Whether you need a quick due-diligence read before lodging a DA, a full ACHAR and permit, or an Excavation Director on site, COLCO manages the entire heritage process from start to finish — senior-led, in both the ACT and NSW.
Establish whether Aboriginal objects are likely on your site and whether an AHIP is required — the sensible, low-cost first step under the 2010 Due Diligence Code of Practice.
Learn more ›The detailed NSW assessment, including Aboriginal community consultation, that underpins an AHIP application. In the ACT, the equivalents are a CHA and SHE (see ACT heritage assessments).
Learn more ›Preparation and management of AHIP applications to Heritage NSW where harm to Aboriginal objects cannot be avoided.
Learn more ›Aboriginal and historic heritage assessment and excavation permits under the ACT Heritage Act 2004 — led by a former ACT Heritage assessor.
Learn more ›Historic (non-Aboriginal) heritage assessment for listed and locally significant places, including Section 60 applications under the Heritage Act 1977.
Learn more ›Field programs directed by a NSW-approved Excavation Director, from initial survey to large-scale salvage and mitigation.
Learn more ›Plans setting out how Aboriginal objects or historic material will be recovered, recorded and managed where impact to a site cannot be avoided.
Learn more ›On-call construction monitoring and management of unexpected finds, keeping your project compliant and moving.
Learn more ›Toolbox heritage inductions for site managers and construction crews — obligations, recognising heritage material, and the unexpected-finds procedure.
Learn more ›HMPs and CMPs that set out how heritage values are protected over the life of large, staged or long-running sites.
Learn more ›Co-design strategies that embed Aboriginal community knowledge and aspirations into a project from the outset — beyond minimum consultation.
Learn more ›Nationally regarded lithic analysis for assemblages of all sizes — defensible analysis that withstands regulator scrutiny.
Learn more ›Hands-on stone artefact analysis training for archaeologists and heritage professionals, drawing on one of Australia’s most experienced lithic analysts.
Learn more ›Stone artefact identification and analysis programs delivered with Aboriginal communities and Traditional Owners.
Learn more ›Alongside the core services above, COLCO provides:
Speak with the COLCO team, led by Dr Sophie Collins — senior heritage expertise for the capital region. Canberra-based, servicing the ACT and NSW.
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