Construction environmental management and compliance
Yarta Environmental is an Aboriginal-owned environmental consultancy supporting civil contractors through the post-approval and construction phases of infrastructure projects.
Practical, embedded support that resolves issues on site.
Why choose Yarta
Post-approval requirements are detailed, complicated and sometimes more than a project really needs. They put extra strain on delivery teams who are already flat out. We take that load off.
Before you start
Before you win the job, we identify the environmental risks and costs so they're priced in, not found later as delays or stand-downs. Once you're awarded, we get the management plans in place to meet works-to-proceed on time.
On site
We handle the compliance requirements, pick up issues early and work with your crews to sort them before they become incidents, non-compliances or EPA enforcement action. We do the monitoring too, so your team stays on delivery.
What we do
We prepare CEMPs and sub-plans that address the conditions of approval and REF or EIS mitigation measures, then work with your site team to implement, inspect, monitor and manage incidents through to completion.
Day shift or night works, metro or regional. We go where the job is.
Management plans
CEMPs and sub-plans written to your project's approval requirements and set up to get works-to-proceed signed off quickly. Soil and water, noise and vibration, waste, flora and fauna, and heritage. Where a plan needs specialist input, like ecology or acoustics, we bring in trusted specialists and manage them for you, so you still have one point of contact.
Site inspections
Regular inspections to keep controls working and the job compliant. Issues logged, sorted with your crews and closed out.
Monitoring
Noise, vibration and water quality monitoring, including night works and testing before discharge. Done by us, so your crews don't have to.
We can also help with
Planning and approvals
- Tender risk and cost reviews
- REF consistency assessments
- Permit and licence applications
- Erosion and sediment control plans
- GIS mapping and environmental control maps
- Environmental work method statements
On site
- Dewatering management
- Acid sulfate soil management
- Out of hours work permits
- Incident and unexpected finds response
- Site inductions and toolbox talks
Reporting
- Monthly environmental reporting
- Sustainability reporting (ISC, carbon)
- Compliance tracking registers
- Waste tracking
- Audit preparation
Ways to work with us
Project based
Need a plan written, a review done or a problem sorted? We scope it, price it and get it done.
Embedded
Your environmental advisor on the project, part-time or full-time, from works-to-proceed to handover. Part of your team and accountable for the outcome.
On call
For unexpected finds, incidents, audits or urgent client queries. Get in touch and we'll respond quickly.
Protecting creeks, soils and Country while the job gets built.
Where we've worked
Infrastructure projects across NSW and the ACT, from council upgrades to major programs.
Project types
- Water and wastewater
- Pump stations
- Pipelines and HDD
- Roads and bridges
- Rail and light rail
- Remediation works
Our experience includes projects for
- Sydney Water
- Transport for NSW
- Sydney Metro
- ARTC
- Infrastructure Canberra
- Department of Defence
- Qantas (Sydney Airport)
- Councils across NSW
Who we are
Yarta Environmental is an Aboriginal-owned environmental consultancy, founded by a Kaurna man with 10 years of environmental management across civil construction and consulting.
That experience covers both sides: consultancies writing the plans, and contractors running the sites. So we know what a site team needs, what a client will sign off and what a regulator will check.
What we bring
- Soil science background
- Environmental impact assessment
- Environmental risk management
- Blue Book trained in erosion and sediment control
- Noise and vibration monitoring
- Water quality monitoring and programming
- ICAM incident investigation
- GIS mapping in QGIS and ArcGIS
Our name
Yarta means land, earth or Country in the Kaurna language.
Our logo shows the ranges of South Australia from above, with a track walking through Country. Its colours come from the red earth, the desert pea, and the streams and billabongs that run across the land.
It's a reminder of what the work is about: building a better Australia, while looking after the Country it's built on.
