Marcelo Allende (BSc, BEng) is a Principal Environmental Consultant (Hydrologist) at AWN with over 20 years of experience water resources technical studies, conceptual and numerical modelling and environmental consultancy. Marcelo holds a degree in Water Resource Civil Engineering (BEng, Hons) from the University of Chile and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSc, Hons). He has worked on a wide of range of projects including multi-aspect environmental investigations, geo-environmental impact assessments, surface and groundwater resource management, hydrological and hydrogeological conceptual and numerical modelling, strategic and site specific flood risk assessments (Stage 1,2 and 3), Due Diligence reporting, baselines studies, soils, surface water and groundwater monitoring and field sampling programmes on a variety of brownfield and greenfield sites throughout Ireland as well as overseas in Chile, Argentina, Peru and Panama. He also has detailed knowledge of environmental guidance, legislation, regulations & standards and expertise in GIS (expert level) and MATTE studies at COMAH establishments. He is currently a member of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH, Irish Group) and a member of Engineers Ireland (MIEI).