Niche welcomes Dr Kevin Rains to the team Dr Kevin Rains is a historical archaeologist and heritage manager and joins Niche after an extensive period of service with Gold Coast City Council, including working as Council’s senior heritage planner, team leader and most recently the coordinator of cultural heritage development. His expertise extends to researching,…
Local Government Procurement (LGP) Niche Environment and Heritage has been selected by Local Government Procurement (LGP) to join its contractor panel for professional consulting in two categories – environmental services, and heritage conservation and planning services. LGP is a business arm of Local Government NSW (LGNSW), the membership association for all councils in NSW. Organisations…
Niche Environment and Heritage has been appointed as a prequalified supplier to the NSW government Niche Environment and Heritage has been appointed as a prequalified supplier to the NSW government under the Performance and Management Services Scheme, managed by NSW Procurement. The prequalification scheme can be used by the whole of the NSW government and…
Ecological Rehabilitation of Mined Lands Conference 2016 Niche Environment and Heritage proudly sponsored this year’s Best Practice Ecological Rehabilitation of Mined Lands Conference. Our team’s broad range of specialist services to mine rehab projects includes biodiversity management plans; offsetting strategy and accredited BioBanking; habitat recreation and restoration; subsidence impact monitoring of natural features and cultural…
Niche experts to review TfNSW offsetting guide Niche Environment and Heritage, in association with EcoFocus, has been selected by Transport for NSW (TfNSW) to undertake a review of its vegetation offsetting guide and calculator. TfNSW undertakes a range of projects from large scale, long-term projects like Sydney Light Rail to small facility upgrades. Vegetation removal…
Cameron Harvey – regional manager in the Sunshine State As regional manager in the Sunshine State, Cameron leads Niche’s Queensland operations and multidisciplinary consulting teams servicing our clients from our bases in Brisbane and Cairns. Cameron is also a heritage consultant who specialises in historical heritage assessments and has extensive experience assessing the cultural heritage significance of historical places. Cameron’s…
The M1 Pacific Motorway is currently one of the busiest transport corridors in Australia. Niche Environment and Heritage, in association with Bowditch Group, has been engaged by RMS to deliver specialist environmental services for several major road upgrade projects in the Hunter and Central Coast regions. The M1 Pacific Motorway is currently one of the…
We provide high quality, efficient and cost-effective specialist archaeological and ecological assessments for land development projects Did you know, our team is experienced in providing ecology, heritage and project management services to land development projects? We provide high quality, efficient and cost-effective specialist archaeological and ecological assessments for land development projects including large scale urban…
Niche sponsors Biodiversity Offsetting conference At Niche, understanding biodiversity is our speciality and the application of our knowledge to environmental and biodiversity offsets is one of our core areas of business. Our ecology team includes accredited BioBanking assessors who are experienced in defining environmental offsetting strategies that deliver beneficial and sustainable outcomes with the integrity…
Niche’s Queensland team has expanded with the appointment of ecologist Lisa Carter. Lisa is an experienced field scientist and has been working as a professional consultant for over 8 years. During this time, Lisa has undertaken ecological impact assessments, environmental management plans, environmental approvals and qualitative risk assessments for a variety of projects throughout WA…
New heritage consultant for Niche in Cairns Niche’s first new recruit of 2015 is Clair Davey. Clair is a Cairns-based archaeologist with consulting experience in both QLD and Northern NSW. Clair has worked as technical advisor for the Adani Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project, and has road project experience having worked for both the…
Aquatic ecology in action Niche Environment and Heritage was recently engaged by Wambo Coal to undertake an aquatic research and monitoring project. This project included the assessment of sediment impacts and develeopment of manageable targets for stream health. The aquatic ecology expertise provided by Niche enabled Wambo Coal to satisfy their regulatory obligations. We also…