Eugene Vodjansky

Eugene has over 35 years of professional experience in civil engineering including stormwater management, floodplain management, and hydraulic design. He also has strong modelling skills and is proficient in the use of a variety of relevant software applications.

Eugene is a licenced engineer from the United States, where he qualified with a Bachelor of Science, Economics. He also has completed graduate studies in Open Channel Hydraulics, Hydrology, Urban Hydrology/Hydraulics, and numerous university short courses including ecological stream restoration, advanced applications using EPA SWMM 5, advanced applications using HEC-RAS, and urban flood channel design, and culvert hydraulics.

Since moving to New Zealand in 2013, Eugene has designed and overseen multiple three-waters projects, with a focus on stormwater management, stream restoration, stormwater infrastructure planning, open channel hydraulics, and bridge hydraulics. In addition to his design work, Eugene also acts as client Principal Advisor / Subject Matter Expert, providing technical review and technical support.

Major projects that Eugene has worked on include: Waikato Expressway Huntly Section; Takitimu North Link; Whirokino Trestle and Manawatu River Bridge replacement; Te Ahu a Tauranga – SH3 Manawatu Gorge (for NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi); Peacocke Development Strategic Services; Mangakootukutuku ICMP (for Hamilton City Council); Waikato Expressway Cambridge Section (for Waikato Regional Council); Papamoa East Interchange Enabling Works; and Te Okuroa Drive Stages B through E (for Tauranga City Council).

Eugene is also a contributor and co-author of the 2024 New Zealand Fish Passage Guidelines.