Air & Noise

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Our team of industry professionals work collaboratively across the globe and harness the most up to date technology in the air and noise management sphere.

GHD provides practical, scientific based air quality and noise management solutions. We consider sustainable practice and legislative demands on air and noise outcomes to help you reach your targets efficiently – to keep you ahead of the pack.

The right advice in air & noise can help the environment, improve your project success and reduce life cycle costs.

Services:

  • Emissions inventories
  • Emissions monitoring
  • Atmospheric dispersion modelling
  • Ambient air quality monitoring
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (Air and Noise)
  • Air quality policy
  • Emissions reduction
  • Industrial and mining noise assessment
  • Noise mitigation strategies
  • Building acoustic services
  • Road and rail acoustic assessment
  • Environmental noise monitoring
  • Environmental noise modelling
  • Integrated acoustics noise attenuation


Vincent Chavand
T: +61 2 4979 9999
E: Vincent Chavand

Air Monitoring in Western Australia

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GHD conducted one of the most comprehensive ambient air monitoring programs ever to be undertaken by an Australian company, on the remote Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia.

The project, for Woodside Energy, on behalf of the North West Shelf Venture, involved GHD’s environmental team designing a program to monitor the ambient and occupational air quality around the Karratha gas plant and offshore facilities, particularly for benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX) emissions.

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World’s Quietest Caterpillar Truck

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GHD has won international acclaim for its scientifically engineered quiet Caterpillar truck. Developed to comply with stringent noise standards in the Hunter Valley, the trucks are 20 times quieter than an untreated truck.

GHD scientists used advanced acoustics technology to limit the noise emitted by the engine, fan, transmission and differential of the Caterpillar 789C off-highway trucks. Reducing the noise level of the trucks was important because of the proximity of the nearby town of Muswellbrook, just 6km away. The stringent noise standards are regarded globally as industry-leading for open cut coalmines.

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World’s Quietest Truck

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Mt Arthur Coal mine is a large open-cut mine in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia.

To meet the most stringent noise limits for mining operations, GHD was commissioned by WesTrac (Caterpillar dealers for NSW/ACT and WA) to acoustically attenuate three Caterpillar 789C off-highway trucks.

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Vincent Chavand

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Vincent has more than12 years' experience in air quality and noise management. He has been involved with numerous projects in the mining, heavy industry, building, road, rail and water sectors. He has substantial knowledge of the various noise guidelines, policies and standards in use in the various Australian States and Territories. Vincent has gained extensive experience in field measurements, data analysis, noise modelling, noise and vibration control and project management. He has knowledge of Cadna-A, ENM and SoundPLAN environmental noise modelling softwares and EASE architectural acoustics modelling software.

Position: Serive Line Leader, Air & Noise
Tel: +61 2 4979 9999

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