Land Quality & Remediation

Contaminated sites is our speciality. While focusing on the business needs of our clients, we identify contamination and manage it to protect human health and the environment.

Overview

With contaminated site specialists in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa, we know how to satisfy regulators and offer practical advice, expertise and experience to solve a range of issues. SLR’s clients include lenders, legal advisors, government agencies, and industrial and commercial operations.

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Land Quality & Remediation Services

  • Our services include
    • Due diligence, high level or preliminary assessment to identify or refute potential contamination risks (e.g. Phase I and II Site Assessments)
    • Site investigation for all contaminant types (oils/fuels, chemicals, metals, VOCs etc.) and media (vapours, soil, sediment, surface water, groundwater)
    • Risk Assessments - screening level through detailed human health and ecological risk assessments as well as toxicity studies and remediation target derivation
    • Remediation Services – design and implementation of remedial plans, negotiating clean up standards, risk mitigation, material/waste management, and decommissioning and site closure
    • To provide comprehensive land quality services our team includes experts in all applicable fields, with expertise in virtually all sectors.
  • SLR’s team includes
    • Regulatory specialists with detailed knowledge of government regulations both locally and across international markets
    • Contaminant hydrogeologists, geologists, risk assessors, toxicologists, engineers, biologists and scientists specialising in management of land quality issues
    • Professionals with direct experience of contamination issues and solutions in wide ranging sectors and industries such as real estate development, oil and gas, chemicals, energy, and government.

Land Quality & Remediation Projects

  • Project

    Northern Cape, South Africa

    Anglo America, Kumba Iron Ore

    Mining & Minerals

    Remediation of two decommissioned heavy plant workshops at a former mine site


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  • Project

    Multiple Locations, South Africa

    Engen Petroleum

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    Management of a Remediation Portfolio of Commercial Fuel Stations


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  • Project

    Multiple Locations, South Africa

    Confidential

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    Environmental and engineering due diligence assessment of LPG storage facilities


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  • Project

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities

    Government & Communities

    Practical Environmental Solutions for a Residential Redevelopment


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  • Project

    New Zealand

    Transpower New Zealand

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    Managing New Zealand’s transmission network distributing electricity around the country


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  • Project

    New Zealand

    Z Energy Limited

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    EV Charging Programme Roll Out


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  • Project

    Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand

    Confidential

    Built Environment

    Asbestos in Soil Management


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  • Project

    Hamilton, New Zealand

    Bloxam Burnett & Olliver (BBO)

    Built Environment

    Managing an Unexpected Discovery of Highly Contaminated Soil


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  • Project

    Victoria, Australia

    Lochard Energy

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    Winton H2REFUEL Statutory Environment and Planning Approvals


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  • Project

    Australia

    Confidential

    Built Environment

    Foam evaluation: Comparative persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity


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  • Project

    Australia

    Confidential

    Manufacturing & Industry

    PFAS fingerprinting and source apportionment


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  • Project

    New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland, Australia

    ProTen Pty Ltd

    Manufacturing & Industry

    Lead consultant for ProTen Broiler Poultry Farms


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  • Project

    Gisborne, New Zealand

    Eastland Generation

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    Tairāwhiti’s First Solar Farm – Te Ihi o te Rā


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  • Project

    Camp Hill, Queensland, Australia

    Brisbane City Council

    Built Environment

    Whites Hill Reserve - Landfill Gas Risk Assessment and Preliminary Soil Classification Works


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  • Project

    Ravenswood, North Queensland, Australia

    Carpentaria Gold

    Mining & Minerals

    Sarsfield expansion project - Soils, land & rehabilitation


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  • Project

    Victoria, Australia

    Verus Energy Limited

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    Waste to energy facility environmental and planning due diligence


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  • Project

    Central Western Queensland, Australia

    Origin Energy Ltd

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    Australia Pacific Liquefied Natural Gas Project - Environmental Services


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  • Project

    Elk-Antelope gas field, Papua New Guinea

    TOTAL

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    Elk-Antelope Gas Field Land Resource Assessment


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  • Project

    Glenvale, Queensland, Australia

    Confidential

    Infrastructure

    Truck Rollover Delineation Assessment and Remedial Strategy


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  • Project

    Yarraville, Victoria, Australia

    Global Oil & Gas Company

    Power, Renewables & Energy

    Petroleum terminal environmental audit


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Our Team Includes

  • Andrew Gemmell

    Technical Discipline Manager - Land Quality & Remediation

  • Brandon McGugan

    Principal Consultant: Land Quality & Remediation

  • Stephen Weber

    Earth Science Operations Manager - Africa

  • Nigel Mather

    Principal Consultant, Environmental Services – Asia Pacific

  • Robert Johns

    Technical Director, Land Quality and Remediation – Asia Pacific

  • James Elliott

    Technical Director, Land Quality and Remediation – Asia Pacific

  • Kevin Tearney

    Technical Director, Land Quality and Remediation – Asia Pacific

  • Anna Lukey

    Technical Director, Environmental Services – Asia Pacific

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