International capacity
development

We work collaboratively on disaster risk reduction projects, focusing on natural disasters and climate change. Our International assistance and capacity building work spans South-East Asia and the Indo-Pacific region, working with organisations including the World Bank, ADB, SPC and SPREP.

International capacity
development

Internationally we work within the JBA Group. JBA is an award-winning, international, multi-disciplinary consultancy delivering professional services across a wide range of water, environmental, engineering and risk management specialties, committed to exceptional client service and the provision of world leading technical expertise.

Collectively we consist of over 1000 hydrometeorological-focussed experts, which include meteorologists, hydrologists, hydrogeologists, hydrological forecasters, satellite data experts, insurance experts, statisticians and software specialists. We have over 30 years’ experience working for clients including the World Bank Group (WBG), European Investment Bank (EIB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and the Pacific Catastrophic Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC)

JBP international development and disaster risk reduction

Research & innovation

Innovation is at the heart of all we do. We invest strongly in research and development, responding to the needs of clients to provide bespoke innovative solutions and incorporating the latest technical knowledge through collaboration with industry, academia and government

Water Flood Risk Planning

Water

Our work involves water; how it rains, where it flows, how it is used and managed, and how it will change in the future. Our team works on projects managing the risk associated with water resources, use, flooding and drainage. This work includes understanding upstream catchments, rainfall and climate changes, hydrology, flood and drainage studies, dam assessments, reservoir operations, drought and water security investigations, and yield assessment.

This is supported by our Global Watershed Mapping, flow estimation and Flood Maps – now available for all countries

Flood Risk

We have completed Flood risk mapping for all SE Asia and every Pacific Island, with new modelling completed to support Disaster Risk Reduction. We study pluvial (rainfall) flooding, fluvial (river) flooding, and a wide range of coastal flooding mechanisms (inundation, sea levels, wave overtopping, seepage etc). Our work spans across Integrated Flood Risk Management and Flood Mitigation Scheme Design. This is supported by our Dams and Reservoirs team which is accredited under Engineers Australia, the UK Institution of Civil Engineers and Reservoir Panel.

Planning

Our work includes the development, testing and economic assessment of water adaptation options.

This can include water resources planning; including whole-of-life planning to consider water demand, including future projections to rainfall patterns and population increase, reservoir capacity assessment, and potential use of storage vs aquifers to meet future demand. Our engineering team can support civil designs for coastal, waterway and flood mitigation options. Our work includes Nature Based Solutions; which are rapidly gaining interest to mitigate extreme conditions and natural disasters whilst offering co-benefits due to habitat creation, social amenity and food security. We are leaders in their assessment and design, with our work including techniques from Working With Nature (WWN), Soft Engineering, Nature Based Adaptation/Solutions (NbA/NbS) and bio-engineering