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SESL owes its past achievements, and rests its future success, on a commitment to the following goals and principles: 1. Establish and maintain a partnership with our clients by:
2. Provide our employees with a corporate culture that encourages:
We strive to attract, employ, and retain talented people in our field, and pay competitive salaries and provide attractive benefits. 3. Contribute to the life of the communities in which we work through active participation in civic, charitable, political, environmental, and professional organisations.
4. Expand our company through geographic and technical diversification. All of our clients, employees, the broader community and the environment benefit from SESL’s continued success.
5. Conduct business with the highest level of ethics and integrity. Our good name is our greatest asset and we will do nothing to compromise our clients or ourselves. We will never be accused of “sitting on our assays!”
Dedication to each of these goals and principles will allow SESL to maintain a leadership position within our industry and achieve growth and continuous improvement.
Sydney Environmental & Soil Laboratory Pty Ltd (SESL) is a firm of specialist soil scientists experienced in the area of soil mapping and classification, identification of soil opportunities/restraints and a full range of specialist soil analysis developed over twenty two years of urban soil science experience. Analysis and advice on the conservation and optimal use of soil resources best describes the wide range of our analytical and consulting services. The experience gained in managing a wide range of soil types over the last twenty years ensures the best sustainable use of this critical resource. SESL reports do not just provide basic analytical data but discussion and interpretation of results with firm recommendations and specifications for the intended uses. Our team of consultants is highly experienced in revegetation, landscape technology, earthmoving methods and processes, contaminated site issues, salinity and irrigation methods. We strive to provide recommendations and specifications relevant to the industry sector utilizing the reports in a practical and straightforward manner. Our understanding and experience with soils, water and wastes involves the full range of uses including:
As a result of our expertise and reputation in soil resource management, SESL has been recognised by developers, landscape designers and constructors, geotechnical engineers and project managers as being an essential part of a multi-disciplined approach for projects such as the release of land to residential, industrial or commercial development. Such is our unique experience we are frequently invited to join joint-tenders for more than one project team for the same development. The best use of our services is achieved by inclusion in the concept and planning stages through to the completion of the development. By inclusion at the planning stage we could provide the most benefit to the project. This is because soils have a major impact on construction methods, landscape sustainability, on- and off-site erosion and sediment management, irrigation, landscape establishment, maintenance methods, and the management of contamination, salinity, acid sulphate soils and the potential of soils (and waters) for corrosion and scaling of concrete, steel and other metals. An understanding of the soil landscape in an urban development site provides a number of benefits to the project:
Sustainable re-use of site soils has an impact on the final cost of the project in that utilising on-site soil resources minimises the use of costly and environmentally unsustainable imported soil. This enhances the success of heritage and conservation issues such as retaining trees, plants and water bodies of cultural, ecological or environmental value. Should the site have contamination issues, we also have the expertise to sample, analyse, identify and manage contaminated sites. This expertise is obviously best used at the very beginning of the project, so that remediation or removal of contaminated materials can be complete before construction begins. At inception stage we also have the ability to identify and manage such issues as salinity, acid sulphate soils and the potential for soil to corrode concrete, steel and other metals if these are present on the site. We have successfully designed land-fill/contaminated soil capping and can assist with planning for and management of erosion and containment of soil on-site. Post-construction and pre-landscaping, SESL can provide advice and guidance to landscape architects and contractors on soil issues. These can include site-specific soil specifications such as wetland soil, low-density soil, structural soil (for road-side tree planting) and others. We can sample, analyse, interpret and make recommendations to ameliorate site or imported soil to optimise the landscape outcome. We can provide quality assurance testing of any imported or manufactured soils (such as structural soils) before installation on site, we can provide fertiliser programs, assist with irrigation design, etc. When the development project is completed we can provide continued support to the landscape maintenance program and will have a thorough knowledge of the site should changes in landscape usage be planned in the future. The best use of our resources as described above always produces a successful outcome. Where, in the past, our advice has been sought at the beginning of a development project, we have never been called back to fix failures. In-house SESL personnel work together as a finely tuned engine. Our consultants’ experience and knowledge (resumes attached) provide a broad base of expertise that is doubly effective because of the team that backs them. All of our consultants and personnel who take samples understand the best practices of OH&S and are willing to attend any on-site induction that is considered necessary. They all hold a current “green card” for OHS General Induction for Construction Work in NSW (WorkCover). Our company holds current workers compensation, public liability and professional indemnity insurance. Certificates of currency are available on request.
The capabilities that SESL can provide include: 1. Accreditation to ISO 9001 Standards - Certificate No.: QEC 21650 2. Consulting
3. Laboratory Services
4. Site Investigation
5. Contaminated Sites
6. Infrastructure Plan
7. Rehabilitation of Degraded Soils
8. Corrosion Potential of Soil & Water SESL has devised a set of voluntary guidelines that allows an assessment of the corrosion potential of soil and water on concrete, steel and metal built structures based on AS2159:1995 and DIN 4030:1991.
9. Assistance with Soil Specifications We are the professionals with knowledge of the latest trends in the soil supply industry (regional resources).
10. Assessment and on-going compliance testing Can be used to monitor the quality of water, soil, compost, mulches, potting mix and potting mix components - being used.
11. Specialist Soils
12. Tree Protection
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21 & 22 November 2012
Sydney Convention
& Exhibition Centre
Darling Harbour
Enquiries: +61 (3) 9261 4500
