And that’s a wrap! After four years the EIS documentation for the Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers’ Smith Bay Wharf development proposal has finally finished with the submission of the Response Document yesterday. Despite the setbacks of the 2019/2020 bushfires and the COVID-19 crisis our team was still able to work together and submit on time! After many hours, late nights and hard work we would like to thank everyone (the whole 10+ team) who worked…

Did you know the 8th – 14th of March is National Groundwater Awareness Week? Groundwater is an integral part of life around the globe. In Australia, groundwater makes up over 30% of our total water consumption. Some groundwater is fresh and can be used for drinking, other groundwater can be too saline or contain high levels of dissolved chemicals, making it unsuitable for human consumption or stock water. At Environmental Projects we have experienced site…

We are delighted to inform you we now have a presence in Perth to service our Western Australian clients, and clients in South Australia that do business in WA. We have consultants experienced in Western Australian environmental policy and regulation, so we’re fully equipped to handle expanding to this unique part of our country. Our new office is located at Suite 6, Level 2, 11 Ventnor Avenue, West Perth. For the moment, please contact our…

Happy new year everyone! We hope you all had a relaxing break and stayed cool. We are getting back into the swing of things here at Environmental Projects (with the help of lots of coffee) and are excited for the busy year ahead. We also have some exciting news that we will be sharing with you soon! Stay tuned…

Merry Christmas and happy new year from the Environmental Projects team! Our office closure will be from Thursday 19th of December and we will open in the new year on Monday 6th of January. We are on call for any urgent matters. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and we’ll see you in 2020!

After a successful 2017-18 student intern program we decided to welcome another group on board to gain experience and build a better understanding of our industry. This year’s program started with Derrick Sowa (left) who excitedly received word that his recently completed PhD thesis in Environmental Policy and Management with The University of Adelaide passed allowing Derrick to be awarded his doctorate. Derrick started in Kumasi (Africa) with a Bachelor of Science (Geomatic Engineering) then…

This month we sent our in-house GIS Officer to the annual Esri User Conference in Melbourne. As we use Esri’s GIS products we believe it’s important to stay up to date with the latest trends in their technology, as well as to network with others in the field. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, online/open source data and 3D modelling are among the many things that are quickly evolving and becoming more relevant in today’s…

There are many benefits to having plants in our office - reducing stress and sickness, increasing productivity and creativity, reducing noise and making the office more attractive, but how does this work? We did a bit of research and found out how a simple plant can do so much for our wellbeing. Air pollution levels indoors are almost always higher than outside. The main indoor pollutants are volatile organic compounds (VOC’s), from paint, carpet, furnishing…

September is Australia’s National Biodiversity Month which aims to promote how important it is to protect, conserve and improve our countries biodiversity. So what is ‘biodiversity’? The definition of the word is ‘the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat’. For example, a forestry plantation made up of one species of pine has very low biodiversity, there’s nothing ‘diverse’ in this ‘bio’! Whereas a natural forest made up…