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September 2010

 

Thank you to the SRR 2010 Sponsors for contributing to a successful Conference.

 

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August 2010

 

His Excellency Ambassador Zhang Junsai

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H.E. Ambassador Zhang Junsai is the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Australia.

 

Ambassador H.E. Zhang Junsai will give his last Melbourne address at the SRR Conference Dinner on Thursday 2 September, prior to his new posting.

 

This is a great opportunity to learn about how China is tackling environmental issues, and how Australia will respond under a new Federal Government

 

The SRR Conference Dinner is included in the Full Registration. Additional dinner tickets may also be purchased.

 

 

May 2010

 

Terry Tamminen

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Terry Tamminen, Former Secretary of the Californian EPA and Chief Environmental Policy Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger, joins the impressive SRR 2010 speaker list.

 

Join Terry at an intimate, networking lunch on Day Two of the SRR 2010 Conference.

 

The lunch is included in the Early Bird Registration, Full Registration and Day Two Registration.

 

Please click here to view Terry's biography.

 

Please click here for more information about the lunch.

SRR 2010 Sponsors

Silver Sponsor


McMahon Services

2 - McMahon ServicesMcMahon Services are leading service providers for the building and construction industry within Australia.

McMahon Services provide a range of diversified construction, engineering, environmental, and contract maintenance services including Civil Engineering, Environmental Remediation, Asbestos Removal, Demolition, Toxic Waste Handling, Industrial Maintenance and Industrial services including Industrial Maintenance and Cleaning.

McMahon Services are regarded as industry leaders in safety, quality and environmental management and proudly hold Third Party Accreditation to International Standards in all three disciplines. Safety is a core value of the company and employees are trained, managed and mentored within a ‘safety culture’ environment.

“The Construction and Industrial Services Leaders”

McMahon Services has expanded significantly in recent times, now operating their environmental management and remediation business Australia wide. With some 300 key staff and a multi-million dollar turnover, McMahon Services have enjoyed constant growth and the geographic expansion of their primary client base. The company is now a truly diversified group with experience in a number of specialist fields and benefit from the drive of a young and progressive management team.

McMahon Services have successfully completed construction projects with a combined value in excess of $500M in recent years. This work ranges from small projects tendered for private clients through to multi-million dollar design and construct infrastructure projects for State and Federal governments.

The key to the company’s ongoing success has been the quality of the employees whose expertise cover a wide variety of engineering and scientific disciplines, together with Management Systems which comply with the most stringent internationally recognized procedures and practices. Continuous investment in modern and innovative equipment fleet ensures there is no job too big or too small.

Many projects undertaken by McMahon Services are negotiated on a sole select basis with clients who have previously contracted the company. The company has a reputation of carrying out all projects cooperatively and in partnership with clients, working in the spirit of a contract without becoming contractual and delivering value for money. Repeat business constitutes a large part of works undertaken and we enjoy close relationships with a large number of long-term clients around Australia. These include multinational clients such as Rio Tinto, Baulderstone Hornibrook and Hansen Yuncken.

McMahon Services has experienced outstanding success since its beginnings and the on going policy of reinvesting profits into the business shall ensure the company has an exciting future.

 

Welcome Cocktail Party Sponsor


Enviropacific Services

5 - Enviropacific Services LogoEnviropacific has existed in the Environmental Engineering and Remediation industry since 2001. The company initially set out to provide specialist remediation and environmental engineering services to industry consultants, property developers, corporations and government.

Since that time Enviropacific has grown to the point where it now has in excess of 60 staff in Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.

Enviropacific has undertaken projects for some of a large range of companies across many diverse sectors and all levels of government. The scale of the projects that Enviropacific has delivered ranges from small one week projects to multimillion dollar projects lasting several years.

As the company has developed experience through delivery of projects it has bolted on other significant assets and credentials. These include numerous accreditation certificates to international and national standards, an inventory of high technology equipment to provide innovative solutions to a client’s needs, and a team of highly motivated, highly skilled personnel focussed on delivering cost effective services to better serve our clients.

Enviropacific maintain an integrated quality, safety and environmental management system that has been third party certified since 2003.

Enviropacific provides well resourced services in the following areas:

  • Soil
  • Water
  • Industrial Waste
  • Demolition


Using a range of high technology equipment – purchased from overseas and developed internally – and coupled with its staff of environment scientists and engineers it has developed a reputation for efficient and cost effective delivery of projects to clients.

Enviropacific has a core team of dedicated professional personnel with extensive expertise in the cost effective and efficient delivery of environmental projects. We invest heavily in the training and development of our personnel to embody and encourage a culture of innovation and performance both individually and as a team. Our personnel have disparate, yet complimentary qualifications, which support the ability of Enviropacific to deliver challenging turn-key environmental remediation and engineering projects.

 

Satchel and Lanyard Sponsor


SMEC

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SMEC, or Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation, is one of the leading engineering and development consultancies in the world.

Providing multidisciplinary consulting services in engineering, project management, environmental science and development activities, SMEC has been engaged in assignments throughout the world for almost 40 years. To date it has successfully completed many thousands of separate projects in Australia and in 84 other countries for international funding and aid agencies, as well as for government organisations and private sector clients.

The SMEC group has approximately 3700 staff, of whom some 2960 are professional and technical personnel. The range of sectors in which SMEC provides specialised consulting services includes Transport Energy Water Environment Mining and industrial development Buildings Urban regeneration and development Rural and regional development Social development Institutional development.

SMEC Urban

4 - SMEC Urban logoSMEC Urban is a multi-disciplinary firm of consulting civil engineers, surveyors, land use and environmental planners, landscape architects, urban designers and project managers with around 200 staff across Victoria, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. We provide the Urban Development Industry integrated consulting services needed to acquire, plan, design, construct and manage projects from concept through to completion.

Our success is the result of building long-term client relationships. We focus on understanding the specific needs of our clients, and provide a high level of personal service. Our staff are profiled industry professionals with a clear focus on client responsiveness and project delivery.

SMEC Urban is industry recognised for excellence in project delivery and innovation via numerous industry awards and major project appointments. Using the latest technology and implementing best practice solutions is crucial to ensuring we achieve the best outcomes for our clients.

 

OAMPS Insurance Brokers

6 - OAMPSOAMPS Insurance Brokers is a Wesfarmers Company with 760 employees in 29 offices around Australia serving over 120,000 clients. We have operations in the UK and a sister company, Crombie Lockwood, in New Zealand. OAMPS owns a Lloyd’s broker and is the only Australian owned broker accredited to place business direct with Lloyd’s in London. We are also a member of the Assurex Global Broking Network.

We get closer to clients. We do this through specialising – providing specifically designed protection packages – and by working hand in hand with clients to truly understand the complexities of their business.

We’ll always work hard to be part of our different communities, whether it’s inside a client’s business, with an industry association, a specific sector or across geographical regions. Sometimes we’ll be providing a business benefit to a group of people - at other times it will be to support local initiatives and community activities.

 

Coffee Breaks Sponsor


Thiess Services

1 - Thiess Services LogoThiess Services is Australasia’s leading contaminated site remediation contractor, with a dedicated remediation division of professionals who have extensive practical experience with diverse ex-situ remediation technologies.

Thiess’ remediation experience began in 1984 with the rehabilitation of the Rum Jungle Uranium Mine in Australia. Since then we have since successfully remediated over 70 contaminated sites including many large contaminated brownfield sites in sensitive environments. Major remediation projects have been undertaken at gasworks, hydrocarbon and chemical storage depots, defence facilities, nuclear test sites, hazardous waste dumps and landfills, metal and chemical manufacturing site, tanneries and other industrial manufacturing sites.

Thiess has successfully cleaned up sites containing a range of priority contaminants, including heavy metals; petroleum hydrocarbons; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; volatile organics; chlorinated organics; pesticides; dioxins; PCBs; asbestos and radiological contamination.

 

 

MacMahon Enviro Pacific