Liberty Industrial is a globally trusted project delivery partner for contaminated land and groundwater remediation, while also setting new benchmarks in the decommissioning of complex industrial facilities and infrastructure. Our truly integrated approach ensures environmental restoration, safe transition of assets to closure and next designated use, whilst providing opportunities for sustainable redevelopment.
Liberty Industrial’s capabilities span the full lifecycle of industrial site closure and remediation, including:
- Contaminated Land & Groundwater Remediation via In-situ and ex-situ soil treatments such as: bioremediation, soil washing, vapour extraction, immobilisation, chemical fixation, and oxidation.
- Groundwater treatment systems, including advanced Surface Water, Oily Water and PFAS remediation technologies.
- Laboratory and field trials to validate remedial strategies before full-scale implementation.
- Decommissioning & Deconstruction services with accurate closure planning and simulation modelling technology, to better anticipate risks before works commence.
- Dismantling, asset recovery, and industrial cleaning to ensure safe removal of decontaminated redundant infrastructure.
- Hazardous material removal (asbestos, hydrocarbons, heavy metals, Mercury, NORM scale) with strict compliance to safety standards.
- Explosive demolition and large-scale dismantling of energy, mining, and defence facilities.
- Circular Economy Integration.
- Resource recovery and recycling to return materials to the supply chain.
- Rehabilitation and site preparation for future use, aligning with sustainability goals.
Success Stories
Liberty Industrial’s reputation is built on landmark projects, many award winning, across Australia, New Zealand and further afield, including:
- Energy Sector Decommissioning: Supporting the closure of multiple coal-fired power stations and associated supporting infrastructure, as part of Australia’s energy transition, ensuring safe dismantling, demolition, resource recovery and remediation of legacy contamination, Projects such as Port Kembla Gateway Coal Terminal, Munmorah Power Station, Wallerawang Power Station, Swanbank B Power Station and Kwinana Power Station illustrate our expertise in this area.
- Mining Sector Closures: Remote and often uniquely challenging success stories include Argyle Diamond Mine closure, Ellendale Mine Closure, Bulga Coal Mine (Underground Operations), Ravensworth Underground Mine, Newlands Coal Mine (CHPP), West Wallsend Pit Top, Illawarra Coal Pit Top, including removal of power poles and lines, and Olympic Dam ESP Bypass Stacks.
- Unique Decommissioning: The removal, remediation and rehabilitation of Entire Refinery Infrastructure on Islands off the coast of Australia, which are located in ecologically sensitive habitat, decontamination and resource recovery of other problem materials such as umbilicals and flexible flowlines, rare-earth processing plant de-scaling and resource recovery, providing an industrial circular economy for otherwise difficult to manage materials.
- International Projects: Decommissioning of offshore platforms such as the Northern Producer in Scotland, combining explosive demolition with hazardous waste remediation and world first marine growth reprocessing, to transform a particularly difficult waste material, into a liquid fertiliser additive, for beneficial reuse.
Opportunities for the Future
The intersection of remediation and decommissioning presents Liberty Industrial with significant growth opportunities:
- Energy Transition: With 14 GW of coal power generation expected to retire in Australia by 2040, Liberty Industrial is positioned to continue to lead large-scale decommissioning and remediation projects.
- Emerging Contaminants: Expansion of PFAS and microplastics treatment requirements means new and improved technologies are required to meet evolving regulatory demands and address project pain points.
- Global Expansion: Exporting our significant expertise to international markets where industrial legacy contamination and infrastructure retirement are pressing issues.
- Digital Innovation: Leveraging simulation modelling, AI-driven monitoring, and predictive analytics to improve efficiency and reduce costs as well as Drone technology, both air and subsea, to provide enhanced levels of accuracy.
- Sustainable Redevelopment: Integrating remediation and decommissioning into redevelopment pathways for renewable energy, housing, and community infrastructure.
Liberty Industrial’s expertise in our chosen fields, make us a contractor of choice for industries facing closure and environmental rehabilitation. The ability to combine technical precision, environmental stewardship, and circular economy principles ensures successful project delivery and the creation of new opportunities to clear the way for a sustainable future.
This submission was provided to ALGA as a Corporate Partner.