Consulting Engineers

Liberty Industrial provides long term plant closure concepts, budgets and redevelopment strategies for redundant sites – in accordance with the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and clients’ closure standards.

Engineering consultation services

• Demolition closure detailed plans including detailed costings
• Conceptual demolition closure plans
• Compliance with Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Xstrata mine closure standards
• Site project management
• Civil remediation
• Demolition 3 dimensional modelling, forensic and structural analysis
• Asbestos and hazardous materials identification and reporting
• Hygienists (air monitoring and identification)
• OH&S pre-demolition risk assessments and workshops
• Demolition approvals (AS2601)
• Demolition management systems
• Demolition management plans
• Cost benefit analysis (analysis of demolition versus salvage; potential recovery of costs through non-ferrous and ferrous materials)
• Independent closure liability reviews for insurance, acquisition and due diligence
• Marine demolition experience
• Asset analysis (costs versus opportunities including sourcing potential markets)
• Closure risk assessments
• Relevant guidelines (accounting, ANZMEC, etc)
• Stakeholder and community consultation and facilitation (including Aboriginal consultation)
• We are committed to recycling and environmental sustainability

Environmental demolition services

Together, with our environmental partners, we have the ability to offer a wide range of environmental services related to mine closure, from the planning stage of development through to the operational and decommissioning stages. We work closely with a full range of environmental specialists (including flora and fauna, rehabilitation and drainage) to offer the following services:

• Rehabilitation and decommissioning planning as part of Environmental Impact Assessment
• Approvals and government liaison
• Pre-project risk assessments
• Closure risk assessments
• Conceptual mine closure planning:
  • conceptual plans
  • rehabilitation liability assessments
  • final land use analysis
  • monitoring and measurement
  • cost benefit analysis
• Environmental management systems
• Environmental management plans
• Post-closure monitoring programs
• Post-decommissioning landform design and rehabilitation (including water engineering)
• Success criteria establishment and monitoring programs
• Integration of green and carbon off-sets into post-closure land use options
• Project management and design for large scale rehabilitation projects

“At Liberty Industrial, we strive for innovation, safety, professionalism and excellence.”