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Grow your opportunities in the the renovations market
As existing pools age and ownership shifts to a new generation, major renovations are becoming a growing force in the watershape construction market. This two-day course blends focused lectures with a hands-on design project to equip you with the skills to lead successful renovation transformations.
Get certified and add an edge to your career
Certified Watershape Renovator (CWR)
This credential demonstrates that you have met a globally recognized standard for expertly reshaping, reconfiguring, and renovating pools, spas, and waterfeatures—backed by verified training and a completed in-class project.
Unlock skills
Become knowledgable in the market
Explore the scope and nuances of major renovation projects.
Gain design inspiration
Review images that will inspire design and illustrate key concepts.
Execute a renovation design
Develop a complete renovation project from site analysis, troubleshooting existing problems and failures, through first-draft design.
Gain experience with an end-to-end plan
Describe the scope of work, design, material selection, structural engineering, mechanical systems, construction considerations and project management.
Meet your instructor
David J. Peterson, P.E., IWI
Peterson is President/CEO of Watershape Consulting, Inc., an international planning, design and engineering firm providing owners, architects, contractors, and the legal profession with services relating to residential, commercial and institutional pools, spas and water features.
He obtained his B.S. Civil Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is a registered engineer in several states. Peterson has been in the watershape industry since 1994 when he began his career designing life support systems for large aquariums and marine mammal exhibits. He was Vice President Engineering at Polaris Pool Systems where he developed and patented several products.
Peterson reorganized the Genesis 3 Design Group into GENESIS® University in 2012. When GENESIS merged with the National Swimming Pool Foundation (NSPF) in 2016, Peterson became Director of Education for GENESIS, a position he held until forming Watershape University.
Bill Drakeley, ACI, IWI
William Drakeley is principal and founder of Drakeley Pool Company, a New England-based luxury design and build custom watershaping firm; and, Drakeley Industries, an international consulting firm focusing on shotcrete applications and techniques. He is an award-winning shotcrete technologist specializing in concrete science and construction, particularly shotcrete applications, techniques and standards. He has thirty-plus years of experience in shotcrete installation, watershape geotechnical design and detailed custom construction—services include consultation and review, training and testing and expert testimony. As an educator and advocate for the highest industry standards, Bill is co-founder of Watershape University (WU), an industry-leading education provider of the highest quality live instruction covering business, design, engineering and construction—reaching students at all levels of pool, spa, aquatics and outdoor living sectors. He has conducted training for the Colorado School of Mines, the American Society of Landscape Architects, World of Concrete, NESPA Pool Show, and most notably for the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority underground tunneling projects. His technical writing has been widely published in trade magazines and e-publications. Bill is chairman of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Swimming Pool Shotcrete Committee, which in 2024 published the country’s first legal document for proper pool shotcrete protocol, ACI PRC-506.8-24. He is also a connoisseur of fine wine and a recent winery co-owner.
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