| What
is it?
The
Defence Heritage Advisory Service provides telephone, Email
or in-person limited advice to Defence users on heritage issues.
The service utilises the skills of some of Australia's foremost
leaders in the heritage industry operating under the Defence
Heritage Panel Agreement. The Defence Heritage Panel, established
in February 2004, is building an industry understanding of Defence
heritage needs and operational requirements.
What
is it supposed to do?
The
aim of the Defence Heritage Advisory Service is to:
- To provide quick
heritage advice and guidance and enable projects to progress
- Provide practical
heritage advice and innovative solutions to a range of Defence
users whilst enabling our core business to continue.
- To prevent "showstoppers"
down the track and save time and money in the longer term.
- Provide strategic
direction to achieve the most appropriate response to heritage
issues across Australia
- Allow Defence
to make good heritage management decisions at all levels
by utilizing some of the most experienced and reputable
professional heritage consultants available in Australia
Who
uses it and why?
The
Defence Heritage Advisory Service (DHAS) caters for both regional
and national Defence staff and related contractors who are involved
in the planning and management of Defence sites. Some examples
of when you may need to use the DHAS may be:
- You need to
know how new heritage legislation affects your activities
at your site;
- You have a specific
heritage issue at your site that you need advice and guidance
on;
- You are redeveloping
a site and not sure how heritage may affect you/your planning;
- You want to
maintain/ modify a building and not sure how to proceed;
- You need to
determine the heritage values of a site and how to manage
it
- You want to
dispose of a site and are not sure of your obligations
What
kind of tasks can I get done?
Examples
of tasks that the Defence Heritage Advisory Service can undertake
include:
- General heritage
queries
- Input and direction
prior to SOR phase, to ensure strategic heritage issues
are adequately addressed
- Undertake limited
site inspections to provide basic or interim framework and
direction for managing heritage issues
- Preliminary
advice for alterations or conservation work to be undertaken
to heritage places, including advice on heritage issues
arising during redevelopment or construction projects
- Advice concerning
Defence obligations under the Environment Protection &
Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) 1999 and other
Statutory compliance issues
- Conduct education
and information sessions on Defence heritage issues
- Advice on previously
prepared Heritage Management Plans and Heritage Maintenance
Plans
- Heritage value
assessments for single small buildings or items
- Advice with
respect to Building Code of Australia (BCA) compliance issues
and dispensations available for heritage buildings.
- Strategic direction
on problems involving heritage matters, including:
- Interpretative
opportunities and concepts
- Indigenous heritage
issues
- Adaptive re-use
- Heritage landscape
management
- Archaeological
survey
- Demolition and
recording
- Condition assessment
- Heritage management
tools
- Natural heritage
issues
How
do I make it happen?
Contact
DHBC or the relevant Senior Environmental Manager (SEM) or the Regional Environmental staff
( REO) who will put you in touch with the relevant Panel
member. After a task is established, you will deal directly
with the DHAS member.
Each
heritage related task will be funded by DHBC from as little as
one (1) hour input up to a limit of sixteen (16) hours professional
time input, on an hourly rate basis. Additional time, if required
and unless otherwise agreed with DHBC, will be the responsibility
of the user of this service, and is to be negotiated during
the service provision direct with the relevant Defence Heritage
Panel member. Services at all times are provided under the Defence
Heritage Panel Standing Contract Agreement. Use only one panel
member for each heritage related task.
At
the conclusion of a task, panel members will submit their advice
to the Defence user and issue a copy to DHBC for reference purposes.
Defence users are required to issue to the panel member written
or E-mail confirmation that they are satisfied with the service
provision and that is meets their immediate requirements. The
panel member sends this confirmation to DHBC, effecting payment
for the Defence Heritage Advisory Service provided.
Who
pays?
The
'Defence Heritage Advisory Service' is an initiative of the Directorate of
Heritage and Biodiversity Conservation (DHBC). It is not intended that this service
replace or provide an alternative to the already established
system, involving procuring heritage advice from the Defence
Heritage Panel through the formal tender bid process, for clearly
defined projects of a reasonable scope above $5,000 in value.
Who
do I contact?
Woodhead
International
Diahnn Sullivan
Phone: (03) 9670 4155
F ax: (03) 9670 4655
Email: dsullivan@woodhead.com.au |
Environmental
Resources Management
Amanda Antcliff
Phone: (02) 49642150
Fax: (02) 49642152
Email: amanda.antcliff@erm.com |
Godden
Mackay Logan
Sheridan Burke
Phone: (02) 9319 4811
Fax: (02) 9319 4383
Email: sheridanb@gml.com.au |
For
further information please contact the Director, Heritage and Biodiversity Conservation
(DHBC):
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