Petr Kohout

Managing Director of Forsapi s.r.o., heading the company’s Environmental Division. Graduate of the Faculty of Science at Charles University, member of professional associations (Czech Association of Hydrogeologists – ČAH, Czech Association of Applied Geophysicists – ČAG), lecturer for the Czech Society for Quality, co-author of methodological guidelines for the Ministry of the Environment on sampling methodologies, and author of numerous expert publications on environmental assessment methods.

RNDr. Petr Kohout is an expert with more than 20 years of experience in the design, management, and evaluation of environmental monitoring projects. He began his career in 1988 at Geoindustria, the largest geological company in former Czechoslovakia, where he was responsible for geophysical exploration. Since 1992, he has focused on contaminated site remediation, environmental monitoring projects, and the control and protection of occupational health and safety conditions. At KAP spol. s r.o. (now AECOM CR s.r.o.) and later at Ecochem a.s. (since September 1, 2006, ALS Czech Republic, s.r.o.), he managed the technical delivery and execution of projects assessing environmental compartments (groundwater, soil and rock environment, ambient air, and workplace environments).

In 2005, he co-founded Forsapi s.r.o., where he oversees the design, project management, and coordination of initiatives in environmental protection, indoor air quality, and occupational hygiene.

He regularly contributes to contracts involving the design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental monitoring networks. For clients and partner organizations, he conducts groundwater quality monitoring assessments at landfill sites and coordinates major international projects, including Management of Groundwater in Industrially Contaminated Areas (MAGIC), Focus on Key Sources of Environmental Risks (FOKS), and Integrated Approach to Management of Groundwater Quality in Functional Urban Areas (AMIIGA). In 2006 and 2007, he served as a groundwater monitoring specialist assessing the monitoring network for tracking the impacts of coal mine flooding at the former Siersza mine in Poland within the Marie Curie WaterNorm project.