When you partner with Artefact, you’ll receive timely and accurate advice on how to integrate archaeology and heritage considerations into your project plans.
Artefact includes specialists across key fields of archaeology and heritage. More importantly, with 30 staff we can assemble a skilled in-house team targeted to your specific requirements
HISTORICAL HERITAGE
As highly experienced project leaders, Artefact has been lead consultant on many major projects. Our planning and management systems ensure that projects are completed in a timely, professional manner, working in partnership with our clients.
Our proudest achievement is our team. We value their skills and talents, and we trust that you will too.
At Artefact we recruit staff who are passionate about the past, skilled in their disciplines and professional in their approach. We all understand the need to balance our rich local heritage with plans that shape the State’s future. These attributes contribute to a great team culture internally – and to exceptional advice and service for you. We support each other to make sure that our clients come first, which is why we have an industry-wide reputation for being responsive, innovative and authoritative.
SANDRA WALLACE, MANAGING DIRECTOR
Artefact was established in 2010 by Dr Sandra Wallace, who remains the company’s Managing Director.
What ever your heritage project we are here to assist. Country or city, desktop or fieldwork, we’ve covered most of New South Wales and ACT. Our advice and services are customised to offer the best guidance on how you can proceed, whatever your project type. We consult right across the scale from neighbourhood architectural practices to multinational developers. But don't take our word for it! Check out our testimonials from our clients.
Driven by our mission – 'illuminate the past to inspire the future' – our heritage consultants offer wide experience and targeted heritage advice across nine key areas of expertise:
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EXCAVATION
CULTURAL HERITAGE
MANAGEMENT IN
PARRAMATTA
Diona Ward Joint Venture (DWJV) was appointed by Transport for NSW to deliver the Parramatta Light Rail enabling works. DWJV’s Construction Environmental Management Plan for this Critical State Significant Infrastructure project entailed sensitive handling of four heritage-listed sites in the Parramatta CBD. DWJV commissioned Artefact as heritage consultants to prepare a Heritage Management Plan, and to undertake archaeological test excavation and salvage excavation within the proposed impact footprints...
CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENTS
ABORGINAL CULTURAL
HERITAGE
MANAGEMENT
Parramatta Park boasts a rich array of natural, Aboriginal and historical heritage values. To evaluate likely impacts, constraints and opportunities, Western Sydney Parklands Trust commissioned Artefact as heritage advisors to complete a suite of heritage assessments. This work included a detailed heritage survey, plus consultation with Aboriginal stakeholders to establish local cultural values and guide archaeological excavations. Together, they revealed many possibilities...
HERITAGE ADVISORS
ADVISORS TO SYDNEY METRO
Sydney Metro is a critical step in the delivery of Future Transport Strategy 2056, which will provide fast, reliable and frequent rail service. Artefact has worked on all portions of the currently planned network including Northwest, Chatswood to Sydenham, Central Station Main Works, Southwest, Greater West and Metro West. As heritage consultants Artefact provided crucial heritage advice to Sydney Metro and its contractors on all stages of the development.
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