Assessment and Approvals

  • Minesite Works Approval

    Western Environmental was engaged by a mining client to prepare a Works Approval and ensuing amendment to an existing Licence for a water treatment plant proposed to be constructed within an operating mine site. The treatment plant discharges into a highly sensitive aquatic receptor and required a range of technical studies to obtain approval including…

  • Residential Development Due Diligence

    Western Environmental was engaged to undertake an environmental due diligence assessment within a short timeframe to inform the purchase of residential land. The due diligence included intrusive sampling and coordination with a geotechnical specialist. Rapid mobilisation to field was essential to meet the client’s information and financial timeframes. Reporting considered a wide range of potential…

  • Waste to Energy Project Approvals

    Western Environmental is assisting multiple clients with their waste to energy projects. Works have included provision of advice on a number of key project components, identification of potential site constraints and establishing a baseline of the receiving environment, development of an approval and stakeholder engagement strategy, guidance on and scoping of technical investigations, and developing…

  • Metal Recycling Facility Approvals

    Western Environmental was engaged to obtain relevant approvals and permits for a metals recycling facility, as well as undertaking ongoing monitoring and compliance associated with licensing of the site under the Environmental Protection Act. Working alongside the client’s legal team, an expert review of site assessment and remediation works at the client’s former site was…

  • Perth Airport Strategic Advisory

    For more than a decade, Western Environmental has been engaged as an expert consultant and strategic advisor to Perth Airport. Consultancy works and strategic advice have been broad ranging, and include PFAS site assessment and remediation planning, site investigation of major hazard facilities, remediation costing and transaction advisory, ecological surveys, compliance monitoring, technical review of…