EIA & Approvals

Environmental assessment and approvals management are fundamental to any project's success – to both minimise risk and maximise outcomes.

Impact assessment, whether through a formal Environmental Impact Assessment, Review of Environmental Factors, Initial Advice Statement or other mechanisms, has become a central element of development approvals internationally.

The challenge of meeting the requirements of more stringent legislation and maturing community expectations requires more emphasis on targeted assessment and integrated approvals management. GHD recognises the need for 'getting it right first time' to minimise what can be lengthy review and approval processes.

GHD's Environmental Assessment teams are focused on the delivery of projects that meet these objectives.

Whether meeting specific local, state or federal requirements, or adopting international benchmark standards (such as the World Bank Guidelines or the Equator Principals), GHD provides technical outcomes to satisfy approval agencies' requirements and address community considerations.

Services

• Integrated approvals management: a coordinated and efficient approach to capturing all environmental and land use planning approvals to minimise project delays and optimise outcomes against legislative requirements

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): an integral part of GHD’s proven approach to identifying and managing the natural and social environmental effects of development

• Social Impact Assessment: integrated as a key component of EIA, or a stand-alone evaluation to address the wider community in the assessment process

• Multidisciplinary team management: critical for delivery of any EIA – the coordination of multiple disciplines is essential to the delivery of a timely and holistic report

• Direct access to in-house services: terrestrial ecology, botany and zoology; marine ecology, air quality assessment and modelling; noise assessment and modelling; water quality; hydrodynamic and water quality modelling; hydrogeology; community consultation; social sciences; natural resource management

For more information, contact:

Bryce Skarratt  [tel 61 7 3316 3000]  [email]