NEWCASTLE - Panel Discussion – Sampling Design Guidelines

For contaminated land consultants, the Sampling Design Guidelines are one of the most important guidance documents provided by NSW EPA. After an overhaul in 2022, the first in 17 years!, we now have two volumes to guide us in development of sampling programs for assessment works, validation sampling and stockpile sampling. This panel discussion gives you the opportunity to ask three of our local Site Auditors their opinion on interpretation and use of the new Sampling Design Guidelines.

Please bring your questions and join Ross McFarland from AECOM, Fiona Robinson from Ramboll and Ian Gregson from GHD in a panel discussion on NSW EPA (2022) Sampling Design Guidelines.

Note: We encourage submission of questions prior to the event and will follow up with a request for questions following registration.

Ian Gregson
Principal Environmental Consultant
GHD

Over 30 years’ experience in a range of engineering and environmental fields, including over 18 years involvement with assessment and management of contaminated sites. Extensive experience in contamination assessment, remediation or management strategies, both from a consulting and an auditor’s perspective. Projects have involved soil, groundwater and vapour contamination, hazardous materials (eg. asbestos) and removal of infrastructure, as well as site audits and projects such as site investigations, environmental monitoring and assessment and remediation strategies for landfills and contaminated sites.

Ross McFarland
Chief Scientist
AECOM

Ross has more than 40 years of environmental assessment and management experience, with past decades focused on complex sites such as Defence and gasworks sites, including emerging contaminants such as PFAS, radionuclides and ASBINS, as well as conventional and chemical warfare contaminants. He is an accredited Site Auditor and CEnvP (SC) with a keen interest in sustainable remediation. He is known for his strong and effective risk communication and post-graduate educational skills.

Fiona Robinson
Country Market Director APAC
Ramboll

Fiona Robinson has over 25 years of experience in environmental science and engineering, with special emphasis on contaminated site assessment and hydrogeology. Specific areas of expertise include site evaluation and remediation design in the contaminated site field, as well as groundwater resource and impact evaluation through three-dimensional modelling. Her clients span a broad range of industries, such manufacturing, chemical, petroleum, mining, quarrying and property development, and included representatives of local and federal government.