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Oceanica Consulting Pty Ltd is a Western Australian firm providing specialist consultancy services for marine, coastal and estuarine environmental issues. We have completed hundreds of projects in Western Australia for corporate and government clients.
We take pride in our reputation for providing high-quality environmental advice that adds real value for our clients by:
- Obtaining timely project approvals based on our understanding of the regulator’s requirements for environmental impact assessment and doing the work properly the first time;
- Reducing client risk through our expertise in implementing programs for legally binding marine and coastal management, monitoring and reporting requirements;
- Managing client regulatory risk through our expertise in independent audits of marine and coastal management, monitoring and reporting obligations;
- Assisting clients to build community and regulator credibility through our understanding of best practise methods;
- Maintaining value by ensuring the long-term utility of data and methods;
- Developing programs that are appropriately targeted and not wasteful of time and money;
- Ensuring that our rates are competitive and that our staff experience and skills are suited to the task at hand;
- Transparency with clients on all aspects of our work and ensuring that we only undertake work that we have the expertise to do; and
- Using our wide network of specialists and academics to ensure that our client has access to the best skills, resources and reviewers for any issue.
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Oceanica’s comprehensive quality management system has been developed to identify and manage risks to the quality of services provided to our clients, and is certified to AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems–Requirements. |
A short capability statement for Oceanica can be downloaded from here . Please contact us if you would like further detail on specific aspects of our services.
- About us
- Vision
- Awards
We are a private Australian company established in July 2000. We initially traded as DAL Science & Engineering (DALSE) until June 2004. DALSE was in turn created by the transfer of staff and clients from D.A. Lord & Associates (established 1988) when the founder, Dr Des Lord, took up an academic posting at the University of Western Australia.
All of our professional personnel have high-level academic qualifications and wide experience in marine, coastal and estuarine environments. We provide expertise in the following general practise areas:
- State and Federal approvals;
- Coastal infrastructure;
- Marine discharges;
- Dredging;
- Coastal setback & protection;
- Marine resources;
- Policy, advice & education;
- Aquaculture; and
- Natural resource management.
Ensuring the safe collection of environmental samples and measurements is also a key aspect of Oceanica’s services, and is undertaken with rigorous attention to health and safety. Oceanica’s fieldwork is supported by our comprehensive suite of field equipment and all our diving is undertaken to a minimum of Australian Standard AS/NZS 2299.1:2007. Our divers are trained to a minimum of ADAS Part 1 (AS2815.1) under the supervision of trained onshore supervisors (AS2815.5), with the additional capacity to provide divers trained to ADAS Part 2 (AS2815.2).
Throughout all of our work we maintain the following vision
- INTEGRITY - Be Western Australia's leading provider of independent, specialist marine, estuarine and coastal environmental advice
- FULFILMENT - Ensure that working with Oceanica is safe, enjoyable and rewarding for our staff, clients and colleagues
- LEARNING - Promote and encourage professional development of all staff
- SYSTEMS - Document and maintain systems to support and enhance the services we provide
- EVALUATION - Monitor our performance to support regular review and continuous improvement
- CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP - Ensure the company is financially secure and operates in a socially and environmentally responsible manner
Oceanica has actively participated and contributed towards the following award winning projects
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2007 CIF Sustainability Awards Cockburn Cement Seagrass Research and Rehabilitation Plan |
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Finalist in the 2006 WA Environment Awards Perth Long-term Ocean Outlet Monitoring (PLOOM) Programme |
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2003 Institution of Engineers Australia (WA) Excellence Award Bunbury Ocean Outfall Environmental Impact Assessment |
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2000 Golden Gecko Award Seagrass Transplantation |
