Appendix D1 EIS Study Team and Organisational Chart

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1 Port Expansion Project EIS Appendix D1 EIS Study Team and Organisational Chart

2 Study Team Team Member Location Study Role Relevant Experience Chris Paterson Regional Manager North Queensland Glenn Stephens Director Greg Fisk National Practice Leader (Environment) Noel Ducray Director - Ports & Marine Kelly Timmerman Director - Communication & Community Troy Collie Technical Director Environment Brad Grant Senior Project Director Chris has almost 25 years experience as a professional engineer and project manager in both the public and private sector, in heavy industry and small business, and as a consultant. Chris is currently Group Leader of the Water and Infrastructure Services Group in Queensland with overall responsibility for the financial performance of the Group. He is also contributing to a number of projects in the capacity of Project Director. Prior to this, Chris occupied the role of Operations with the Port of where he contributed to the planning of the port, and the development of port infrastructure, particularly in the Eastern Port Development. Project Manager Glenn has 16 years experience in the Civil Construction Industry. He has undertaken various roles including Quality Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Manager, Design Manager and Superintendent s Representative as both Contractor (for 6 years) and Consultant (10 years). Glenn has been involved in a number of projects at Port of as Project Manager including Inner Harbour Expansion (Berth 10A and Berth 8) ECI Stage, Berth 10 Expansion and Berth 4 Upgrade. BMT WBM EIS Manager Greg has over 15 years of experience in preparing, assessing and managing multi-disciplinary environmental plans and impact assessments. Recently, Greg has been involved in several largescale infrastructure feasibility/eis projects in the transport and energy sectors as well as a range of high profile natural resource assessments in the fields of wetland ecology, waterway management and climate change. Newcastle BMT WBM Engineering Manager Stakeholder Communicatio ns Studies Lead/ EIS Lead Author Marine Studies Lead Noel has worked as a port planner and port engineer for most of his career, initially with the Port of Durban where he fulfilled a number of roles including the position of Manager Planning and Development. Noel was the Resident Engineer for the construction of the new Port of Coega, South Africa. Noel has significant experience with Port of projects including PEES, the Port Master-plan, and Berth 10X. Kelly has over 15 years experience in communication, consultation and stakeholder management roles across a broad range of sectors. Kelly is accomplished in planning, developing and implementing a suite of communications and community engagement programs that are specific to client needs and inform and involve stakeholders and community members at all levels. Kelly has provided strategic leadership and project delivery for a range of clients including Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Rail, Port of. City Council, Xstrata and the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Troy has over twenty years experience in project execution and delivery through his technical contribution to and overseeing environmental planning investigations, environmental management plans and compliance assessments. He has skills in environmental assessment, aquatic monitoring and experimental design, survey techniques and matching environmental studies and advice to regulatory compliance and decision making frameworks. Brad has over 9 years experience working for local government and private organisations in South East Queensland and overseas. He has a broad range of expertise including water quality, total water AECOM Rev 2 Page 2

3 Scientist Frans Hoogerwerf Master Marine r- Consultant Albert Kwong Engineer Strategic Planning and Advisory Thomas Mitchell Consultant Anthony Charlesworth Senior Engineer Will Van Vaerenbergh Environment Practice Leader Queensland Henry Parsons Senior Scientist Hoogerwerf Maritime Pty Ltd Newcastle Dredging and Reclamation Transport and Infrastructure Public Hazard, Safety and Risk cycle management, environmental auditing and monitoring, catchment modelling and stormwater management. He also has a broad knowledge of environmental legislation as it relates to infrastructure projects and pollution control. Frans has been a Master Mariner in Australia since 1970 and has extensive knowledge of dredging and reclamation through his previous experience in the dredging industry in Australia. Frans has worked in executive and management positions for Westham Dredging until 2002 at which time he commenced a consulting practice based upon practical, hands-on dredging and reclamation advice. Albert has over 21 years of experience as a transport planner/traffic engineer. He has skills in design, planning and project management, and has worked with the private and public sectors in Australia, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. His work has included transport planning and feasibility studies, development impact assessment, highway improvement and district planning studies Thomas has 30 years experience occupying various executive and senior management roles in multinational organisations delivering innovative Work Health and Safety (WHS) and management services. He has held a position of Lecturer and Senior Research Officer with University of Ballarat (Victorian Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) generalising in Safety Engineering, Safety in Design, Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics and specialising in Risk Management, Compliance Auditing and Management Systems, Training and Education. BMT WBM Water Quality Anthony has 17 years of experience specialising in integrated surface and subsurface water management. Anthony has a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering and a Master of Engineering Science (Env.) and has specialised in waterway, catchment management, flooding and groundwater within the community, local government and overseas. Golder Geotechnical Land and Soils, Marine Sediments and Willy is a Hydrogeologist with 23 years international and local experience across a number of environmental and engineering sectors. His breadth of experience covers development and management roles across groundwater resources investigations, water resources management, environmental hydrogeology, groundwater modelling, and contaminated land assessment and remediation. Henry is a senior scientist with 10 years experience in Acid Sulfate Soil (ASS) assessments, and over 20 years experience with geotechnical testing and investigations. Henry has managed a variety of large-scale ASS projects including the New Parallel Runway at the Airport, the Trade Coast Commercial Development at the former Airport, ASS issues for the North South Bipass Tunnel (NSBT) and preliminary and detailed investigations throughout Queensland. Henry is also experienced in erosion and sediment control assessment/management measures; Soil chemistry issues, ie, dry land salinity and top soil suitability studies; Contaminated Land/ Site Assessments and Remediation and Management Plans and related geotechnical issues. Port of Limited Rev 2 Page 3

4 Manfred Boldy Planner Simon Murphy Professional Planner Peter Buosi Ecologist Beth Toki Senior Marine Ecologist Wendy Davies Director - Landscape Planner David Rollings Engineer Legislation, Approvals and Land Use/Social Impacts Manfred Boldy is a land use planner with over 30 years senior experience in the compilation and management of strategic land use studies and environmental assessments for a range of development and environmental management activities. This has included a wide range of development assessments, local and regional planning studies, master planning, housing analyses and strategic environmental assessments. The work undertaken has included planning for major urban growth corridors in Sydney, Perth, Sunshine Coast, Cairns and as well as regional centres along the North Coast of NSW and in Margaret River WA. Newcastle Waste Simon Murphy is an Planner with seven years experience in environmental impact assessment and town planning. In addition to preparing Impact Assessments Simon has also prepared feasibility assessments for a variety of developments, Bushfire Threat Assessments, Traffic Impact Assessments and Social Impact Assessments. Simon s experience has allowed him to develop a range of skills required to be effective in the Planning role. NRA Environmenta l Consultants BMT WBM Avifauna Survey and Assessment Marine Sediment Peter has over 15 years experience in research and applied science. Since joining NRA in 1998, Peter has provided his services to a variety of government departments and non-government organisations, including resource and civil development clients. While Peter has experience in a range of science disciplines, his specific area of expertise is in the design, management and conduct of ecological studies, and he has extensive experience in both terrestrial and inter-tidal ecosystems of northern Australia. Beth has nine years post-graduate experience in ecological research and environmental consulting. Beth has a thorough understanding of the ecology and management of coastal environments, as well as the complex interactions between terrestrial, estuarine and marine systems. She has hands-on experience conducting a variety of ecological research and monitoring projects in marine, estuarine, freshwater and beach environments. Visual Amenity Wendy Davies leads Queensland s and Ecological Planning (EEP) team and brings over 14 years experience in the field of landscape planning and design. She has extensive experience in landscape design and character assessment, environmental impact assessment, landscape and visual appraisals, planning applications and public inquiry and community consultation. Wendy has particular skills in strategic land use and development planning, landscape and visual impact assessment and in the development of landscape strategy plans. She has worked widely on major infrastructure projects including energy, minerals and transportation infrastructure. Newcastle Air Quality David Rollings is a Chemical Engineer with over 12 years experience in a wide range of environmental consulting fields including air quality, contaminated site assessment and environmental sampling encompassing air, water, soil and noise. David has worked with a wide variety of clients from industry sectors ranging from government to energy, mining, manufacturing, minerals processing, aviation and building construction. David has been responsible for the preparation of numerous air quality impact assessments for clients across Australia including some of the largest power generators and mines in Australia. AECOM Rev 2 Page 4

5 Kathleen Turner Social Planner ( Director) Paul Glenn Senior Engineer Paul Guard Senior Coastal Engineer Steve Corcoran Director Rebecca Enright Senior Consultant Sustainability & Climate Change John Stephens Director - Economics Rachael Foster Engineer Acoustics Social impacts Kathleen has extensive experience in compiling both concept and planning phase social impact assessments, social impact management plans, human rights impact assessments, and land acquisition and resettlement action plans for mining, onshore and offshore oil & gas, and infrastructure projects in Australia and internationally including Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, PNG, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Qatar. BMT WBM Deloitte Access Economics Sydney Water Resources Coastal Processes Economic Assessment Climate, Natural Hazards, Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Economic Impact Paul has more than 12 years experience in urban land development, civil infrastructure and hydrogeology projects. Paul s skills are specialized in the design of stormwater conveyance and flood control infrastructure, design of sanitary sewer infrastructure, water balance studies, flood studies, flood mitigation plans and flood risk assessments and has significant experience in hydrologic, hydraulic and water quality modelling, as well as hydrogeologic characterization and groundwater modelling. Paul is an engineer with the Coastal Engineering Group within BMT WBM. Paul s main area of expertise is in the modelling of coastal processes, in particular ocean waves, coastal sediment transport and beach morphology. Paul also has experience in urban water supply and stormwater drainage systems, riverine and estuarine hydraulic modelling and water quality assessments. Steve is a senior economist and has participated in a large number of economic impact assessments for different clients which have varied in scale and scope. Steve has a wide knowledge in economic impact assessments including: cost benefit analysis; construction of financial models; survey design and development; reviews of productivity and growth and market analysis. Rebecca has almost 10 years experience in policy development and advice across a wide range of climate change, environmental and natural resource management issues in the Queensland Government. Rebecca also has strong capabilities in the areas of planning, legislation development and stakeholder engagement. Rebecca has broad knowledge and understanding of contemporary climate change issues, including the most recent climate change science, emissions abatement opportunities and approaches to climate change risk assessment. John Stephens combines strong technical skills in economics with the ability to think strategically. He has 30 years consulting experience, and has also been an academic, most recently as visiting lecturer in the School of Planning at Dundee University, and a member of UK Government Economic Service where he worked on the appraisal of overseas aid proposals. In consultancy he has accumulated substantial experience across a wide range of studies, working with a broad spectrum of clients that have included technical experts, non-experts, politicians, stakeholder organisations and members of the public. John has proven experience of working on complex, multi-disciplinary studies and in new policy and economic environments. Noise Vibration Rachel has more than fifteen years experience in varying engineering work environments. Her background includes mechanical services equipment design, development and implementation of management systems, acoustic monitoring, assessment and project management. Port of Limited Rev 2 Page 5

6 Dee Goring Senior Cultural Heritage Consultant Darren Richardson & Ecology Manager Rochelle Lawson Senior Scientist Cultural Heritage Dee has over nine years experience working as an archaeologist and cultural heritage consultant. During that time Dee worked on many varied cultural heritage projects gaining a comprehensive understanding of the legislative requirements under which to apply her anthropological, archaeological and historical knowledge and expertise in Queensland, South Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales. Her cultural heritage works included initial contact and client liaison, development and implementation of site specific cultural heritage surveys, development and execution of site specific archaeological excavations, site recording, artefact analysis, report writing and risk analysis which include recommendations and management strategies in relation to Duty of Care compliance. BMT WBM Marine Ecology Darren has over 19 years industry experience focussed on marine ecology. Darren s consultancy work has a primary focus on sediment contamination assessment and management, and the effects of dredging and dredged material disposal on marine communities and ecosystems. Darren has undertaken numerous sediment contamination studies, most of which considered the suitability of dredged sediments for ocean disposal. Darren has project managed and/or prepared Long Term Dredge Disposal Management Strategies (LTDDMS) and Sampling and Analysis Plans (SAP) in accordance with National Assessment Guidelines for Dredging. Newcastle Terrestrial Ecology Rochelle Lawson has fifteen years experience managing natural resource management projects, including ecosystem condition assessment and monitoring, impact assessment, biodiversity assessment and rangeland monitoring. She has ecological research experience, particularly on biodiversity issues from both Canada and Australia. Her recent experience is with ecological survey and monitoring, land management planning, aviation hazard management, Biobanking, sustainability reporting, constraints analyses, assessments of significance for development impacts, and large scale environmental reviews and impact studies. AECOM Rev 2 Page 6

7 Port Expansion EIS Organisational Chart Study Team Project Director Chris Paterson Project Manager Glenn Stephens EIS Manager Greg Fisk Engineering Manager Noel Ducray Stakeholder Communications Kelly Timmerman Studies Lead Troy Collie Marine Studies Lead Brad Grant Dredging and Reclamation Frans Hoogerwerf EIS Lead Author Troy Collie Transport and Infrastructure Albert Kwong and John Dennison Public Hazard, Safety & Risk Thomas Mitchell Water Quality Anthony Charlesworth Land and Will Van Vaerenbergh Air Quality David Rollins Legislation, Approvals & Land Use Manfred Boldy Social Impacts Manfred Boldy and Kathleen Turner Waste Simon Murphy Soils, Marine Sediments and Henry Parsons Avifauna Survey and Assessment Peter Buosi Water Resources Paul Glenn Marine Sediment Dr Beth Toki Coastal Processes Dr Paul Guard Visual Amenity Wendy Davies Economic Assessments Steve Corcoran Climate, Natural Hazards, Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rebecca Enright Port of Limited Rev 2 Page 7