The BRL Group

Water, Environment & Development

Comprehensive expertise to champion your local challenges

Solving water and environmental issues or land-use management problems is not just a matter of technical skills. Capable of managing the most complex projects, the BRL Group has a wide range of economic, social, environmental and institutional expertise and the threefold credentials of a designer, developer and manager.

For 60 years now, BRL has been working alongside the local stakeholders to develop Occitanie. The large pressure network for raw water, designed and managed by BRL under a concession agreement, has helped make the region attractive and facilitated its development. In 2008, the water system belongs to the Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée Regional Council. Under the Aqua Domitia programme, to withstand pressure due to a regional population increase and to climate change, the network will be extended to secure water supplies in

certain local areas and to protect water-related habitat.

In France and abroad, the BRL Group is now involved in some of the most ambitious projects ever: restoring the maritime aspect of Mont Saint Michel, integrated management of shared transboundary rivers, flood protection, creation and protection of natural parks (marine parks and large reserves in Central Africa...) and coastal zones (Prado artificial reefs in Marseille), climate change adaptation and secured water supplies and the development of more sustainable irrigated agriculture, etc.

As a member of the SWELIA network’s and the World Water Competitiveness Cluster, our know-how and sense of innovation now focus on the major challenges of climate change, preventing the depletion of natural resources and biodiversity conservation.

BRL Ingénierie is a subsidiary company of the BRL Group.

BRL Ingénierie is a consulting firm offering specialized engineering services in areas related to water, the environment and regional land-use management.

BRL Ingénierie works in France and in 80 countries worldwide, for local councils and authorities and for international financing institutions.

With over 200 staff (engineers, consulting experts and highly specialized technicians), 50% of BRL Ingénierie’s turnover comes from activities in France and 50% from activities abroad.

BRL Ethiopia PLC is a Project Office of BRL Ingénierie established in Ethiopia since 2012.

BRL Ethiopia PLC has now 44 staff in Ethiopia, including Foreign & Ethiopian irrigation and civil engineers, technicians, surveyors,  site inspectors, laboratory technicians and administrative staff.

BRL Ethiopia PLC is currently undertaking the Design, Construction Supervision, as well as the Operation & Maintenance of two major large-scale irrigation projects:

-             Megech-Seraba Irrigation & Drainage, a 4000 ha Irrigated Scheme (North Gondar)

-             Ribb irrigation & drainage a 14000ha Irrigated Scheme (South Gondar)

Our objective is to keep delivering engineering services to the best international standards,  in a manner best suited to the needs of our esteemed customers.

Our experts champion the major challenges of the 21st century: climate change impacts and adaptation, food security, integrated flood risk management for inland and sea floods, transboundary river management, integrated coastal zone management, environmental economics, renewable energy (wind fields and photovoltaic solar panels)...