Michael is a Senior Principal Environmental Scientist and Certified Environmental Practitioner – Site Contamination Specialist (CEnvP SC) based in Adelaide with approximately 20 years of experience undertaking contaminated land investigation, management, and remediation projects throughout Australia. Michael is the National Defence Sector Lead and Consultant Panel Manager for Geosyntec’s role on the Defence Infrastructure Panel – Environment, Heritage and Estate Engineering.
Michael leads the delivery of large scale, multi-million dollar projects for various State and Commonwealth government agencies, mining companies, developers, and other private sector clients. He has a broad range of project experience assessing a wide array of contaminants across Defence sites, commercial and industrial sites, and operational and non-operational mine sites. Over the past decade, Michael has specialised in PFAS investigation and remediation projects and has supported a number of clients with phasing out of the use of legacy fluorinated fire-fighting foams, including establishment of risk-based remediation and clean-up criteria endorsed by local regulators.
Specialties
- Contaminated Land Assessment for Planning and Due Diligence
- Technical Advice Regarding Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contamination
- Contaminated Site Remediation and Validation Services
- Environmental Due Diligence for Commercial Transactions
- Environmental Liability Assessment
- Hydrogeological Investigations
