Contamination

  • Telecommunications Infrastructure

    Western Environmental has been engaged to provide a range of environmental consultancy services to support the design and construction of telecommunications infrastructure at a remote site in northwestern WA. The project occurs within a sensitive ecological area that has also been subject to potential contamination related to historical cyclone damage. Works have included preparation of…

  • Latham’s Road Upgrade

    Western Environmental was engaged to support the upgrade to Latham’s Road in Seaford running through light industrial and residential land use areas. Soil and groundwater were assessed at the site for exposure risk, reuse suitability and disposal options appraisal. The site is located within a high risk area for acid sulfate soils; as such the…

  • North East Program Alliance LXRP

    Western Environmental was engaged by Fulton Hogan to provide support for the removal of six rail level crossings across the Melbourne metropolitan area. Western Environmental provided environmental services over several years including site contamination investigations, site assessment to support 53X Audit, soil categorisation and reuse assessments, hazardous building material surveys, asbestos in soils investigations, asbestos…

  • Maroondah Hwy LXRP

    Western Environmental was engaged to provide contamination consultancy services in support of the Manchester Rd and Maroondah Hwy Level Crossing Removal Projects. The scope included soil, groundwater and rail ballast assessments across the sites, soil reuse assessment, Industrial Waste Resource Guidelines waste categorisation, asbestos and hygiene services, numerous temporary occupancy site assessments and ongoing strategic…

  • Sunbury Residential Development

    Western Environmental were engaged to provide consultancy services for a residential development project located on Melbourne urban fringe. Historic importation of soils had resulted in asbestos contamination across the site requiring remediation to facilitate the proposed future land use. Western Environmental undertook multiple phases of works including site investigations, remedial options appraisal and strategy development,…

  • North East Link

    Western Environmental was commissioned as part of a multidisciplinary consortia to undertake soil investigations in support of the early works package of North East Link – a major tunnelling project in Melbourne’s north eastern suburbs. Western Environmental undertook extensive soil investigations to inform an appraisal of human and ecological health risks associated with soil disturbance…

  • Level Crossing Removal

    Western Environmental was engaged to provide consultancy services in support of a package of six level crossing removal sites at Clyde Road, Fitzgerald Road, Robinsons Road, South Gippsland Hwy, Evans Road and Cardinya Road. The works included National Environmental Protection Measure site assessments, Industrial Waste Resource Guidelines waste classification, PFAS management and Human Health Risk…

  • M80 Upgrade

    Western Environmental were engaged to provide services on the widening and upgrade of an approximately 5 km section of the M80 Ring Road through industrial and residential areas in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. To facilitate the upgrade, significant volumes of impacted fill soils required disturbance and management. Consultancy services included a preliminary and detailed site assessment,…

  • Service Station Remediation

    Western Environmental was engaged by a to undertake a site assessment and remediation of a former service station site impacted by light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPL). The initial site investigation identified the LNAPL plume within a proposed bridge construction footprint where active works were occurring. Western Environmental designed the remedial solution which included a Multi-phase…