Consulting Experience (1984 to 1990)

Tidal current analysis and predictions for the deployment of the Esso oil platform, Flounder. Client: Esso Australia. (1984)
A study of ocean circulation in the Barwon Heads ‑ Torquay region by the application of three-dimensional numerical modelling. Client: Binnie & Partners for the Geelong and District Water Board for the Barwon Heads ocean outfall. (1984).
The forecasting of beach pollution by sewage using numerical modelling techniques. Client: Sydney Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board (1985).
A numerical modelling study of wind driven currents in eastern Bass Strait. Client: Esso Australia. (1986).
Numerical model predictions of ocean surface currents for search and rescue activities. Client: Federal Air Sea Surveillance Centre. (1988).
A numerical modelling study of wind driven currents during tropical cyclones on the north-west shelf of Australia. Client: Woodside Offshore Energy. (1988).

Consulting Experience (A selection from 1991 to date)

Storm Surge and Coastal/River Flooding Studies

A numerical modelling study of sea-level return periods at Mornington Island. Client: Queensland Department of Housing and Construction. (1991).
A numerical modelling study of sea-level return periods at Port Hedland. Client: BHP. (1991).
A numerical modelling study of sea-level return periods in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Client: Mount Isa Mines. (1993).
A numerical modelling study of the inundation of Port Hedland by the 1 in 100 year storm surge. Client: BHP Iron Ore. (1993).
Storm surge flood return period analysis for Darwin Harbour and the nearby coastline. Client: Northern Territory Dept of Transport and Works (1994)..
A numerical modelling study of the inundation of the Cargill Salt ponds near Port Hedland by the 1 in 50 year storm surge. Client: Cargill Salt. (1994).
Assessment of the impact of Greenhouse warming on storm surges along the New South Wales coast. Client: New South Wales EPA. (1994).
Assessment of the impact of Greenhouse warming on storm surges and the circulation in Port Phillip Bay. Client: the Victorian EPA and Melbourne Water.(1994).
Assessment of the impact of Greenhouse warming on storm surge inundation in Port Phillip Bay, at Werribee, South Melbourne and Mordialloc. Client: the Victorian EPA and Melbourne Water. (1994)
Assessment of the impact of Greenhouse warming on storm surge inundation in the Gippsland Lakes at Lakes Entrance. Client: the Victorian EPA and Melbourne Water. (1994).
A review of tropical cyclone storm tide return period studies for Queensland coastal towns. Client: the Queensland Beach Protection Authority. (1994).
Further numerical modelling studies of the inundation of the Cargill Salt ponds near Port Hedland. Clients: Cargill Salt (1995).
A numerical modelling study of inundation of the BHP Hot Briquette Plant site near Port Hedland by the 1 in 50 year and 1 in 100 year storm surges. Clients: BHP Reduced Iron. (1995).
Analysis of the effects of tropical cyclone Kirsty on the Cargill Salt evaporation pond levees. Clients: Cargill Salt. (1996).
Storm surge return period analysis for the Dampier - Karratha region. Clients: Dampier Salt, Woodside, Hammersley Iron and Western Australian Dept of Resource Development. (1996).
Development and installation of a real-time storm surge flood modelling system for the Port Hedland region. Clients: Cargill Salt. (1996).
Development and installation of a real-time storm surge flood modelling system for the Dampier - Karratha region. Clients: the Western Australian State Emergency Services. (1997).
A numerical modelling study of sea-level return periods at Thevenard Island, North West Shelf. Client: WAPET. (1992).
Storm surge modelling in King Sound. Client: Halpern, Glyck, Maunsell (1998)
Further High Resolution Storm Surge Studies for Cargill Salt at Port Hedland. Client: Cargill Salt (1998)
Gold Coast Broadwater storm-tide flood study. Client: Gold Coast City Council (1998 - 2000)
Nerang River Flood Study. Client: Gold Coast City Council (1998 - 2000)
Onslow Salt Ponds Storm Surge Study. Client: Halpern, Glyck, Maunsell (1999)
High resolution Port Hedland Storm Surge and River Flood study. Client: WA Ministry of Planning (1999)
Onslow Township storm surge study. Client: Shire of Ashburne (2000)
Fortescue River storm surge study. Client: Aquaterra (2000)
Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge and Waves Risk Assessment Study for Darwin Harbour. Client: GHD (2001)
Tropical Cyclone Coastal Inundation Study for South Pacific Islands. Client: AUSAID (2001-2003)

Ocean Modelling

A real-time atmosphere-ocean numerical modelling system for the Australian Navy. Client: the Australian Navy submarine program. (1993).
A real-time ocean numerical modelling system of the currents near the Sydney ocean outfalls. Client: New South Wales EPA. (1993).
Development of a relocatable oil spill and search and rescue prediction system for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (in conjunction with the Bureau of Meteorology, the National Tidal Facility and CSIRO). Clients: AMSA (1998).
Wonnich pipeline waves and currents study. Client: Apache Energy (1998)
Tidal predictions for seismic survey work and installation of new prediction system. Client: Apache Energy (1998)
Ocean modelling and review work for the Gove Project. Client: Gutteridge, Haskins & Davies Pty. Ltd. (1999)
Batu Hijau coastal current modelling study. Client: Coastal Engineering Solutions. (1999)
Jahore coastal current modelling study. Client: Coastal Engineering Solutions. (2000).
Walvis Bay Hydrodynamic Modelling Study. Client: Gutteridge, Haskins & Davies Pty. Ltd. (2000).
Development of a relocatable atmospheric and ocean forecasting system for the United States Navy for use in coastal seas, bays and estuaries of the world. Clients: NRL and US Navy (1996-9)
Vincent-Enfield Marine Study incorporating Verification Of Ocean Drift Particle Track Predictions from the GEMS 3D Coastal Ocean Model with an Argos Satellite Tracked Drifting Buoy released in October, 2001. Client: Woodside Energy Ltd. (2002)
Coastal Ocean Current for the Alcan Aluminium Refinery on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory, Australia. Client: URS & ALCAN (2002)

Yachting

Real-time atmospheric and ocean modelling off San Diego for the 1992 America's Cup Challenge. Client: Challenge Australia. (1992).
Numerical modelling of coastal winds off San Diego for the Australian 1995 America's Cup Challenge. Clients: Australian America's Cup Challenge syndicate. (1994 - 95).
Real-time atmospheric and ocean modelling for Sydney Harbour and the surrounding coastlines for the 2000 Olympics. Client: Sydney 2000 Olympics. (2000).

Discharge Plume Modelling

Modelling the circulation in Gove Harbour for studies of the fate of discharges from the Nabalco plant. Clients: GHD McKnight. (1996).
Modelling the circulation in the Jerudong Park Marina, Brunei for studies of the fate of pollutants discharged from the Sultan’s yacht. Clients: GHD McKnight. (1997).
Investigation of the dispersion of discharge plumes from the proposed Hasyan Power & Desalination plant, Dubai. Client: Dome International LLC and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (2001).
Thermal Plume and Oil Spill Modelling in the QATAR PS-3 Field. Client: Dames and Moore Abu Dhabi office (a division of URS) (2001).
Chevron Pipeline Potential Hydrotest Discharge Assessment. Client: Chevron (2001)
ALCAN Expansion EIS including wave modelling, current modelling and Effluent dispersion modelling. Clients: URS & ALCAN (2002-2003)
Environmental Modelling for the Discharge of Hydrotest Fluids from the Yodel 4 Well site. Client: Woodside Energy Limited. (2002)
Ocean outfall plume dispersion modelling in the Canal de la Havannah, New Caledonia. Client: INCO Goro. (2003)

Sedimentation & Turbidity Modelling

Modelling the flow in the Pulau Kuching river, Malaysia for studies of the fate of river sediments and determination of the optimum flushing design for the proposed port development. Clients: GHD McKnight. (1997)
Modelling the circulation off the island of Labuan, Malaysia for studies of the fate of dredge spoil during the port reclamation project. Clients: GHD McKnight. (1997)
Modelling the circulation in the vicinity of Long Island, Thailand for studies of the fate of sediments and discharges for the proposed canal estate development. Clients: GHD McKnight. (1997)
Drill Cuttings and sediment (Mud) modelling for the Lameroo site. Client: Woodside Energy. (1998)
Walvis Bay sediment transport study. Client: Gutteridge, Haskins & Davies Pty. Ltd. (2000)
Geraldton Port Redevelopment - A Numerical Modelling Simulation of the Channel and Harbour Dredging Program. Clients: URS and Geraldton Port (2001 – 2002)
Dampier Bulk Liquids Berth Project Sediment Modelling Study. Client: Dampier Port Authority (2003)

Oil Spill Risk Assessment

Oil spill trajectory modelling in Exmouth Gulf. Client: LASMO. (1992).

Oil spill trajectory modelling in the Onslow - Barrow Island region. Client: Command Petroleum. (1992).

Oil spill trajectory modelling in Mermaid Sound using a 3D hydrological model. Client: Woodside. (1993).

Oil spill trajectory modelling in Bonaparte Gulf using a 3D hydrological model. Client: Teikoku Oil. (1993).

Oil spill trajectory modelling near Onslow, Western Australia. Client: Labrador. (1994).

Oil spill trajectory modelling in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Client: Comalco. (1994).

Oil spill trajectory modelling in Exmouth Gulf. Clients: Apache Energy Limited. (1995).

An analysis of the Iron Baron oil spill using a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model OILTRAK. Clients: BHP Petroleum. (1995).

Development of a relocatable oil spill prediction system by linking GCOM3D and OILMAP. Clients: Apache Energy, WAPET and BHP Petroleum. (1996)

Oilspill Risk Assessment. Client: SANTOS (1998)

Oilspill Risk Assessment for Felix project. Client: Shell (1998)

Oilspill Risk Assessment for the Gorgon project. Client: WAPET (1998)

Oilspill Risk Assessment Modelling for the Lindsay-1 and Nolan-1 wells. Client: Tap Oil (1998)

Oil Spill modelling and review work for the Gove Project. Client: Gutteridge, Haskins & Davies Pty. Ltd. (1999).

Supply and installation of oil pollution software. Client: Mermaid Sound Port Management (2000).

Oilspill Modelling for Gipsy, Avon-1, Hyssop-1, Lalla-1, Linda-2, Linda-3, Simpson-1, Dinah-1, Unicorn-1 sites. Client: Apache Energy (2000)

Oil spill risk assessment studies for two sites in Eastern Bass Strait. Clients: BHP Billiton (2001).

Quantitative Assessment of the Risk of Exposure from Hypothetical Oil Spills from the Thresher-1 exploration well. Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. Client: Woodside Energy (2001)

Quantitative Assessment of the risk of exposure from hypothetical Oil spills at two exploration wells off the coast of Mauritania, North West Africa. Permit areas PSC-B and PSC-C. Client: Woodside Energy Limited (2001)

Quantitative Assessment of the Risk of Exposure from Hypothetical Oil Spills at the Banjo-1 Exploration well on the North West Shelf. Permit area EP397. Client: Tap Oil Limited. (2001)

Quantitative Assessment of the Risk of Exposure from Hypothetical Oil Spills from The Northright-1 well, Bass Strait. Client: EagleBay Resources (2001).

Oil spill risk assessment studies for Newfield. Clients: URS and Newfield (2003)

Environmental and Oil Spill Risk Assessment studies for the Vincent development off North West Cape, Western Australia. Clients: Woodside Energy. (2002)

Assessment of the potential 72-hour excursion distances for hypothesised oil spills from the exploration well, Lantana in the Timor Sea. Client: Woodside Energy Ltd. (2002).

Oil Spill Risk Assessment in Permit Area WA299P. Client: Woodside Energy Ltd. (2002)

Ocean Current Modelling and Oil Spill Risk Assessment at Morangie-1 in the Perth Basin, Western Australia. Client: Apache Energy (2002)

Oil spill Modelling Risk Assessment in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf at the Exploration Wells. Client: Woodside Energy Ltd. (2003).

Oil Spill, Cooling Water and Produced Formation Water Modelling Studies at the Montara Field (Permit area AC/RL3). Client: Newfield Exploration Australia (2003)

Oil Spill Modelling Studies at the Jabiru Venture FPSO. Client: Newfield Australia. (2003).

Oil Spill Risk Assessment Study at the Audacious-3 Field (Licence Area AC/P17) in the Timor Sea. Client: OMV Australia (2003)

Other Studies

Wave power in Bass Strait for electricity generation. Client: The Victorian SEC. (1991).
A study of wind flow around Christmas Island for the assessment of power generation capability. Client: Christmas Island Administration. (1992).
Modelling the cold air drainage winds near Wagga for a cattle feedlot environmental impact statement. Client: Camp, Scott and Furphy Consultants. (1994).
An analysis routine for the inclusion of surface temperature data into a mesoscale atmospheric model. Clients: The University of New South Wales (1996).
Port Vila - Storm Waves Modelling for UK DFID-funded project Disaster Risk-Management in Marginal Communities of Port Vila, Vanuatu. Clients: SOPAC (2002-2003)
Current measurements in the Canal de la Havannah, New Caledonia. Clients: BTH and Inco Goro. (2002 – 2003)
Catastrophe Insurance Pilot Project Port Vila Vanuatu. Client: SOPAC (2002)