action Plan for the Hand Washing Initiative in Bolivia, financed by the World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme.


 

CLIENT
Mouchel Group

From: April 2008
Until: December 2008

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
LWB provided Technical Assistance to the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme (WSSSRP), financed by the EU, in Nigeria, effectively managing the programme. Designs 42 urban and small town water systems in Kano, Jigawa and Yobe states were completed in collaboration the water companies and the private sector in only 8 months. An analysis of the environmental impact, focused on the river basins, was also implemented.

CLIENT
Wingerts Consulting

From: September 2007
Until: October 2007

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
A USAID/Haiti financed diagnosis of water and sanitation needs was completed in peri-urban poor communities of Haiti, in cooperation with the National Drinking Water Service (SNEP). A strategy concept was designed focused towards Integral Water Resource Management and targeted to specific watersheds.

 
 

CLIENT
Cooperative Housing Foundation (CHF International)

From: October 2005
Until: November 2005

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
LWB developed a plan and training program for social stakeholders who intervened in community development, participatory monitoring processes and auto-evaluations, Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia.

CLIENT
Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)-/World Bank, Lima/Peru - Vice Ministerio de Servicios Básicos La Paz, Bolivia.

From: November 2003
Until: June 2004

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
LWB implemented a study of the hygiene and sanitation practices among poor families of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia financed by the World Bank. The environmental health status of the population in the peri-urban poor areas was studied in order to determine service expansion and education priorities for the service providers.

 

CLIENT
Montgomery-Watson, Harza SA/NV, La Hulpe/Belgium under contract with the European Commission.

From: September 2003
Until: November 2003

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
LWB evaluated water and sanitation projects as well as community and potential private sector operators in water and sanitation sector of Puntland, Somaliland and Belet Weyne, Southern Somalia. A sector strategy was developed for implementation with EDF funds.

 
 

CLIENT
United Nations International Children’s Education Fund - UNICEF

From: June 2006
Until: December 2006

SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTANCY
A detailed anthropological study about the use of ecological latrines in the Andean zones of Bolivia was completed for UNICEF. The results of this study were presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Sanitation, Dongsheng/China (27 Aug – 1 Sep 2007) by the LWB technical director, Leonardo Sanabria in response to an invitation from the Stockholm Institute of Environment.