As Team Leader - Zoology (NSW) Matthew provides leadership and support to Zoologists in our NSW office. He has six years’ experience in the environmental sector working in both ecology and environmental management in NSW and WA. He has been involved in a large number of ecological studies, both as a field zoologist and project manager, and is particularly experienced in managing large transport upgrade construction projects for road and rail.
Matthew is an Accredited Assessor under the NSW Biodiversity Assessment Methodology (BAM) and has managed and undertaken numerous surveys to support the preparation of Biodiversity Development Assessment Reports (BDARs), Biodiversity Stewardship Site Assessment Reports (BSSARs), and Biodiversity Certification Assessment Reports (BCARs). His experience also extends to the preparation of these reports as well as the calculation of offset credits utilising the BAM Calculator (BAM-C).
Matthew has experience across a broad range of projects including residential developments and subdivisions, state significant road infrastructure and construction developments, mining projects, renewable energy developments, and water infrastructure projects. He is also skilled in the provision of project ecologist services having provided such services on a number of large state significant infrastructure (SSI) and state significant development (SSD) projects.