Environmental Management Services

Urban Earth Consulting specialises in the following range of environmental management services:

Environmental Management Systems

  • Development and implementation of all aspects of EMS documentation including policies, management plans, procedures, processes, manuals, registers and tools
  • Integration of environmental management into existing business systems
  • Preparation and review of environmental tendering documentation
  • Management of contractor selection and engagement processes

Auditing & Compliance

  • ISO 14001, internal systems, compliance and due diligence auditing including certification support
  • Contractor management inspecting and auditing
  • Coordination and management of regulatory inspections and audits
  • Compliance monitoring of environmental commitments for complex projects
  • Onshore and offshore facility inspections
  • Regulatory annual performance and compliance reporting

Environmental Approvals

  • Knowledge of legal requirements and processes for a diverse range of environmental approvals for federal, state and local government agencies
  • Identification, scheduling and coordination of environmental approvals
  • Stakeholder and regulatory liaison

Operational Support

  • Identification and project management of environmental improvement programs and strategies
  • Development and management of operating and capital expenditure budgets
  • Development and review of business plans to incorporate environmental priorities
  • Review of maintenance systems to include appropriate maintenance strategies for environmental critical equipment
  • Incident investigation and root cause analysis
  • Management of community enquiries and complaints
  • Development and rollout of environmental induction and awareness training programs
  • Development and implementation of rewards and recognition programs
  • Property and land management planning
  • Creation and management of spatial data in geographic information systems

Environmental Monitoring

  • Coordination of a diverse range of environmental monitoring programs
  • Soil related monitoring and management:
    • Investigation, validation, stockpile and acid sulphate soils sampling
    • Contaminated sites investigation and remediation
  • Water related monitoring and management:
    • Marine, groundwater, surface water and flow, potable water, sewerage, jetty outfall, irrigation, sediment pond and produced water sampling programs
    • Installation of monitoring wells
  • Air and noise emissions monitoring and management:
    • Volatiles, particulates/dust, radiation, climate, noise, personal and occupational air sampling programs
    • Coordination of stack emissions and ambient air testing programs
  • Vegetation related monitoring and management:
    • Fuel load assessments
    • Clearing and reinstatement
    • Mangrove monitoring programs
  • Fauna management:
    • Fauna handling including venomous snakes, marsupials, amphibians and birds
    • Feral animal management
  • Quality assurance procedures:
    • Decontamination procedures
    • Quality assurance sampling and chain of custody procedures
    • Sample preservation procedures
  • Operation, maintenance and calibration of various monitoring equipment
  • Preparation and review of monitoring reports

Risk Management

  • Management of a diverse range of general environmental risks:
    • Flaring, venting, fugitive, greenhouse gas and other atmospheric emissions
    • Noise and vibration emissions
    • Lighting management
    • Hazardous and non-hazardous waste management
    • Dangerous goods and hazardous materials management
    • Oil and chemical spills
    • Socio-economic and cultural heritage management
  • Management of a diverse range of terrestrial risks:
    • Land clearing, topsoil and reinstatement management
    • Blasting, borrow pit and dust management
    • Land, groundwater and surface water contamination and remediation
    • Stormwater and erosion management
    • Invasive weed species, dieback, and feral animals
    • Discharges including sewerage, stormwater and process water
  • Management of a diverse range of marine specific risks:
    • Discharges including produce formation water, cooling water, brine, sewerage, grey water, putrescible waste, bilge and slops, drill cuttings and subsea control fluids
    • Invasive marine species
    • Interaction with marine fauna
    • Seabed disturbance and contamination
  • Preparation and facilitation of hazard identification workshops

Emergency Response Management

  • Coordination and testing of contractual arrangements with oil spill response and support agencies
  • Coordination of emergency response drills and scenarios
  • Management of training for incident management teams and emergency response teams
  • Coordination of oil spill equipment maintenance
  • Development and review of oil spill related plans and procedures
  • Identification and implementation of oil spill response management improvement programs

Risk Management

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