Victoria Walker

I am a Director of Civil Engineering at Aegaea, a Member of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (MCIHT) and a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). With over 26 years in the construction industry, I have dedicated my career to the design and project management of civil engineering works across a wide range of sectors. I specialise in bridging the gap between a site’s initial feasibility and its final completion - ensuring highways, drainage and infrastructure are not only compliant but optimised for the specific needs of the development.

How I can help you

• Expert infrastructure design: highways, infrastructure and drainage for residential, commercial and industrial developments.
• Sustainable drainage (SuDS): design and implementation of SuDS techniques, integrating environmentally sound water management into your masterplan.
• Strategic planning and feasibility: site suitability appraisals that tell you what a plot can really deliver before you commit.
• Technical adoption and agreements: completion of adoption agreements and multi-disciplinary project management from pre-planning to site completion.
• Troubleshooting and value engineering: identifying technical issues, reassessing designs and recommending solutions that save cost without sacrificing quality.

Expertise in action

• Approved a new S278 roundabout and S38 spine road for a 1,200-home expansion (South Sebastopol, Cwmbran): including bridge works over a canal and protection of strategic utilities.
• Delivered drainage and public realm for a 3.6ha city-centre retail scheme (Friars Walk, Newport): significant S185 diversions and new main sewers in a live, highly constrained environment.
• Took a 1,350-unit development from feasibility to detailed design (Cullompton): primary highway and SuDS network, including discharge of planning conditions.
• Designed drainage for a 2,000MW power station (Pembroke): onsite drainage, foul proposals and major surface water pumping stations, threading pipelines around live cooling and process infrastructure.
• Delivered airside infrastructure at Heathrow: surface water drainage and highway design for an 800m road link between Terminals 2A, 2B and 2C, including taxiway underpasses and pumping stations.

Questions I’m often asked

• Can you tell me if a site is worth buying before we commit?: Yes, a feasibility appraisal flags the highway, drainage and levels constraints early, so you understand abnormal costs and design risk before purchase, not after.
• Our scheme has hit a technical objection - can it be rescued?: Usually. Much of my work is reassessing designs that have stalled, finding the engineering solution that satisfies the authority while protecting viability.

A bit about me

When I’m not managing multi-disciplinary projects or troubleshooting technical issues, I try to travel to as many new destinations as possible. Closer to home, you’ll usually find me hiking or swimming to stay active.