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Odour Assessment: SPS and your Royal Flush
You’re a developer with an amazing hand – a perfect location, cutting-edge designs, quality contractors and prospective clients – if it were a game of poker you’d have a Royal Flush. But there’s one catch – your proposed development is located near a sewage pump station (SPS). There’s nothing worse than the smell of sewage…
Read MoreKatestone opens European office
Katestone Director, Simon Welchman, is happy to announce the company’s first European Branch has opened in Ireland. Taking advantage of the unique skills we have in air quality, dispersion modelling and meteorological forecasting to move into the European market, we have a unique opportunity to build on our excellent track record in air quality and…
Read MoreWhat does Katestone and a Nintendo Game Boy have in common?
We are both celebrating our 25th anniversary this year. Come with us on a journey back in time to see who else shares 1989 as their founding year. Nintendo Game Boy The Game Boy was a range of battery-powered handheld game consoles developed by Nintendo in 1989. It is one of the world’s best-selling…
Read More25th Birthday Celebrations
Some photos from our recent 25th Birthday celebration! Big thanks to all who attended, especially to Dr Stefan Hajkowicz from the CSIRO who presented ‘Future Trends – Global megatrends that will change the way we live’.
Read MoreCelebrating 25 years of Katestone
Katestone has been in business for 25 years – a major milestone! You may be wondering, “Is Christine really that old?(!) or was she really young when she started the business?” Truth is, I was tackling my HSC at high school when Katestone’s founders, Dr Peter Best and Karen Lunney, saw an opportunity in air…
Read MoreI’ve got a good feeling about 2014!
I don’t think I’d be alone in saying that the last 12-18 months have been very tough in the environmental consulting world. Big projects have dried up and the ones that are around are slashing costs and extending timelines. We haven’t been unaffected and have had to make some changes to our growth plans, but…
Read MoreIt’s official – 2013 was the hottest year on record
Last week the Bureau of Meteorology released their 2013 climate summary. It was no surprise that Australia experienced its warmest year since 1910, when records began. Globally 2013 was the sixth-warmest year on record. The annual global mean temperature has not been below average since 1985. Continuous periods of hotter than average days signified the year, even…
Read MoreKatestone talks about managing heat stress to Gladstone Industry Group
Our Managing Director Christine Killip was recently invited to present on occupational heat stress at the Gladstone Industry Area Network (GAIN) meeting at QAL. Christine discussed management of occupational heat stress at industrial facilities and gave participants a sneak peek at our new weather intelligence technology. Aimed at helping industry to better manage heat stress, Katestone’s…
Read MoreKatestone talks weather forecasting in the Courier Mail
Our managing director Christine may not have won this year’s Telstra Business Women Awards, but that hasn’t stopped her being in the news. Christine was seen in the Courier Mail in the Business section on Sept 17 discussing the helpful role weather modelling can have for business, in particular for decision making and management strategies. If you…
Read MoreChristine Killip selected for the Telstra Business Women’s Awards
Katestone’s Managing Director, Christine Killip, is a Queensland Finalist for the Telstra Business Woman’s Awards. Christine has been recognised in two award categories, the Business owner Award and the Business Innovation Award. Christine said, “I was excited just to be nominated for the awards but now that I have reached the Finalist for two categories…
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