Key Services

• Aboriginal Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management
• Aquatic Ecology
• Climate Change Consultancy Services
• Closure and Rehabilitation Planning
• Coastline and Estuary Studies
• Communications and Engagement
• Contaminated Land Management
• Energy, Emissions and Greenhouse Consulting
• Environmental Assessment and Project Approvals
• Environmental Auditing
• Environmental Engineering
• Environmental Management Plans - Integrated and Practical
• Environmental Management Systems - Tailored and Practical
• Environmental Training - Focussed and Effective
• Floodplain Risk Management
• Mining Environmental Services
• Operational Support
• Regional and Strategic Planning
• Terrestrial Ecology
• Water Resource Management & Engineering

Contaminated Land Management

Umwelt understands the regulatory and business drivers in the management of risk and capital value in regard to facility and asset contaminated land and hazardous material issues. Our engineers and scientists are fully qualified and have solid field, technical and project management experience in all aspects of contaminated site and hazardous material assessment, remediation and risk assessment. This experience has been applied to petroleum, landfill, industrial, private and government assets and facilities.

Our consulting and project services include:

• All stages of contaminated site investigation and hazardous material surveys;

• Health and environmental risk assessment and management plans in relation to contaminated land, hazardous materials and environments, dangerous goods and pollution control systems;

• Remediation action plans and design;

• Remediation validation assessment; and

• Project management of remediation projects in relation to the remediation contractor and consultation with regulatory authorities and the statutory auditor.

Some of our specialist services include:

• Air and noise quality monitoring and modelling;

• Pollutant fate and transport monitoring and modelling;

• Groundwater monitoring and modelling;

• Conceptual and detailed remediation design or specification in regard to contaminated soil, groundwater and hazardous materials;

• Detailed remediation cost estimates;

• Facility and asset portfolio risk assessment; and

• Project management of the installation and operation of ground, surface and land fill leachate remediation, pollution control and treatment systems.

The project experience of our team includes but is not limited to the following:

• Management of national remediation programs for petroleum industry;

• Program of groundwater monitoring, contaminant fate and transport modelling and environmental health and environmental risk assessment across a capital city airport site for the Australian Federal Government;

• Facility risk assessment state wide program for petroleum industry;

• Detailed design, installation and operation of in situ soil and ground water remediation systems for the petroleum industry;

• Project management of hydrological studies and design of permeable reactive barrier trench for the Australian Federal Government; and

• Specification for hazardous material survey and remediation specification and contractor supervision of a series of environmentally sensitive and heritage listed Sydney Harbour island sites for the Australian Federal Government.

The quality, safety and environmental integrity of our work is supported by:

• National Environmental Protection Council Measures methodologies and relevant Australian Standards (such as the AS4482 series for contaminated land consultancy work);

• NATA registered laboratories for all soil, water and materials analysis;

• The use of fully licensed drillers and well installation contractors in relation to state water regulatory body licensing requirements; and

• Umwelt set of preferred subcontracted drilling and remediation contractors that have industry best practice occu pational health, safety and environmental systems and adequate public liability and workers compensation insurances.