Infrastructure & Environmental Integration
We work within infrastructure projects, supporting the integration of ecological science across planning, design, consenting, and construction.
These environments are often complex, involving multiple disciplines, stakeholders, and regulatory requirements. Our role is to ensure environmental considerations are clearly understood, appropriately incorporated, and practically applied throughout the project lifecycle.
How we work in this context
We operate alongside infrastructure providers, developers, and multidisciplinary project teams, bringing ecological science, spatial systems, and structured workflows into environments where decisions must be made clearly and with confidence.
Our work focuses on ensuring environmental information is technically robust and clearly interpreted, supporting consenting decisions, informing design, and guiding construction.
what we do
- Resource consenting strategy & regulatory support
- Risks & gaps analysis & due diligence support
- Multicriteria assessment & optioneering
- Ecological design & aquatic habitat integration
- Mitigation & offsetting
- Fish passage remediation or improvement
- Baseline ecological surveys
- Environmental Impact Assessments/Assessment of Environmental Effects
- Threat & condition assessment for habitats & species
- UAV surveys & mapping (CAA Part 102 certified)
- Wetland delineation, assessment, & classification
- Freshwater & estuary/coastal invertebrate processing
- Environmental compliance reporting
- Evidence at consent hearings, empanelment, expert conferencing
- Construction-based environmental management & monitoring
- Ecological construction oversight
- Fish relocations from construction sites
featured projects
Ōtaki to North of Levin Highway
Freshwater Ecology Lead – baseline ecological surveys, design advice, AEE reporting, expert evidence, stream offset site identification.
Eastern Bays Shared Path – Tupua Horo Nuku
Aquatic Ecology Lead (freshwater and estuary) – baseline ecological surveys, habitat design, fish passage assessment, AEE reporting, expert evidence, construction advice.
Waitaha Hydro Scheme
Freshwater Ecology Lead – baseline ecological surveys and eDNA sampling, AEE reporting, long-term monitoring and environmental management plans, expert evidence and empanelment
Akaroa Treated Wastewater Irrigation Scheme
Aquatic (freshwater and estuary) Ecology Lead – eDNA surveys, water quality monitoring, AEE reporting, expert evidence, expert conferencing