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Strategic Planning and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Water economics and strategic planning for government and not-for-profit organisations, tailored to where a program sits in its lifecycle.
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Strategy and business planning
Arts House runs multiple venues in the heritage listed building complexes of the North Melbourne Town Hall and Metropolitan Meat Markets. Arts House presents a curated program of contemporary art featuring performances, exhibitions, live art, installations,and cultural events. They program three 440-850 seat plus venues, provide office and rehearsal space for a wide variety of artists, and run a box office and various food venues. Arts House also commissions new works.
Read the case study — Arts House - City of Melbourne →
Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Water Grid
The Clarence Valley and Coffs Harbour Regional Water Supply Scheme is a major shared water infrastructure system linking the Nymboida River, Shannon Creek Dam and the bulk supply networks serving both council areas. As a long-life regional asset designed to secure water supply for a growing population, it required a structured risk assessment to identify operational, governance and system risks and support better joint decision-making across the scheme.
Read the case study — Catchment‑to‑Tap Risk Assessment →
Benchmarking & Business Development
The City Recital Hall (Angel Place, Sydney) has a capacity of 1,238 seats and was designed for sound quality. The quality of sound enhances enjoyment by audiences of soloists, chamber musicians, popular musicians and spoken word. While the primary income of the City Recital Hall is providing a venue for concerts, it has important additional income streams through corporate hire, community events, box office and catering.
Read the case study — City Recital Hall →
Cost benefit analysis for new water storage
Cobalt59, with Clearwater and economist Rod McInnes, was commissioned by Eurobodalla Shire Council to do a cost benefit analysis for the new off stream southern water storage, drawing on storm flows from the Tuross River.
Read the case study — Eurobodalla Shire Water Storage →
Northern Basin Toolkit Feasibility (NSW Fisheries)
The Murray–Darling Basin Plan created a Northern Basin “toolkit” of non‑flow measures to complement water recovery and improve ecological outcomes, particularly for native fish. NSW Fisheries needed a feasibility proposal fora Fish for the Future Integrated Works Program that could secure Commonwealth investment by clearly demonstrating how a coordinated package of works would meet the Basin Plan’s environmental objectives and Northern Basin Review criteria.
Read the case study — Fish for the Future →
Strategic Business Case Development
Parramasala is an arts and cultural festival in Parramatta that aspires to be the first nationally significant arts and cultural festival based in Western Sydney.
Read the case study — Parramasala →
- Waste & circular economy
- Water
Turning mill effluent into farm profit
An industrial paper mill near Albury needed a lessee for its Maryvale and Rosevale farms who could safely and productively use treated wastewater for irrigation. After treatment, this wastewater is high in nitrogen and phosphorous. It cannot be disposed in the Murray River because it accelerates algal growth, leading to oxygen crashes and fish kills. Irrigation use with a strict and supervised program of growth and crash feeding is very successful in the right hands.
Read the case study — Productive Use of Industrial Wastewater →
