Douglas Partners Celebrates IWD 2020 & Embraces #EachforEqual
The team at Douglas Partners is committed to recognising, respecting and celebrating diversity and inclusion by enriching a culture that supports and encourages all employees. We acknowledge that diversity and inclusion contributes to successful innovation in an ever-changing world by recognising and providing solutions from different perspectives. Simultaneously, this provides the opportunity for all staff […]
Douglas Partners 32nd Annual Technical Seminar
Recently we held the 32nd annual Douglas Partners Technical Seminar at Sydney University. The theme for this years’ Technical Seminar was “Adding Value with Our Values”. The primary purpose of the Technical Seminar, as suggested by its name is to provide technical training for our consulting and key laboratory staff. This includes a variety of […]
World GIS Day 2019
Today is GIS Day. GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems and is increasingly important in todays interconnected world. Smart phones, which most of us use, are location aware and loaded with GIS software such as Google Maps. We wanted to recognise the creative base maps available from Stamen Design. Here we see their Watercolor map […]
DP Environmental Scientist Inspires Students at UNSW
Nicola Warton, an Environmental Scientist from our Sydney office, was invited to speak at the UNSW Open Day recently. She spoke to a lecture theatre of over 200 prospective students and their families about her career as an environmental scientist and her work with us, expanding on some of the opportunities a science degree can […]
Victoria’s Recycled Roads
We think this is a great initiative by VicRoads and Sustainability Victoria to utilise recycled materials to build our roads. This is one way to take sustainable action and responsibility to reduce the environmental impact of glass waste. With an increasing push globally to recycle waste material, we recognise that with a footprint which extends […]
Headspace Push Up Challenge 2019
Congratulations and a big thank you to all the Douglas Partners staff, family and friends who participated in the Headspace Push Up Challenge 2019. Each athlete was set the challenge of doing a total of 3128 push ups over 21 days. The DP Push-Up Team completed a combined total of an amazing 101,112 push ups […]
Our Rock Mechanics team assisting at new office development in Sydney
We are pleased to be working with John Holland on the new office development being undertaken at 275 George Street, Sydney. Our highly experienced Rock Mechanics team, headed by one of our Principals, Hugh Burbidge, are providing geotechnical construction services including face mapping and inspections in thrust faulted rock conditions, design of temporary face and […]
Managing Director wins 2019 Diversity Champion Award
We are pleased to share the news that our Managing Director, Will Wright has won 2019 Diversity Champion in the Hunter Diversity Awards this afternoon. Will didn’t even know he had been nominated until he was named a finalist! In winning Will said “… it was a team effort at Douglas Partners to make the […]
Trialling Our New Proprietary GIS for Contaminated Sites
Did you know that the NSW EPA maintain a list of over 1,700 contaminated sites? When undertaking a contaminated land site investigation Douglas Partners use this information to compile a site history that allows us to identify likely contaminants based on historical site uses. This allows us to be targeted in our analysis whilst ensuring […]
Safety First for our Newcastle Team
Some of the staff from our Newcastle branch recently spent a cold and rainy Sunday in the office refreshing their first aid qualifications. First Aid knowledge is invaluable for the individual, our work colleagues and for our community in the event of an accident or emergency situation. It enables us to assist persons who become […]
