Christopher John Hanson
SNC-Lavalin Power
project manager
Christopher John Hanson
Christopher John Hanson has spent over 50 years working in Consulting Engineering on the civil engineering aspects of Hydro Power involving some 40 projects in 20 countries around the world. These projects have included earth-fill, rock-fill, CFRD, concrete and RCC dams with head concentration developed by canals, tunnels, steel, and wood-stave pipelines leading to surface and underground powerhouses.
He has managed the implementation, procurement and construction of 10 hydroelectric power stations, ranging in size from 375 kW to 250 MW, and has worked for extended periods in Canada, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Malaysia, Venezuela, the Caribbean, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Nepal, and Nigeria, in addition to shorter-term assignments in China, Colombia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Ivory Coast, USA and the Comoros Islands. He has spent most of the past 20 years working in SE Asia, mainly in Malaysia and Indonesia, and is currently resident in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysian Hydro Projects
Temengor 348 MW 1978; Bersia 75 MW 1983; Kenering 120 MW 1983 Sungai Piah 70 MW 1993; Cameron refit 250 MW 2008 Bakun 2400 MW 2008; Chenderoh 12 MW 2016 Hulu Terengganu 265 MW 2016; TOTAL 3540 MW 2020