Asbestos
We specialise in the investigation, management and remediation of asbestos in buildings and soils.
Our highly skilled licensed asbestos assessors, surveyors and contaminated land practitioners can provide technical advice relating to the identification of asbestos-containing materials, the type of sites which are prone to asbestos discovery, and provide specialised human health risk assessments, with the aim of minimising the risk of asbestos fibres exposure.
Our work is at the forefront of the industry's best practice to ensure our clients can effectively manage or remediate asbestos in buildings and soils. Given the breadth of our team, we can offer full life-cycle involvement services.
Services that we provide:
Asbestos
- Client consultation to assist with management of asbestos on site
- Management surveys
- Asbestos Management Plans
- Re-inspection visits
- Pre-Refurbishment and Demolition surveys
- Asbestos Removal Statement of Works
- Support and advice for asbestos contractors
- Independent air monitoring
- Daily observance of asbestos removal works
- Clearance inspections (for Class A and B works) including Certificates of Reoccupation
- Activity-based sampling and Tier 2 human health risk assessments
- Soil inspections and sampling
- Asbestos awareness training
- Contract management and provision of advice
- Review of Asbestos Removal Control Plans
Bo Simkin
Technical Director - Contaminated Land
Wellington
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Bo Simkin
Technical Director - Contaminated Land
Wellington
Bo has over 10 years of multi-disciplinary experience primarily in the field of contaminated land. His academic qualifications were gained through two British universities via a specialist pathway which provides training for a career in pollution control and environmental management. Bo is a specialist in contaminated land assessment, remediation and management with experience gained from both the public and private sectors of the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand.
Based in Wellington, Bo currently manages PDP’s contaminated land portfolio for the central New Zealand region. Working on numerous and diverse soil and groundwater projects with a client base that includes the public, developers, planners, local and central government and multi-national companies, with investigations ranging from desk studies through to Ministry for the Environment contaminated site remediation fund projects.
Erin Richards
Technical Director - Contaminated Land
Auckland
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Erin Richards
Technical Director - Contaminated Land
Auckland
Erin is a geologist with over 20 years' of consulting experience in New Zealand. Erin’s areas of expertise relate to project management, contaminated site investigations and remediation. While she has worked on a wide variety of contaminated sites over the years, her main area of expertise is the petroleum industry, where she has completed hundreds of site investigations at service stations, terminal facilities, bulk depots and industrial sites.
Erin has extensive project management experience and is adept at delivering multiple and complex projects, which involve proposal completion, the design and implementation of field programmes, adherence to health and safety, technical input, remediation works, project management, liaison with stakeholders, peer reviews, consenting and the completion of risk assessments.
Gerard Stark
Technical Director - Contaminated Land
Christchurch
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Gerard Stark
Technical Director - Contaminated Land
Christchurch
Gerard is an environmental scientist with over 19 years of consulting experience in contaminated site investigations throughout New Zealand and Australia. Gerard has extensive experience in environmental site assessments (preliminary and detailed site investigations), site remediation projects and risk assessments for a variety of sites, including commercial/industrial redevelopments, former market gardens, petroleum sites, timber treatment sites and residential subdivisions. He has also conducted numerous asbestos building audits, inspections, identification and air monitoring as well as environmental investigations and risk assessments associated with asbestos-containing material in soils.
Nerena Rhodes
Technical Director - Contaminated Land
Central Otago
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Nerena Rhodes
Technical Director - Contaminated Land
Central Otago
Nerena is an environmental scientist with over 17 years of experience working in the investigation, management, remediation and consenting of contaminated sites. Nerena’s experience includes managing large, complex environmental investigations and monitoring programmes to achieve excellent outcomes for clients.
Nerena’s experience includes the investigation and management of discharges from contaminated sites associated with construction, industrial and military activities and historic land use, working with a wide variety of organisations including local and central government agencies, property developers, and primary producers.
Rod Lidgard
Strategic Director - Clients & Markets
Auckland
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Rod Lidgard
Strategic Director - Clients & Markets
Auckland
From a robust background in investigation design and implementation in the NZ environmental services niche market, Rod has founded strong and long-term relationships with many people throughout Aotearoa NZ’s many varied industries. With a proactive understanding on a client’s markets and business, focus on quality, responsiveness and reliability, Rod and the PDP team can provide confidence in project delivery and innovative solutions to match.
Rod is a Certified Environmental Practitioner - Site Contamination Specialist: CEnvP (SC) and a former Licensed Asbestos Assessor at the top level of consulting practitioners within NZ and Australia; with a long track record in providing the environmental solutions. Navigating the extensive frameworks and regulations controlling environmental services and management is business-as-usual for Rod and the team.
Specialties:
- Strategic environmental solutions.
- Client service focus.
- Innovative and results-driven solutions.
- Stakeholder communication and engagement.
Special interests in:
- Climate change
- Sustainable remediation
- Community support and education
Scott Wilson
Technical Director - Contaminated Land, Director
Christchurch
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Scott Wilson
Technical Director - Contaminated Land, Director
Christchurch
Scott is an environmental engineer with over 10 years of experience in environmental and contaminated site investigations in New Zealand. He specialises in project management, contaminated site assessment & remediation investigation and design for the petroleum industry, large-scale residential subdivision developments and landfills. He particularly specialises in the petroleum hydrocarbon industry where he currently project manages jobs for a number of the major petroleum providers in New Zealand.
Andy Kindleysides
Service Leader - Asbestos
Auckland
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Andy Kindleysides
Service Leader - Asbestos
Auckland
Andy is an experienced asbestos consultant, who has been working in the industry for nearly 20 years, both in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He has devoted most of this time to conducting asbestos surveys and assessments, as well as managing asbestos consultancy projects and field work procedures. Andy has worked for a range of clients across a variety of estates, from residential properties and public buildings, to commercial units and industrial facilities.