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Eko Engineering — Water & Environmental Specialists

Eko — Water & Environmental Specialists

Eko helps developers and builders get through environmental approvals faster, run compliant construction sites, and manage water. Independent. Practical. Fast tracking your project to shovel ready with plain English documents your team can use from day 1.

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Jeremy Snowdon-James, Director, Eko Engineering

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The Eko difference

Built for the people responsible on-site, with guaranteed approval.

Most consultants write reports purely for regulators. We write them to get you breaking ground fast, plus staying compliant. Written by people that have had to put up sediment fences in the rain.

Written for the people using it

Project managers running NSW DAs, site supervisors implementing compliance schedules, facility managers running NABERS Water programs, sustainability teams reporting against GRI and GRESB. Not just the regulator reviewing it.

Pressure-tested for site reality

Mitigation measures checked against what a crew can actually do. Conditions of consent translated into schedules people can follow without a law degree. The right approach assessed at the start — saving you months on the wrong instrument or wrong question.

Independent, no vendor ties

We don't limit you to one technology, product, or the latest tech craze. Every recommendation we make is the one we think is right — not the one that earns us a margin. And if conditions change, we adapt.

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What we do

Three ways we keep your projects moving.

Environmental Approvals (NSW)

Get through NSW council and agency assessment without the back-and-forth that holds up your project.

We prepare Environmental Impact Statements, Reviews of Environmental Factors, Biodiversity Development Assessment Reports, Statements of Environmental Effects, and the water-related assessments that consistently attract the most scrutiny. We can act as the project manager for the full environmental workstream. Coordinating heritage, bushfire, flora and fauna, and arborist specialists through our trusted network so you have one accountable point of contact.

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Construction & Compliance

Site documents written by someone who has stood on a construction site in the rain.

Erosion and Sediment Control Plans, Construction Water Management Plans, groundwater monitoring programs, and water sampling and analysis. Plans built for the rain, the program, and the crew you've actually got. Where ESCP and CWMP are both required, we prepare them as an integrated set.

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Water Services for Commercial Buildings

Water efficiency, monitoring, and management for commercial property owners, facility managers, and sustainability teams.

Non-revenue water management, smart meter integration, water audits and water management plans for utilities and commercial buildings. Drawing on the same nearly fifteen years of water engineering expertise that informs our development work. NABERS Water-ready. ESG-aligned. Audit-defensible.

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Our standards

Six things we promise every client.

These are the operating standards we strive to achieve. They are the backbone of every single client engagement letter.

100% Money Back, Watertight Guarantee.

If you are not 100% satisfied, we will refund every cent. Zero risk, total accountability, and results you can measure.

Work around your operational reality.

Site visits based around your construction program. Audit work around tenant occupancy. We fit your schedule, not our convenience.

Recommendations that actually get implemented.

Every action plan, control measure, and management protocol pressure-tested for practical implementation.

The right approach, assessed up front.

Audit before action plan. Pathway before lodgement. Monitoring design before bore installation.

Plain-English documentation.

Audit reports, EIS chapters, compliance schedules. Written so the people responsible to action them can do so with ease.

Fixed scope, fixed fee.

You know what this costs before we start. No surprise variations.

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Find your starting point

Two audiences. One practice.

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For developers, builders, and project managers

Whether you're preparing for a development application, managing consent conditions, or running environmental compliance on a live construction site, our approvals and compliance services keep your project moving.

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For building owners, facility managers, and sustainability teams

Whether you're trying to reduce non-revenue water, implement smart meters, prepare for a NABERS Water rating, or build an ESG-ready water management framework, our water services give you the structured analysis and documentation you need.

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Proof

Projects we've delivered.

Sandhills Wetland, Byron Shire
Civil · Infrastructure

Sandhills Wetland — Byron Shire

Byron Shire, NSW · $6M delivery

A wetland and live-sewer-bypass project delivered with zero breaches, zero complaints, zero service interruptions — now multi-award recognised.

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Adelaide River Demand Management
Water Services

Adelaide River Demand Management

Adelaide River, NT · Demand management

A 20% reduction in peak daily consumption — deferring supply-side augmentation, faster and at a fraction of the cost.

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Pineapple Road Sewerage Scheme, Goonellabah
Civil · Infrastructure

Pineapple Road Sewerage Scheme

Goonellabah, NSW · $7M delivery

A $7M scheme delivered on budget and incident-free in a post-flood environment — unlocking up to 600 flood-free housing lots.

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Got a project, a building, or a compliance question? Let's talk.

Many of our clients come to us with a problem or a question, not a service category in mind. That's a completely normal starting point; you do not go to a doctor with a solution in mind. We are the professionals in this space, schedule your free 30 minute project review and we'll help you identify the right approach, without any obligation to proceed.

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