New heritage consultant for Niche Niche Environment and Heritage is pleased to announce that Isabel Tickle has joined the heritage consulting team. Isabel is a recently graduated archaeologist with experience in Aboriginal and historical archaeology projects. She has worked in Victoria and south-western New South Wales on research, as well as private and government projects.…
The ecology experts you can trust Niche Environment and Heritage is a multidisciplinary consultancy specialising in ecology and biodiversity, and heritage management, environmental approvals and environmental offsetting. Established in 2009, we have successfully delivered projects to clients across eastern Australia. Our 40-strong team includes ecologists, botanists, archaeologists and environmental engineers with a wealth of specialist…
Niche welcomes Jodie Danvers to the team Niche Environment and Heritage is pleased to welcome ecologist Jodie Danvers to the NSW consulting team. Jodie has worked on the North Coast for several years as an ecologist for consulting businesses and also for the Department of Primary Industry in Ballina and Grafton. Jodie’s past project experience…
Impacts of recent changes to Queensland planning system Significant changes to the Queensland planning system have occurred requiring the preparation of planning schemes that comply with the Planning Act 2016. The Planning Act 2016 was assented in May 2016 and from mid-2017 will replace the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. While the basic planning system will…
Coastal Conference 2016, Coffs Harbour At Niche, we are committed to excellence in coastal environmental management – and to our clients in the North Coast region of NSW – and so we will once again support and exhibit at the annual NSW Coastal Conference. As part of our suite of ecology services, Niche provide expertise…
Niche wins significant contract in Cairns community Since late June 2016, Niche Environment and Heritage’s Far North Queensland team has been engaged to provide cultural heritage capacity to the local Transport and Main Roads (TMR) office. This has included large and small-scale land and marine projects. Significant projects to date include Stage 2 of the…
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,…
Queensland Rail heritage assessments Niche has been selected by Queensland Rail to undertake detailed heritage assessments of 10 selected railway station complexes located across the SEQ railway network. Assessments include consideration of State and Queensland Rail’s own heritage criteria to determine the importance of individual station buildings, and complexes of station buildings. The project requires…
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…