Our Services
Planning and Review
Planning and Review
Critical to the success of all projects is a thorough understanding of the existing cultural heritage landscape in which you are working. Our team is highly experienced in desktop research and analysis of heritage information. We can also assist you to identify cultural heritage gaps, risks and opportunities at all stages of a project lifecycle.
Our team works closely with you to understand your specific needs and integrate heritage considerations into your overall planning process. Our planning and review services include:
- Due diligence assessment
- Desktop review
- Risk assessment
- Fatal flaw assessments
- Gap analysis
- Project planning
- Strategic heritage advice
- Heritage inputs into financial investment due diligence
- Heritage inputs into ESG and sustainability reporting
Aboriginal Heritage Surveys and Assessment
Aboriginal Heritage Surveys and Assessment
A good baseline understanding of the cultural heritage within the landscape in which you are operating is essential. We can work with your community stakeholders to identify, assess and manage cultural heritage. Our highly skilled team have completed hundreds of Aboriginal heritage surveys throughout Australia.
- Site Avoidance surveys
- Site identification surveys
- Site recording and assessment
- On-ground heritage management
- Community led heritage projects
Stakeholder Consultation and Engagement
Stakeholder Consultation and Engagement
We recognise that your community stakeholders are critical to your success. We work in collaboration with you and your community partners to provide services and solutions that enable consultation, engagement and partnership between all parties.
Our team are members of the International Association of Public Participation and hold qualifications in Social Impact Assessment as well as cultural heritage.
Our engagement is undertaken in line with best practice community engagement principles.
Heritage Management
Heritage Management
We provide practical and effective heritage management strategies that help minimise potential impacts and protect cultural heritage assets. Our solutions are tailored to your project’s requirements and to comply with relevant regulations and guidelines.
We strive to work with our clients and their community partners to develop heritage solutions that celebrate and protect Australia’s unique cultural heritage. We can provide support in the development of various on-ground heritage management solutions, whether it is specific to an individual heritage place or an entire project.
Cultural Heritage Management Plans are one of the tools that can assist you to manage cultural heritage within an activity area. With decades of experience developing, implementing and negotiating cultural heritage management plans we can work with you and your community partners to design cultural heritage management plans in a range of contexts.
- On-ground Heritage Management Solutions
- Operational Cultural Heritage Management Plans
- Construction Cultural Heritage Management Plans
- Aboriginal Heritage Management Plans
- Social Cultural Heritage Management Plans
- Healthy Country Plans
Cultural Heritage Management Systems
Cultural Heritage Management Systems
Fundamental to the management of cultural heritage in any business are good systems and processes that ensure that cultural heritage is considered at the right time and that appropriate management practices are in place. We are highly experienced in developing systems, procedures and processes that allow cultural heritage management to be integrated into any industry.
Some of the solutions we offer include:
- Policy
- Planning
- Procedures
- Information Management and GIS
- Workflow and business mapping
Cultural Heritage Audits and Compliance
Cultural Heritage Audits and Compliance
Regular review and checking of how you are tracking against your cultural heritage obligations is essential for both regulatory compliance as well as maintaining a strong relationship and reputation with the communities in which you operate.
We offer regular reviews and monitoring services to ensure ongoing compliance and effectiveness of heritage management measures. Our team conducts audits, evaluations, and reporting to track progress and identify areas for improvement.
Our team has decades of experience in management systems and business conformance auditing as well as field verification audits to assess heritage site condition and integrity. We can also assist to verify compliance against approvals conditions, stakeholder commitments and assess company performance against international standards and best practice.
- Compliance audits against regulatory approvals conditions and community commitments
- Business conformance audits against business policies and standards
- Assessment of conformance against Australian and International Standards and Best Practice
- On-ground field verification and heritage site condition audits
Cultural Heritage Approvals
Cultural Heritage Approvals
We strive to work with our clients to develop and deliver solutions that avoid impacts to cultural heritage. However, we recognise that despite best endeavours this isn’t always possible and in some cases regulatory approvals may be required.
Our team are highly experienced in the facilitation and management of heritage approvals and work closely with your stakeholders to develop solutions that are aligned with your requirements, the legislation and stakeholder expectations.
Training and Capacity Building
Training and Capacity Building
Building an understanding and awareness of cultural heritage helps to improve competency and capacity. We are fully qualified trainer assessors and can provide:
- In house training and awareness on cultural heritage
- Regulatory requirements training and awareness
- Heritage inductions
- Capacity building and training in cultural heritage management
