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Marinus Presents at Mapping & Monitoring with Drones Webinar
Marinus Boon is a national remote sensing lead from the Environmental Management team in our Wellington office and will be a technical panellist joining the discussion on the case studies that will be presented in a webinar for Mapping &...
Māori Language Week
Māori Language Week is ON! To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, our tīma (team) here at PDP are extending our knowledge of Te Reo and Te Ao Māori. We have been sharing and learning kupu (words), whakatauki (Māori proverbs) and Mātauranga Māori....
Felix Presents on Compostable Plastics for July’s EoM
To tie off Plastic-Free July, last month’s EOM presentation in our Auckland office was on compostable plastics; the use of which has risen in popularity due to the global plastic waste issue. But how effective are these products and are they...
Environmental Management Team Host June EOM 2020
Last Friday, our Auckland based Environmental Management team hosted the prestigious End of Month get-together - our first since February. Amber Simmonds, Natalie Wood, Andrew Curtis and Todd Redman presented on their skills, capabilities and...
Air Quality Team Welcomes Andrew Curtis and Jonathan Harland
As we continue to expand our Air Quality team, we are pleased to welcome Andrew Curtis and Jonathan Harland to our Auckland office. Andrew and Jonathan complement our team of leading air quality professionals in Wellington and Christchurch...
New Land Disposal System for Hanmer Springs Treated Wastewater
Since 2013, PDP has been involved in the options assessment, consenting process and design of a new land disposal system for Hanmer Springs treated wastewater. Now, with the system under construction and set to be operational in late...
We are now recruiting for 2020/2021 Graduates and Interns!
This year things are a bit different - instead of the presentations usually held at the Unis, we will be hosting a couple of webinars this Thursday 7 May. There are 2 sessions - one targeted at Auckland, and one for Christchurch. Visit...
Natalie Webster Joins Steering Committee
The Contaminated Land Management Sector Group was established by WasteMINZ to promote good practice contaminated land management. Members of the Steering Committee were recently announced - including Natalie Webster, one of our Technical...
Staff Home Offices
Since moving from the work office to the home office. A few of our staff wanted to show off their new work-space ... along with some new (and potentially improved) colleagues.
PDP Practices Social Distancing
Yesterday was our first official 'work from home day', which we got through with surprisingly few issues considering it was originally just planned as a trial! Our 160+ staff are now up and running from their own home offices, continuing to...
COVID-19 Update – We are working from home
Yesterday was our first official 'work from home day', which we got through with surprisingly few issues considering it was originally just planned as a trial!Our 160+ staff are now up and running from their own home offices, continuing to work on the...
Steve Pearce Closes Large Transport Transaction With Buddle Findlay
Kathy Wilson, Buddle Findlay - "It was great to be part of the team that closed one of the largest transport transactions New Zealand has seen. The Buddle Findlay team was outstanding. Special thanks to Steve Pearce and the team at Pattle...
Christchurch Team Wins Contract for Ocean Beach Landfill Project
Our contaminated land team in Christchurch has been awarded the contract for the Detailed Site Investigation and Remedial Options Assessment for the Ocean Beach Landfill Project in Invercargill. The project is partly funded through the Ministry...
PDP Run Great Lake Relay in Taupo
In February members and friends of the PDP runners group “Pattle Delamore Pounders” completed the Great Lake Relay running event around Lake Taupo. The event requires competing teams to run a circuit of Lake Taupo, a total distance of 155 km,...
PDP Attend the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals game event
Last month Edward Cromwell, Neeraj Pratap, Alida van Vugt, and Ryan Nicol attended the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals game event, organised by Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch. The event was a multiplayer, card-based game that...
PDP on Social Media
We have recently joined Facebook and Instagram @pdp_nz Give us a follow and like to see more of the exciting social activities we get up to here at PDP.
Christchurch Team Sign up for Cultivate Christchurch
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...
New Christchurch Office
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...
Wellington Office Partners with Do Some Good
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...
Senior Leader Retreat at Riverside Matakana
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...
Auckland Office Hosts WasteMINZ CLM Networking Event
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...
PDP Attends NZ Coastal Society Conference in Invercargill
The annual NZ Coastal Society Conference kicks off today in Invercargill. Alison Clarke, Kate Walker, Nerena Rhodes, Stephanie Williams, Thom Gower and Sam Olufson will all be in attendance. Today at 3 pm Kate presents 'PFAS in Fish and...
PDP Volunteers at Auckland City Mission
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...
Auckland Office Gets New Mural
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 Awareness and Training
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...