Resource Recovery Exemptions: Initiatives, Problems, and the Need for Waste Reform
Nizam Ahamed (DP Senior Associate and Sydney Environmental Manager) delivered a virtual presentation at the 2021 Crete International Conference on Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management. This conference is an event that spreads existing and new developments in the broad field of industrial waste. It was a gathering of exceptional scientists and specialists from more than […]
How Douglas Partners can keep your projects moving under lockdown with Douglas Map
While parts of NSW are currently following lockdown orders and various restrictions limit the ability to access some sites, Douglas Partners is using Douglas Map to ensure that projects can keep going until normal work can resume. With almost 60 years of site investigation experience in the Greater Sydney region, Douglas Partners has a database […]
Our push for better mental health outcomes
80 staff members participated in The Push-Up Challenge 2021. Together they helped shine spotlight on the number of lives lost to suicide and to raise awareness and funds for mental health. Each participant was set the challenge to complete 3318 push-ups in 25 days, between June 1-25. The goal of 3318 was anything but an […]
Reflecting on how far we’ve come on International Women in Engineering Day 2021
Today we’re celebrating the women in our workforce on International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2021. While Douglas Partners is committed to cultivating an equal and diverse workplace every day, it is an apt opportunity to reflect on the evolution of women in engineering and the increase in propensity of women in STEM globally. 2021 […]
The AusCalVal Report: Delivering Quality Assured Satellite Earth Observation Data
Douglas Partners has recently endorsed the content of the AusCalVal report, ‘Establishing Australia as a Global Leader in Delivering Quality Assured Satellite Earth Observation Data’. DP’s consulting work is becoming increasingly more reliant on satellite information. Our consultants use Douglas Map, a highly advanced version of Google Earth, to achieve high resolution aerial photos taken […]
Victoria’s new environmental laws explained
The Environment Protection Act 2017 (the Act), coming into effect on 1 July 2021, will bring with it significant changes to how environmental laws and regulations operate in Victoria. The Act offers a framework that is underpinned by a ‘preventative’ approach to the protection of human health and the environment, rather than one of ‘reactivity’. […]
Supporting International Women’s Day 2021
Douglas Partners was a proud bronze sponsor at the 2021 International Women’s Day Illawarra luncheon last Friday 21 May. It was a long-awaited celebration as the 2020 event was postponed, but certainly worth the wait. Almost 1000 people gathered to recognise the contribution and issues still faced by women today, and to celebrate some significant […]
Douglas partners celebrates at this year’s client choice festival 2021
Douglas Partners representatives attended the 2021 Client Choice Festival between 11 -13 May. The virtual event brought together industry experts and professional firms to share and collaborate on the future of professional services. Our team were fortunate to hear from over 30 panellists and speakers from a wide range of industries as they discuss the […]
Douglas Partners joins ALGA as a 2021 Gold Corporate Partner
The team at Douglas Partners are proud to announce we are now a 2021 Gold member and corporate partner of the Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA). ALGA and Douglas Partners share the vision to prevent, sustainably manage, and remediate contaminated land and groundwater. This corporate partnership welcomes greater opportunity for staff development and enhances […]
Providing our Geotechnical Expertise to the Pacific Highway Upgrade
Douglas Partners Ballina and Coffs Harbour laboratories recently completed testing on the Woolgoolga to Ballina section of the Pacific Highway Upgrade as the primary testing company for the imported quarry materials for the project. Our expertise in providing high volume quality control testing meant that we could comfortably test and report the 8.6 million tonnes […]
