Connect locally with a Network of Passionate Individuals.
Join ALGA in the Bay of Plenty at The Hop House for ‘Pints, Insights and Presentations’, a relaxed mid-year event bringing together good company, great conversation, and a line-up of short, engaging presentations from across the contaminated land and wider environmental sector. Enjoy drinks, nibbles, and the chance to catch up with industry colleagues while hearing a mix of practical perspectives, including a local award-winning remediation project and a contractor’s perspective on managing contaminated land across small to medium active work sites.
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Richard Griffiths – ENGEO: Topic – Case study presenting the recent Smith St stabilisation project. As a residential re-development of a site containing historical mine workings including a 300m deep exploration shaft, this project was faced with complex combination of geotechnical and contamination challenges that were resolved through collaborative, evidence-based design. Faced with large surplus fill volumes containing legacy contamination, the project team developed an integrated solution that achieved significant landfill diversion and transformed an unstable liability into community reserve land. The project was recognised with the WasteMINZ/ALGA Excellence in Sustainable Waste Disposal award in 2026.
Blayn Fenwick- HEB Construction Ltd: Topic – Blayn will be presenting from a contractor’s perspective on managing contaminated land across small to medium active work sites, including:
Lucie Kibblewhite – Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana: Topic – Soil reuse within the Bay of Plenty. Exploring soil reuse from Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s perspective, including regulatory considerations, environmental risk management, and practical approaches to the sustainable movement and reuse of soil.
Richard is a chartered geologist with over 20 years of relevant industry experience in the fields of engineering geology, natural hazards and contaminated site management. He specialises in complex geoenvironmental site investigations and risk-based assessment, with a focus towards servicing large assets, building and infrastructure work in the private and public sector. Richard is an accredited Tauranga City Council Category 1 Geo-professional, and Site Contamination specialist. He is a capable project manager and experienced in development of ground models, identifying and assessing geotechnical and contaminated land hazards throughout all phases of the project lifecycle to create sustainable outcomes to manage ground risk holistically.
Based in Tauranga, Blayn is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP) with over 14 years’ experience across regulatory and construction sectors, specialising in environmental management and resource consent compliance.
Lucie Kibblewhite is a Senior Contaminated Land Specialist based at Bay of Plenty Regional Council, with over 13 years’ experience, in the UK and New Zealand, in contaminated land assessment, environmental management, and regulatory processes across New Zealand.
The Hop House
12 Wharf Street
Tauranga 3110
ALGA Member: $20.00
Non-Member: $40.00
Student: $5.00
up to 1.0 CPD Point
