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Back to SearchAquaLAB combines GHD’s experience in the water sector with new digital capabilities and the expertise of clients and partners, to address complex water industry challenges.
In today’s era of rapid digital change, the water industry is being driven to adopt digital solutions, however, long-standing challenges including slow rates of innovation adoption and a risk-averse culture are impacting the industry’s ability to capitalise on the opportunities the digital era offers.
AquaLAB was created to address these challenges and provides a new way for clients and partners to engage with GHD, access the depth of skills and experience within the business, and experiment with new ideas that can become market-ready services and products.
GHD Digital’s Saskya Hunter, who has led the development of AquaLAB said, “Ultimately, our goal is to help the water industry transform its ways of working in the digital age. This can only be achieved through collaboration, co-creation and the adoption of digital solutions. If the solutions are attractive and viable, we will develop and refine to bring them to the market.”
While AquaLAB is focused on problems that have broad water industry relevance, a measure of success is that the solutions developed have tangible, direct benefits for water service providers, their customers, and the environment.
“Our vision is to apply digital technologies to help clients across the entire water industry, from catchment managers and regulators, to dam operators, water and wastewater utilities, and commercial and industrial water users,” Saskya said.
“AquaLAB also provides an opportunity to enhance processes, systems, behaviours and culture, transforming how we engage with our clients and partners and create shared value.”
GHD’s Global Digital Leader, Kumar Parakala commented, “The water industry has many solutions and processes open and primed for digital disruption. Many of our clients and partners have been in this industry for decades yet digital presents a new kind of challenge. The launch of AquaLAB provides clients with the guidance and insights to transform their products and services in the digital age.”