Environmental Consultants Sydney, Natural Hazard & Ecological Consulting

Environmental Consultants, Natural Hazard & Ecological Consulting Services

Molino Stewart is a Natural Hazard, Ecological and Environmental Consulting Company based in Sydney. Since 1995 we have been helping private and public sector clients achieve their objectives when faced with complex environmental and natural hazard challenges.

We provide a broad range of environmental consulting services Australia wide, including environmental impact assessments in support of development applications and approvals, environmental auditing and management systems, ecological studies, stakeholder engagement, education and training, natural resource management and evaluation.

Our natural hazard management expertise is internationally recognised, particularly in the areas of risk assessment and damage estimation, floodplain management, bushfire planning, flood and bushfire warning systems, emergency response planning, evacuation planning and disaster resilience education and evaluation.

Our clients choose us as their preferred consultants because of our policy of ensuring the close personal involvement of senior professionals on every job we do. This ensures your project progresses in a timely and cost effective manner, saving you time and money.

Environmental Consulting

Our highly experienced environmental consulting team helps clients navigate complex regulations and simplifies the environmental approvals process. We are particularly skilful in handling large and contentious projects that require community consultation, especially in circumstances where some aspects of the community and industry hold competing views and interests.

In circumstances like these, our expertise in co-ordinating stakeholder engagement has been pivotal in obtaining environmental approvals.

Our capabilities in environmental management systems and environmental auditing is recognised by regulators, certification bodies and the courts, so you can be 100% confident that any advice we provide is of the highest professional standard.

Natural Hazards Consulting

With regard to natural hazards management, we are arguably Australia’s leading firm of natural hazard consultants and we have a wealth of experience dealing with flood, bushfire, warning systems and emergency response planning. We publish Australia’s leading newsletter for Floodplain Managers, Floodplain Manager, as well as This Week in Disaster Resilience, a weekly update for Emergency Management Professionals around the world.

Our eminent reputation in Natural Hazard and Disaster Management means we are highly sought after to present lectures and papers at International and national universities and conferences, and our active participation in the Floodplain Management Association, The International Emergency Management Society and International Advisory Board of the Centre for Floods, Communities and Resilience; as well as our networking with international and Australian research organisations, means we remain abreast of all the latest national and international research and best practice advancements in natural hazards management.

As you would expect, we also have considerable expertise with Bushfire planning and consulting and can assist with all aspects of bushfire assessments from issuing of Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) certificates through to developing alternative solutions for high bushfire risk developments including single dwellings, large scale residential subdivisions and special fire protection purpose developments.

For competitive, expert, environmental, ecological and natural hazard consulting services in Sydney or anywhere in Australia, phone Molino Stewart on +612 9354 0300 or contact us by email.

Our total service offering includes:

Environmental Services

Natural Hazards Services

Latest News

This Week in Disaster Resilience 21 September 2018 Read more

Floodplain Manager August 2018 Read more

Molino Stewart Audit Leads to Piggery Clean Up
An environmental audit conducted by Steven Molino of Molino Stewart demonstrated that the piggery was not being operated in a competent manner as was required by its operating licence in relation to its management of effluent and wastes and that it had provided false statements to the EPA. That assessment along with a water and nutrient balance model prepared by Water Technology’s Tony MacAlister and soil sampling results demonstrated that the operation was overloading the soil with nutrients and water. The result was a guilty plea in the NSW Land and Environment Court and the acceptance of a court order to undertake substantial improvements to the condition of infrastructure and management practices.

Molino Stewart Helps Winning Harbour Bridge Climb Bid - Hammons Holdings, the operator of Scenic World in the Blue Mountains, has won the contract to operate the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb for the next 20 years. Molino Stewart has been providing environmental impact and planning advice and organising development approvals for Scenic World since 1995 which has seen it transformed from a quirky collection of rides dating from the 1940’s and 50’s into an iconic 21st century tourist attraction providing unique experiences of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. The environmental planning provisions which apply to Scenic World are complex because of its setting, the site’s heritage values and the uniqueness of the development. It was Molino Stewart’s ability to navigate a way through these complexities which saw Hammon Holdings turn to Molino Stewart for input into its Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb bid. We are looking forward to helping Hammon Holdings gain the planning approvals it needs to realise its vision for opening up the Bridge to more people and enabling them to experience it in new and exciting ways. To read more click here.

2018 FMA Conference - Steven Molino, Neil Dufty and Filippo Dall'Osso from Molino Stewart delivered presentations at the 58th National Floodplain Management Australia Conference in the Gold Coast, Queensland held at the end of May. Steven’s presentation was titled 'Flash Mob – preparing a Music Festival for Floods', Neil presented on the topic ‘Putting the Community into Total Flood Warning Systems’', and Filippo presented on ‘Flood Evacuation Options for a Major Australian CBD’. Neil also ran a full day pre-conference workshop on Community Engagement in the Floodplain Management Process. The articles, workshop activity book and poster can be viewed on our website under 'Flood Management Papers'. To view them click here.