Environmental Engineering

Environmental considerations & issues are critical to most projects. Consequently Ardill Payne & Partners expanded into this area in 2000 and now has staff dedicated to environmental investigation and design. Ardill Payne & Partners’ environmental engineers work together with our various departments and subconsultants to ensure that all environmental matters are handled in the most appropriate manner.

Ardill Payne & Partners’ experience encompasses all aspects of water, wastewater, stormwater and recycled water management, including treatment, distribution and storage, as well as involvement in dam construction. In the wastewater area, our experience encompasses collection, treatment and disposal/reuse systems. We have worked successfully on various recycled water projects and have good working experience in SCADA design and operation.

Services include:

● Contaminated land assessment & rehabilitation
● Waste water treatment and disposal design
● Water quality testing
● Acid sulphate soil investigation & treatment
● Storm water quality investigation, treatment and design
● Design of environmental treatment systems

Equipment

Ardill Payne & Partners has a track record of investing in the latest equipment, and has recently made acquisitions in the environment monitoring area. These are:

U-52G Multi-Parameter Water Quality Meter

Enabling Ardill Payne & Partners to measure and monitor results simultaneously, including pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity. The unit is ideal for obtaining real time data in field sites such as rivers, ground water, drainage water, marshes etc.

Water Table Dataloggers

The environmental team has recently purchased and installed 7 capacitance loggers into the field. These loggers measure long term water level changes in a robust economic form. They can remotely log data, taking a water level reading every 15 minutes for over a year. This has proven useful in sites where access is difficult and where regular groundwater level measurement is critical.

Xprafts Software:

Xprafts is a robust runoff routing model that is used extensively throughout Australia and the Asia Pacific region for hydrologic and hydraulic analysis of stormwater drainage and conveyance systems.