Recent Project Experience

Changing Places has a unique skill set and an industry background which enables it to professionally respond to your Scope of Works either directly or as part of a professional team.

NSW & ACT

  • Farley Environment Care Inc Expert witness: re a scheduled appeal in the Land and Environment Court against Maitland City Council’s approval of a cemetery DA.
  • Deloitte Access Economics Sector expert: assisting Deloitte with the conduct of Market Scoping re a planned Greenfield Cemetery at Silverdale (Western Sydney).
  • Griffith City Council Feasibility assessment: assessing the potential viability of establishing a crematorium on Council’s greenfield cemetery site or an alternate location.
  • Deloitte Access Economics Sector expert: providing industry insights in relation to Deloitte’s project for the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART), re efficient interment costing.
  • Blue Mountains City Council Strategic and commercial advice: Assisting Taylor Brammer Landscape Architects with a Strategic Review of Council cemeteries and development strategies.
  • Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Specialist cemetery consultant to Tobin Mulqueen, assisting Council with offering its Innes Gardens Memorial Park for sale or lease.
  • Deloitte Thomatsu Strategic advice: providing funeral and cemetery sector insight into options for future infrastructure and the operation of Waverley Cemetery, Sydney.
  • Griffith City Council Strategic advice: providing Council and FJLA, its landscape architect, with strategic advice re a Greenfield site interment options and participating in community consultation.
  • Goulburn Mulwaree Council Expert witness: in relation to planning matters to do with the proposed establishment of a private Islamic cemetery.
  • Clarence Valley Council Commercial advice: Appraising compliance with Part Four of the NSW Cemeteries & Crematoria Act and operational alignment with industry best practice
  • Cemeteries and Crematoria Association of NSW Strategic advice: retained since 2016 to provide advice to the CCANSW Board on industry matters and to write industry Guidelines.
  • Wollongong City Council Strategic master planning: providing operational and strategic input, integrated with FJLA landscape master planning for council’s two major cemeteries.
  • Clarence Valley Council Governance and commercial advice: auditing compliance with NSW cemetery legislation and suggesting operational and revenue generation enhancements.
  • Byron Shire Strategic and commercial advice: appraising cemetery interment capacity and developing a strategic plan, tailored to anticipated CCNSW requirements.
  • Deloitte Sector expert: engaged to assist Deloitte with the conduct of Market Scoping re a planned 75-hectare cemetery and crematorium infrastructure development within the ACT.
  • The Hills Shire Strategic advice: developing strategies to diminish risk and enhance compliance for Castle Hill Cemetery
  • Shellharbour City Council Sector expert: development of an Strategic Plan for the Council’s Shellharbour and Albion Park cemeteries.
  • Kiama Municipal Council Strategic and commercial advice: identifying policy requirements, pricing opportunities and landscape masterplan needs.
  • Florence Jaquet Landscape Architects Strategic, operational and design advisory: on aspects of landscape architecture within Wollongong cemeteries.
  • Northern Beaches Council Commercial advice: developing Cemetery Operating Regulations for its cemeteries.
  • Blacktown City Council Commercial advice: developing Cemetery Operating Guidelines for Riverstone Cemetery.
  • Northern Beaches Council Sector Expert: identifying strategies to commercially expand activity at the Manly Cemetery.
  • Lismore City Council Strategic and commercial advice: strategic planning, financial assessment of council cemeteries and potential development alternatives for a contiguous property.
  • NSW Aboriginal Land Council Feasibility assessment: appraising strategic cemetery development opportunities on land entrusted to the care of the Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council.
  • Pittwater Council Strategic advice: commercially appraising the nature of existing interments at Mona Vale cemetery and the potential for additional interment opportunities.
  • InvoCare Pty Ltd Commercial advisory support: providing insight into factors impacting the perpetual maintenance of cemeteries, related funding levels and cemetery life stages.
  • Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park (Sydney) Strategic and commercial advice: input into the landscape design and related business case development for a new multicultural area.

Qld

  • Mareeba Council Specialist consultant to FJLA: masterplanning Kuranda Memorial Park, particular reference to fee structures, interment options and revenue opportunities.
  • Cairns Regional Council Strategic commercial advice: re implementation of previously developed strategic plan, with particular reference to local law revision, tenure, buy backs and fee structures and the FJLA landscape masterplanning of Forest View Cemetery.
  • Deloitte Access Economics Sector expert: assisting with examining the case for future cemetery investment in Brisbane.
  • Western Downs Regional Council Feasibility assessment: evaluation of cemetery strategic options, site development, revenue opportunities and perpetual maintenance obligations.
  • Cairns Regional Council Specialist cemetery consultant: to Ethos Urban, developing the Council’s Regional Cemetery Strategy.
  • Woongarra Crematorium, Townsville Expert advice: Appraisal of compliance with Local Laws and auditing its cremation processes.
  • Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation Feasibility assessment: investigation for QYAC and Redland City Council regarding establishing a new cemetery on North Stradbroke Island.
  • Toowoomba Regional Council Strategic and commercial advice: strategic planning for and operational financial assessment of council cemeteries, along with landscape masterplanning the Drayton Toowoomba cemetery.
  • City of Gold Coast Sector expert: strategic planning and operational considerations in relation to satisfying long term demand for interment space.
  • Redland City Council Strategic and commercial advice: identifying strategies to foster the sustainable operation of Cleveland and Redland Bay cemeteries.
  • Gladstone Regional Council Sector Expert: appraisal of operational approaches, commercial opportunities and alternative management model approaches for its Boyne Tannum crematorium.

SA & NT

  • Copper Coast Council Sector Expert: developing an overarching cemetery strategy and four individual Cemetery Management Plans.
  • Adelaide Cemeteries Authority Feasibility assessment: appraising strategic development and site expansion opportunities.
  • Adelaide Anglican Diocese Governance and operations advice: investigation of aspects of the operation of the North Road Cemetery and strategies to extend its life and revenue.
  • Town of Walkerville Strategic advice: commercially appraising the nature of existing interments, perpetual maintenance and tenure implications and the potential to redevelop and reopen the site.
  • City of Salisbury Feasibility assessment: evaluation of strategic options in relation to Salisbury Memorial Park, future site development, revenue opportunities and perpetual maintenance obligations.
  • City of Whyalla Strategic and commercial advice: review of the cemetery’s operations and policies, identifying opportunities to enhance the cemetery’s financial viability.
  • Litchfield Council Sector expert: identifying strategies to enhance Thorak Regional Cemetery’s long-term commercial viability.

Vic

  • Florence Jaquet Landscape Architects Strategic, operational and design advisory: on aspects of landscape architecture within Wonthaggi, San Remo and Phillip Island cemeteries and impact on the sustainability and profitability of operations.
  • Cemeteries & Crematoria Association of Victoria Drafting the CCAV submission to the Victorian Minister for Planning re the state 2050 infrastructure and growth corridor planning.
  • Knox City Council Commercial advice: identifying revenue generation opportunities and perpetual maintenance obligations for Ferntree Gully Cemetery
  • RSM Australia Pty Ltd Sector expert: assisting with the valuation of an integrated cemetery crematorium operation in South Australia.
  • Maribyrnong City Council Commercial advice: identifying perpetual maintenance obligations for Footscray General Cemetery.
  • Eltham Cemetery Trust Expert advice: preparing the case for a contiguous property purchase.