Fraser Thomas’s Environmental Engineering team has a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience from a large variety of projects spanning over 35 years.
Fraser Thomas have trained staff to undertake domestic and commercial building surveys for asbestos under the new Asbestos Regulations 2016. These staff have all attended a rigorous four day course entitled “BOHS-IP402 Survey and Sampling Strategies for Asbestos in Buildings”, which enables them to carry out Asbestos Management, Refurbishment and Pre-demolition surveys of buildings and campuses. We have over 16 years of contaminated site experience, including assessing, remediating and managing asbestos contamination in soils, and over 40 years of building inspections through our structural engineers.
We can help your business to meet your requirements under the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016.
Our Water services include:
Fraser Thomas has extensive experience in successfully obtaining Industry and Trade Activity consents for high risk activities such as scrap metal processing and vehicle dismantling sites. We design the stormwater treatment system, prepare Environmental Management Plans, prepare resource consent applications, undertake environmental auditing, design trade waste treatment systems and apply for trade waste consents.
We are Contaminated Land Consultants.
“Contaminated land” is land that contains hazardous substances (contaminants) in soil at elevated levels that can have significant adverse effects on human health and the environment.
Contaminated land needs to be managed or remediated to protect people and the environment. We have been doing Contaminated Land work for over 15 years and have completed over 200 projects to date including investigating historical contamination of former agricultural and horticultural land, industry, old landfills and sportsfields subject to a wide range of potential contaminants – fill material, asbestos, heavy metals, pesticides/herbicides, hydrocarbons, etc.
We cover all facets of contaminated land work, including the following:
Fraser Thomas has a wealth of experience in solid waste management (SWM), having provided a wide range of services to the industry over many years, both within NZ and overseas.
Our landfill experience is recognised both nationally and internationally, with Fraser Thomas providing engineering services to three major regional landfills within New Zealand.
Services offered include:
Fraser Thomas have specialist skills in on-site wastewater management (TP58), decentralised sewerage, system design, consenting and certification including cost effective upgrades of existing wastewater systems. We have been at the forefront in the development of appropriate wastewater technology in New Zealand, including oxidation ponds, aerated lagoons, wetlands, irrigation of municipal effluent, milliscreens, and decentralised sewerage and are recognised for its innovation, cultural sensitivity and consultation skills in this area.
