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Nature Positive Symposium 2024

The EIANS Nature Positive Cities Symposium, in Sydney, brought together practitioners from around Australia and New Zealand to share ideas on how to integrate Nature...

AWC are BAM accredited

Australian Wetlands Consulting Director, Damian McCann is Accredited under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW).

1% for the planet , Big Scrub

1% for the planet, Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy AWC are now a committed member of 1% for the Planet and are accredited as an organisation that donates at least one percent of annual...

AWC are assisting Tweed Valley Landcare to develop a rehabilitation and monitoring plan for freshwater wetlands on the Harrington Property in the Cobaki valley. Portions of the wetland have been fenced to enable to assess and track the response of high conservation value freshwater wetlands.

AWC Has Become Carbon Negative.

Sustainability is a key priority for our business. One of our aims this year was to become carbon neutral to minimise our long-term impact on the planet. AWC partnered with the company, Carbon Neutral, who audited our business operations and calculated our carbon footprint.

AWC assisted in rehabilitating Little McCready’s Creek to improve water quality.

AWC worked with Mackay Regional Council to rehabilitate 720m of Little McCready’s Creek between Bucasia-Mackay Rd and Dawson Blvd. AWC engaged to ‘naturalise’ a waterway within a suburb of Mackay. The creek had been turned into a trapezoidal drain when the surrounding development was created. This resulted in a decrease in water quality, loss of habitat features and biodiversity, unnatural flow regimes and erosion.

AWC are working to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef

AWC wins 2017 Stormwater NSW Awards for Excellence

AWC wins 2017 Awards for Excellence in Integrated Stormwater Design! Kirkham Rise Estate, Cobbitty is a new development set in a historic landscape with high ecological values. Through integration of WSUD principles and ecologically sensitive design the project team developed a site sensitive response which maintained and enhanced site amenity and environmental values while effectively managing stormwater quality and quantity. Excellence in construction and great cmmunication ensured and excellent build, reduced cost and rapid establishment.

AWC are now ISO 9001 accredited

AWC (Byron Bay) have recently obtained ISO 9001 accreditation. Over a six month period AWC developed and implemented our Quality Assurance (QA) system, gaining certification in September 2011. All AWC’s projects are now run under our ‘certified’ QA system….that includes all computer models, field monitoring equipment, MUSIC modelling and OH and S procedures accredited