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"New Zealand's foremost expert in the investigation and clean-up of contaminated sites has been called in to check out Marfell Park after the shock discovery of dioxins. Environmental consultant Graeme Proffitt has been asked to lead a sampling and testing programme...

PDP's sampling plan for Marfell Park is provided on the Taranaki Regional Council website at: www.trc.govt.nz/environment/pdf/marfell/marfellplanjuly09.pdf

PDP's audit report on the remediation of the former Fruitgrowers Chemical Company site in Mapua was released on Friday 31 July by the Minister for the Environment, Nick Smith. The press release from the Minister's office that accompanied the report can be read here:...

The report on PDP's environmental investigation into the potential contamination at Marfell Park in New Plymouth has been released. Contaminants concentrations in soils sampled from the surface and at depth were found to be low and are considered to present a minimal...

We are pleased to announce that PDP has been successful in attaining IPENZ Professional Development Partner (PDP) status. Professional Development Partners undertake to support the development of engineers, particularly in relation to their registration as a Chartered...

Congratulations to the PDP team who completed the Great Lake Relay round Taupo last weekend. 12 runners completed the race in 15 hours, 14 minutes and 11 seconds.

PDP’s Dr Graeme Proffitt has assisted the Ministry for the Environment with the Proposed National Environmental Standard (NES) for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil and is currently touring New Zealand with representatives from Ministry for Environment to...

PDP was contracted by the Ministry for the Environment to prepare an inventory of mercury in New Zealand from natural and anthropogenic sources, and to make an assessment of the relative environmental impact of mercury-containing lamps. More information and the full...

We have received word from Andrew that they are safe and well, and were not in Osh when the violence broke out. Osh the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan, where Andrew has been living for the past couple of years with his family; the city is currently in major trouble...

PDP has been engaged in a consortium to assist NZTA for work related to the construction in Auckland of the proposed $1.4 billion Waterview Connection from State Highway 20 to State Highway 16. The project includes construction of twin 2.4km long tunnels under...

All the PDP Christchurch staff are well and have survived unscathed, with relatively minor damage and disruption compared to what has happened to some others in the City. The PDP office has also passed the initial structural inspection so are up and running from...

Parviz Namjou and Graeme Proffitt won the award for the Best Paper in the Modelling Awards 2010 at the Water New Zealand 52nd Annual Conference. Their paper was entitled "Modelling Effects of Proposed Masterton Land Based Effluent Disposal Scheme on Receiving...

Wishing you all a safe and prosperous year in 2011.

Congratulations to Ingrid Cooper, who was recently awarded the Canterbury University award for the top student in Natural Resources Engineering. A bit of a high achiever, she also picked up the NZ Society on Large Dams (NZSOLD) award for the top student in Water...

Congratulations to Natalie, Keri, Rob, Karen, Kaye, Rod, Claire and friends, the PDP team who raced in the Great Lake Relay round Taupo last weekend. They completed the run in 13 hrs and 37 minutes, which is 1 hour 37 minutes faster than last year - well done...

With much relief we can report that all the Christchurch PDP staff and their families are accounted for and safe. The PDP office has been severely damaged, but was able to be evacuated safely. The office is unlikely to be in use for some time, however we are looking...

PDP have been happy to lend some of our staff to the quake recovery effort. Thanks to everyone (from all of our offices) who has been involved and continue to be involved in this work! We are helping with emergency response related to damage to underground pipelines,...

Our Christchurch office is relocating to 40 Hammersmith Drive, Wigram, alongside the disused Wigram airfield, approximately 5km south west of Christchurch CBD. The office is smaller than our previous office so some staff will continue to be based out of the office....

PDP is 25 years old!! Pattle Delamore Partners Limited (PDP) was born in 1986, when Alan Pattle and Keith Delamore joined forces to create a new consultancy. In the early days, PDP was based in Auckland with just two employees (Alan and Keith), and specialised mainly...

PDP was contracted by Waikato Regional Council to investigate and report on the significance of arsenic in the sediment of Lake Rotoroa (Hamilton Lake), in Hamilton city. More information and the full report can be found on the Waikato Regional Council website:...

Nine new shareholders have recently been welcomed to the register of our staff-owned proud-to-be-Kiwi consulting company. As we celebrate our 25th year of operation the new shareholders are looking forward to fostering the continued growth of the company that has seen...