Strategic Alliances and Technical Partnerships

COOE has strategic partnerships with:

Marine ecologist with extensive experience in the fisheries, energy and mining industries. David has undertaken a diverse range of consulting assignments in Austral Asia, particularly in relation to the environmental management of marine systems and urban developments. David has considerable expertise in monitoring the impacts of industrial and urban discharges to the sea, and in assessing the marine ecological effects of industrial and urban developments.

David has worked with COOE on numerous projects including the 5 Year marine monitoring program at Port Pirie. David is currently assigned to the Olympic Dam Expansion EIS in the role of Biology Stream Manager.

COOE staff have worked with David on several assignments including the marine water quality assessment for One Steel, Intertidal fauna survey for Santos and Oil exploration well site impact characterisation also for Santos.

Marine fauna and underwater specialist. James has experience in reef and marine park surveys in South Australia.

James has worked on several marine impact assessment projects with COOE including the Robe Marina study, the Port Pirie Boat Ramp dredging study, the BHP Billiton Whyalla desalination project and the marine monitoring program for Nyrstar in Port Pirie.

Ben is a marine scientist with 10 years experience in a diverse range of aquatic sciences. Ben has a background in marine science and aquaculture and has developed applied skills and knowledge in marine habitat monitoring and mapping, water quality monitoring and benthic ecology and biodiversity assessment. He has an ADAS Part 2 diving qualification with over 600 scientific dives and is a vessel coxswain with over 700 days of sea time.

Ben has worked with COOE on marine habitat surveys in Elliston South Australia. Ben is the Principal Consultant with Geo Oceans.

Christopher has over 24 years experience in: Freshwater and terrestrial macroinvertebrate identifications; Ecological assessment of streams and wetlands; Interpretation of ecological data using multivariate statistics; Licensed AusRivAS user for South Australia; Taxonomy and ecology of Chironomidae.

Christopher has worked with COOE on stygofauna surveys in central South Australia.

Certified with RABQSA as a Lead Auditor. Specialising in Environmental Auditing/ Reviews, compliance, due diligence and ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems. Maria has worked with NRS in developing ISO 14001 compliant systems, undertaken environmental risk assessments and environmental auditing.

Maria has worked with COOE on numerous assignments including the Terramin MARP and the Australian Zircon Environmental Audit.

Len Ferrari has extensive experience in air quality and has a formidable list of clients including: OkTedi, Placer Dome, Worsley Alumina, BHP Billiton, BHP/Kinhill India, Caltex Pacific Indonesia, Cotton Australia, Thiess John Holland, Royal Commission of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Environmental/Health regulatory agencies in: New Zealand, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Commonwealth and most states in Australia, Indonesia and the WHO. Len is our specialist consultant on the Port Hedland Air Quality and Odour Monitoring program for Newcrest.

Len has worked with COOE on several air quality assignments including the Marcopper Tailings Spill Cleanup and the Telfer / Port Hedland odour study.

Rachel is an Environmental Geologist currently working on the Olympic Dam EIS for BHP Billiton in the roles of Groundwater Manager and Document Production Manager. Rachel is responsible for managing the groundwater and surface water chapters for the Supplementary EIS in addition to managing and production of figures, plates and disc production for the Draft EIS and Supplementary EIS documents. Rachel has experience in desktop and field investigations for Phase I, II and III Environmental Site Assessments, groundwater monitoring, data management and cartography. Rachel uses ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and PowerPoint software.

Rachel worked for COOE in the Olympic Dam Expansion EIS in document production.

Dr Ian Irvine has a doctorate in environmental contamination, specialising in investigation of contaminated sediments, and 28 years post-doctoral experience in the investigation, ecological risk assessment and management of environmental pollution onshore and offshore. He has been involved in more than 160 such studies throughout Australia and internationally. Dr Irvine has also carried out many consultancies in the Asia-Pacific region for the World Bank, ADB and other international agencies. He has been the principal consultant to the Commonwealth Department of Environment for the development of all three editions of Australia's national ocean disposal guidelines since 1993, the latest being the National Assessment Guidelines for Dredging 2009.

Ian has an association with Joe Mifsud in developing a major EIS for the Cleanup of Marcopper Tailings Spill in the Philippines.
National Guideline: National Assessment Guidelines for Dredging

Rick Aldam has over 20 years experience in: Geological, hydrogeological and environmental assessments; Design and documentation of environmental monitoring systems; Catchment management; Salinity, and land degradation studies; Wastewater reuse and disposal projects; Compliance auditing; Installation of water supply and environmental monitoring wells; Soils, groundwater and wastewater sampling; Development of hydraulic containment measures; and in acid rock drainage.

Rick has an association with COOE as the hydrogeologist on the Terramin MARP.

John is a Professor, University of Western Australia in environmental forensic Science, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemistry Institute. Specialist technical support and chemical analysis in environmental forensics. John has a long relationship with NRS and has worked on some of our major projects such as the Marcopper Tailings Spill, the Nyrstar Lead Zinc Smelter metals in the marine environment study, the Newcrest Port Hedland investigation into the distribution of metal in the marine environment and the Perilya lead zinc mine marine baseline study.

John has a long association with Joe Mifsud dating back to the early nineties in developing specialist environmental chemistry tools to assist in tracking metals through the environment including marine and terrestrial ecosystems in New Guinea, Philippines and Australia.

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Associated Companies:

A Perth-based marine habitat survey company, providing expertise in marine seabed surveys using specially developed diverless technology using high definition video cameras, DGPS and ROVs to generate seabed habitat maps safely and very cost effectively, while maintaining high quality and accuracy.
Geo Oceans

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A Perth-based analytical consultancy company, providing expertise across a broad range of scientific areas; forensic science, environmental chemistry, food science, geochemistry, mineralogy, ore extraction and beneficiation
TSW-Analytical

Specialising in toxicology and contaminated sites. EBS is a new business working with the COOE network adding capability and depth in environmental project management