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As part of our focus on sustainability within our offices, our Christchurch team have recently signed up with local initiative Cultivate Christchurch, an urban farm located less than a kilometre from the central city that provides work...

In August last year, our Christchurch office made the move back into the CBD. The team were excited to move into the new space at 134 Oxford Terrace. We now have a much more flexible working environment in a great location overlooking the Avon...

Our Wellington team recently partnered with Do Some Good to help Porirua School with a garden project. We worked alongside tamariki and teachers to build the beginnings of an outdoor classroom, including a colourful sensory path and a whole lot...

As we continue to grow, the demand on our senior team to engage, motivate and develop our staff also increases. This year we have run two leadership development workshops - for our Technical Directors earlier in the year, and more recently for...

We are proud to have recently hosted the WasteMINZ CLM networking event in our Auckland Office. There was a great turnout with presentations from Harry Sparkes on Acid Sulphate Soils in New Zealand and their investigation under current...

A few of our Auckland staff recently spent the morning volunteering at the Auckland City Mission Distribution Centre as part of our Community Support initiative. The group was split into teams to help with sorting clothes and putting together...

We’re growing and we need more space, so we’ve expanded our Auckland office and undertaken a major facelift. We're still in the same great location in the heart of Newmarket. We've been settled into our new space for a while now, and everyone...

Asbestos continues to be a significant work-related health hazard and one of the keys to managing this is through continued awareness and training. Andrew Sussex, Alan Spooner and Harry Sparkes recently provided Fulton Hogan in Auckland with an...

Since mid-2018 Tristan Bellingham has been working as Facility Manager at the NZ-Laos Renewable Energy Facility which aims to support the increased beneficial use of renewable energy resources enabling the economic and social development in...

Daniel Wright and Ciarán FitzGerald presented the case for environmental engineering during a Specialisation evening with engineering students at the University of Auckland. The evening was organised through the Civil Engineering Students...

Kate Walker - one of our environmental scientists - was a keynote speaker at the "E Tipu, E Rea" Conference run by Hiwaiterangi Trust. The Hiwaiterangi Trust works to provide exposure of diverse career options to rural rangatahi Māori. The...

Our Tauranga office carried out their second maintenance exercise on the Department of Conservation (DOC) tracks at Otanewainuku, south of Tauranga, as part of DOC's Adopt-a-Track initiative. The team included Bill Noell, Blair Thornburrow,...

Earlier in September Leena Khong and Gerard Stark attended CleanUp 2019 - the 8th International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference in Adelaide. CleanUp is a global forum for all aspects of contaminated site assessment, management and...

Aslan Perwick, one of our Groundwater Service Leaders, will be presenting at the 2019 WasteMINZ conference today at 11:30 am in Brooklyn 1&2. He is covering the very topical issue of PFAS migration in groundwater. The presentation provides...

Jackie Stead, Daryl Irvine, Erin Richards and Rob Watson had a fantastic day with the Civil Engineering Students'​ Association (CESA) judging the PDP Case Competition at Auckland University. Students were in teams and presented on the topic...

Last week PDP and Auckland Council received the Site Safe Health and Safety Innovation Award at the Water New Zealand Conference Gala Dinner. Thom Gower received the award on behalf of PDP and Auckland Council. The award was to acknowledge the...

A number of our team attended the EcoForum Conference & Exhibition earlier in September - including Rod Lidgard, Stefan Yap, Grant Sheridan, Erin Richards, Nerena Rhodes, Tracy Singson, Graeme Proffitt and Rachel Millar, with James Conway...

After successfully completing her exam last Friday, Belinda Meares has now become a Certified Nutrient Management Adviser. Certified advisers must maintain a high standard of current knowledge with any changes or developments concerning...

Aslan Perwick, one of our Groundwater Service Leaders, and Wellington Water Senior Advisor Strategy Geoff Williams will be presenting on the Hutt Valley Groundwater Protection Zones at the 2019 Water New Zealand Conference at 4 pm today in...

Yesterday our Sustainability Committee announced and distributed Keep Cups to all of our staff to promote and encourage all of us to take note of the reduce, reuse, recycle approach to everyday consumerism. This will help improve our impact on...

The CASANZ (Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand) International Clean Air and Environment conference kicks off today in Queenstown. Four senior members of PDP's Air Quality team are presenting the following: Jeff Bluett is emceeing...

In August Kate Walker, one of our Environmental Scientists visited Aorere College in Papatoetoe as a Wonder Project Ambassador. The Wonder Project is Engineering New Zealand's free programme for schools, designed to get young Kiwis excited...