our expertise
environmental expertise
Core competencies of the Science Team include ecology, environmental engineering forensic environmental research, restoration, rehabilitation and remediation, botany, hydrology, wastewater treatment, environmental planning, environmental health, geosciences and civil engineering.
In addition, this team provides expertise in project facilitation, community consultation, indigenous consultation and training and development.
National and international experience and an impressive publishing record underpin the scientific rigour and innovative problem-solving capacity of the team.
Environmental experience covers the following fields:
- Stormwater management and design of treatment systems
- Design of on-site municipal wastewater treatment and reuse systems
- Design of industrial and agricultural wastewater treatment systems (mining, dairy, vehicle washdown systems)
- Acid sulfate soil and acid leachate treatment and management
- Habitat creation (wetland and dryland) for biodiversity enhancement
- Bioengineering design for foreshore and slope erosion control
- Flora and fauna surveys
- Environmental Impact Assessments
- Sustainability assessments & reviews & development of ESD strategies
- Environmental field investigations and monitoring
- River and catchment management planning
- Environmental management plans, restoration plans
- Benchmark plans for achieving environmental best practice
- Environmental health monitoring and management
- Scientific sampling, analysis and interpretation [water, substrate, plant and fauna]
- Environmental research and feasibility studies
- Teaching and training
