BETA studio | WB Drina 2020

BETA Studio s.r.l. is an Engineering company providing Consultancy and Technical Services in the sectors of WATER, ENVIRONMENT, and CIVIL ENGINEERING. Established in 1977, wholly owned by Italians, it is based in Italy with headquarters in Padua, and in Argentina with head office in Buenos Aires.

BETA Studio’s core expertise is water. We have broad knowledge of hydraulics, hydrology implemented to River Basin Management Plans, Integrated Water Resources Management, water supply, irrigation and sanitation infrastructures, Flood Risk Management, flood forecasting, Early Warning System, river training, land reclamation, urban drainage, dams for multipurpose uses, environmental management, water quality and climate change.

Since the beginning of its activity BETA Studio has been open to innovation, with the aim of constantly improving its technical competitiveness and developing the potentialities offered by advanced technologies (remote sensing, weather radar and satellite imagery analysis for differ purposes, LiDAR, CAD/GIS, …) to environmental planning and water infrastructure management. BETA Studio has extensive experience in hydro-informatics and the implementation of a variety of models concerning hydrology, hydraulics, hydrogeology, soil conservation, using both open source and commercial software for project development.

Over the years, BETA Studio has expanded a network of technical and institutional relationships in Italy and abroad, particularly in Eastern Europe, Balkans Region, Caucasus, East African Community (EAC), Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Latin America. Through the establishment of successful collaborations in Georgia, Moldova, Albania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Kenya, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, Colombia, Paraguay, BETA Studio carried out several projects in the following sectors.

DRR – DISASTER RISK REDUCTION / DRM – Disaster Risk Management

Natural risk analysis, Flash flooding, Flood Risk Management (FRM), flood hazard and Flood Risk Assessment (FRA), flood forecasting, early warning systems (EWS) and catchment protection plans, river and watersheds regulation, water sources protection, soil bioengineering, slope and landslide analysis and stabilisation, sediment transport modelling (including sediments delivery estimation), river geomorphology studies, and fluvial morphology impact assessment

IWRM – INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Surface and ground water quality and quantity assessment, availability and sustainability of surface and groundwater resources analysis, River Basin Management (RBM) plans that include water related issues and water use projects, water management assessment and optimisation by means of “umbrella” hydrologic-hydraulic models, climate change analysis, Natural Resource Management plans

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE SCHEMES FOR LAND RECLAMATION

Irrigation and drainage schemes, drainage canal infrastructures, pressurised irrigation systems, design/rehabilitation of new/existing irrigation systems and dams, pumping stations, land suitability studies, cropping patterns evaluation, irrigation demand analysis, irrigation command areas design, command area development

WSS – WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION

Asset surveys, networks analysis, networks modelling, flow surveys, non-revenue water assessment, energy optimisation, Water Treatment Plant (WTP), storm water management, urban drainage, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) for urban flood risk management, Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP), ponds and wetlands for water treatment

DAMS FOR MULTIPURPOSE USES

Embankment dams and gravity dams for multipurpose use (hydropower, irrigation, water supply, flood-control), geology and hydrogeology, civil/geotechnical/structural/electromechanical engineering, ecological flow assessment, operational rules analysis, dam break analysis, reservoir sedimentation analysis, dam lifespan analysis, dam safety assessment and dam safety programmes development.

As an UNI EN ISO 9001/14001 certified company since 2002, BETA Studio follows the requirements to ensure services that achieve excellence standards. The Quality and Environmental Management System is constantly updated to meet customers’ expectations. BETA Studio is a member of the Italian Association of Engineering, Architectural and Technical – Economic Consultancy Organisations (OICE) and the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC).

BETA Studio – What we do

Our approach is to engineer solutions to create solutions that are both environmentally beneficial and which have financial and wider social benefits. BETA Studio offers a wide spectrum of consulting services covering the entire project cycle, from concept design to in-house Master Planning, Feasibility Studies, Detailed Designs, Works Supervision, ESHS provision and O&M Manual, based on several specialised services:

CAD/GIS/BIM – Remote Sensing
Economic and Financial Analysis
Social and Environmental Analysis
Capacity building – Training – Institutional strengthening

BETA Studio – The Team

BETA Studio’s staff presently consists of more than 30 professionals. The Key Staff consists of post-graduates (MSc, PhD) with consolidated and extensive experience in Integrated Water Resources Management, River Basin Management Plans, flood management, drainage and irrigation, water supply and sanitation projects. The main expertise are focused on hydraulics, hydrology, geology, hydrogeology, mathematical modelling, early warning systems, water resources management, remote sensing, CAD/GIS/BIM, environmental and social impact studies (ESIA), engineering designs, short-medium-long term investments programs for engineering infrastructures, works supervision, institutional support and training, capacity building facilitation.

More information about BETA Studio can be find at: http://www.betastudio.eu/en/