Gerard is an environmental scientist with 23 years of experience in undertaking environmental and contaminated land assessments. Gerard currently project manages contaminated land assessments and monitoring programmes for a diverse range of sites including commercial/industrial and residential developments, former market gardens, horticultural and timber treatment sites, landfills and the petroleum industry, with experience attained over several hundred sites across New Zealand and Australia. He has also conducted numerous asbestos building audits, inspections, identification and air monitoring as well as environmental investigations and risk assessments associated with asbestos contaminated soils.
Gerard has experience has involved a wide range of environmental issues, across a broad range of media including soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater and for a wide range of contaminants including heavy metals, petroleum hydrocarbons and asbestos.
Gerard has familiarity with and understanding of the current contaminated land regulations and practice in New Zealand, including assessments in accordance with the Resource Management (National Environment Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011 (the NESCS), and in the consenting of contaminated sites.
Gerard is considered a Suitably Qualified and Experienced Practitioner (SQEP) for contaminated land as outlined by the NESCS.