Services

McKinnon has significant experience in providing earthmoving & environmental services, including:

• Civil Works and Bulk Excavation
• Demolition and Decommissioning Services
• Tank Removal and Disposal
• Contaminated Site Remediation
• Emergency Response
• Project Personnel and Support
• Contaminated Land Assessments and Management Plans

McKinnon personnel are experienced and competent in a wide range of civil works and bulk excavation projects, including Site clearing, Building pads, Erosion and sediment control, Drainage works and trenching, Rock wall construction, Bulk excavations of contaminated soil and unsuitable material, Shoring installations, Basement excavations and dewatering, Materials supply (sand, gravel, soil, etc.), Materials placement and compaction, Acid sulphate soils treatment, Landfarming of contaminated soils.

McKinnon personnel have extensive demolition and decommissioning project experience and hold the relevant licences and insurances. We have successfully completed a wide range of demolition and decommissioning projects for our clients without incident. Our related experience includes:-

• Retail service stations building & canopies
• Petroleum depot buildings and gantries
• Commercial buildings, Industrial buildings & Residential buildings
• Wastewater treatment plants, groundwater remediation systems & related piping
• Implementation of related management plans (air, water, noise, waste, etc.)
• Related hazardous materials management, resource recovery and remediation

McKinnon personnel are experts in tank removal and disposal. They have extensive and accredited work health & safety systems in place. Our detailed knowledge & experience in applying the related standards, guidelines & regulations enables us to provide cost efficient, safe & compliant services to industry.

The types of the storage tanks (both USTs and ASTs) decommissioned & removed by McKinnon includes unleaded & leaded petrol, Diesel, Jet, Kerosene, LPG, Waste oil, Solvents, Trip Interceptor Traps, Stormwater separator tanks, Wastewater treatment plant process tanks & Groundwater remediation system treatment tanks. Read More

The McKinnon team are industry recognised experts in soil, groundwater & vapour remediation. We understand that every project site is unique, with its own set of challenges & constraints. Our focus is to provide service which is second to none in terms of practical skills, technical knowledge, innovation & willingness to put in the extra effort to help make your project a success.

We have been providing safety focussed & expert contaminated land earthmoving & wastewater treatment services for over 25 years. Projects types have included the decommissioning & remediation of a large number retail service stations and petroleum depots, acid sulphate soil & groundwater remediation, underground & aboveground tank removals, environmental test pitting & sampling, industrial liquid waste management, groundwater remediation at airports and surface water treatment on infrastructure projects. Read More

McKinnon has significant experience in providing earthmoving & environmental remediation emergency response contracting services. Our practical skills, common sense approach, qualifications & management systems enable us to provide rapid & well-structured solutions when the pressure is on. Furthermore, our fleet of well serviced & maintained equipment & expansive industry network allows for rapid deployment of controls & solutions when required.

Our emergency response project experience includes PFAS impacted water treatment, tanker roll-overs, underground and aboveground storage tank failures, fugitive vapours in services, spills to stormwater and waterways, groundwater & vapour treatment and hazardous materials handling.

McKinnon is unique in that we offer suitable qualified & experienced trade & professional contracting personnel to both industry & project clients. The practical & technical skills of our personnel & our inhouse management systems ensure consistent & thorough services are provided to our clients. Project personnel & support services offered include:-

• Gas detection & work permitting
• Hazardous areas management
• Remediation system hazard assessments
• Critical safety devices management
• Project supervisor & labour hire services
• Professional engineering design & project management
• Development of project specific, sustainable & cost effective solutions

Our extensive knowledge of contaminated land assessment regulations, guidelines, protocols & processes ensures that the project scopes our personnel are engaged to complete are cost effectively & thoroughly undertaken to the satisfaction of our clients.

McKinnon understands the importance of quality systems in contaminated land assessment to ensure the integrity & defensibility of the data obtained. Our personnel have experience assessing a diverse range of facilities & Chemicals of Potential Concern (COPCs) & are able to work as part of a project team or independently & in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (including Suitably Qualified Person (SQP) requirements). Read More