Carl Charpentier

Leak Location Expert, Groupe Alphard 

Carl has been working in Electrical Leak Location Surveys since 2001. With his background in electronics, he has been improving methods and electronics since. He is part of the ASTM committee and has been publishing plenty of documentation pertaining to ELL.   Groupe Alphard’s expertise includes performing leak location surveys on a variety of covered and exposed geomembranes, as well as developing new leak location technologies. Alphard also provides Construction Quality Assurance for any waterproofing project.

Mal Jones

Senior Principal Engineer, ATC Williams

Mal is a Senior Principal Engineer with ATC Williams Pty Ltd based in their Brisbane office.  He has acquired over 35 years of professional experience in the waste management and civil construction industry.  He has managed the strategy formulation, investigation, design, construction and operation of a wide range of environmental, geotechnical and civil projects both as a client and consultant. 

Sam Butler

Senior Associate Civil Engineer, WSP

Sam is a Chartered Engineer (Civil & Environmental) & RPEQ with over 14 years of experience predominantly within the waste infrastructure sector.. 

Jonathan Knape

Senior Landfill Construction Engineer, Wyndham City Council

Jonathan is a waste industry professional with over 10 years’ experience in the industry. Jonathan is currently working at Wyndham Council’s West Road Landfill, managing the construction of the Sites landfill related projects. Over the last 10 years Jonathan has successfully managed construction projects at Melbourne’s major landfills and the operations of a local Council landfill and transfer station.  

Anthony Spiteri

National Business Development Manager (Waste & Containment), Geofabrics

Anthony has spent thirty years working in civil engineering specifically the geosynthetics and recycling industries. Within geosynthetics he has been involved with stakeholders in the landfill industry including urban and regional councils, major consultants, contractors, landfill owners and operators as well as government bodies including Sustainability Victoria and the EPA. His work involves dealing with consultants, councils and contractors in providing technical advice with regards to landfill liners and drainage systems.