Ben is a Principal with the Assessment and Approvals team in the Perth office. He has over 20 years of experience in environmental regulation, project approvals and management, consulting, government relations, and negotiation in the transport, infrastructure, and land development sectors.
He has strong knowledge of the environmental regulatory requirements for new and expanding development projects in Western Australia. Particularly, he offers expertise in the native vegetation clearing provisions of Part V and environmental impact assessment requirements under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 and MNES assessment under the Commonwealth Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
Ben has worked on numerous high-profile projects such as Port Coogee approvals, Outback Way, Jindee Master Planned Community, FFI Oakajee Renewable Energy Hub, and the Perth Airport Major Development Plan North.
Specialties
- Project Approval Pathways/Management
- Impact Assessments and Approvals
- Government Relations
- Management Systems/Plans
- Planning and Design
- Peer Review
- Team Management Incident Investigation
