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Worked at Louisville Water since 2005
Andy Williams made frequent visits to Louisville Water facilities years before he started working for the company.
“I’m a second-generation employee,” he explained. “My father, Barry Williams, retired from Louisville Water in 2011. I used to come to the company as a kid to visit him.”
Williams’ hands-on experience with the company began in the mid-1990s when he worked as a summer helper at the Crescent Hill facilities. Pursuing his interest in infrastructure, he studied civil engineering in college and ultimately earned a Professional Engineer (PE) credential. He officially joined Louisville Water in 2005 as a project engineer, advancing to senior technical engineer in 2021.
“I’ve worked in the MRRP [Main Replacement and Rehabilitation Program] group for a total of 7.5 years – two stints – and the Infrastructure Planning group for 13.5 years,” he added.
As a senior technical engineer, he designs and manages construction projects, provides design review and feedback on plans and specifications prepared by others, serves as a resource for design issues, and provides documented recommendations.
“In addition, I help project engineers develop their skills and proficiencies in critical needs areas through training and through progressively challenging design opportunities,” Williams said.
Specific examples of his projects include designing a new 60” water main underneath Frankfort Avenue around the Crescent Hill Treatment Plant, creating and implementing a 10-year PCCP (Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipes) Condition Assessment Program, and designing new 42” and 36” water mains to strength supply lines to the Hardin County Water District.
Williams said challenges he faces in his work range from difficult design situations to balancing customer expectations to introducing new ideas and technologies. “It’s never a dull day,” he said.
One of his most memorable days at Louisville Water occurred in 2012 when the company first deployed “a free-swimming condition assessment inspection tool” or, in other words, a pipe-inspecting robot.
Louisville Water used it to inspect the 60” main between the B.E. Payne Treatment Plant and the English Station Road water tank. (A video created by Louisville Water contractor Pure Technologies features the project.)
“It was the first time Louisville Water used that type of tool,” Williams said. “It allowed us to keep the water main in service with no impacts to customers and no lengthy excavations or clean-up, and it allowed Louisville Water to ‘view’ the structural members in the pipe wall to determine if damage occurred and if it was severe enough to require rehabilitation or replacement.”
When he’s not managing projects and designing new pipes, Williams said he spends “the majority of my free time with my family.” He also enjoys “UofL sports, playing fantasy football, and watching the Philadelphia Eagles.”
