Utility Management

How CEOs are managing historic workloads in the water industry

Feb. 15, 2024

As money from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act begins to percolate to water and wastewater projects across the United States, engineering and design firms are seeing historic workloads for their teams.

John Henderson, CEO of HDR Inc., explains the extent of those historic workloads, how it is challenged by a competitive workforce marketplace and what he and HDR are doing to tackle the problem headon.

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About the Author

Bob Crossen

Bob Crossen is the editorial director for the Endeavor Business Media Water Group, which publishes WaterWorld, Wastewater Digest and Stormwater Solutions. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He worked for Campbell Publications, a weekly newspaper company in rural Illinois outside St. Louis for four years as a reporter and regional editor.