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Darren Pemberton is Facilities Closure Service Area Leader and Principal Engineer. We talk to Darren about his role, emerging opportunities and how ATC Williams aims to make a difference in land rehabilitation when closing facilities.
The award-winning rehabilitation of Benambra TSF project has been ongoing since the site's closure in 1996. In 2006, ATC Williams worked with the Victorian Government on a comprehensive whole of Mine Site Rehabilitation Plan and a follow-up audit in 2020.
We have extensive experience in all facets of facility closure, from approval support and preparation of closure plans to detailed closure design, construction support services and post-closure monitoring. Specialised services include Tailings Dam Closure Designs, Capping of Soft Tailings Deposits, Landfill Closure Designs and Waste Dump Closure Designs.
In July, our 33 Principal Engineers journeyed to Sanctuary Cove in Queensland for the annual retreat weekend that included workshops on our 2023-2025 Strategic Plan and defining the building blocks of our shared 2030 Vision as One ATC Williams.
ATC Williams has formed a strategical group of numerical modelling experts available to address the most complex geotechnical problems that cannot typically be solved using conventional methods. Over the last twenty years, we have been involved in a diverse portfolio of local and global projects.
Meri joined ATC Williams in early 2020 with over 14 years of experience in large-scale multidisciplinary and industrial projects. We talked to Meri about her speciality in performing numerical modelling and analysing dams and Tailings Storage Facilities.
Two years after commencement, we profile the successful expansion and encapsulation of the existing Nolans Tailings Storage Facility undertaken for Ravenswood Gold Mine in Queensland.
The Board pays tribute to former Chair and Director Keith Seddon, who now continues his significant technical leadership role within the company.
Darren Watt brings to ATC Williams thirty years of leadership, consulting and engineering experience. We welcome Darren and talk about leadership, learning culture and the exciting plans for the future of ATC.
We recap on recent career networking opportunities where ATC staff have enjoyed meeting the next generation of Australian engineers. Applications for our graduate programs are now open.
We note the passing of Peter Ennis (1933-2022) and pay tribute to the valuable contributions made by Peter as our first and long-serving laboratory manager.
2021 presented its challenges as we all experienced the difficulties of a continuing pandemic. At ATC Williams, our reflections though…