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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.
AMP are developing an area near Circular Quay to create the Quay Quarter. This includes three new residential buildings, a retail precinct around the new Loftus Lane, office space and refurbished heritage buildings; the Gallipoli Memorial Club and Hinchcliff House.
As well as having potential to contain archaeological remains associated with Aboriginal occupation of the original landscape, Circular Quay is one of the most significant areas of non-Aboriginal archaeological potential in NSW. It was the location of the arrival of the First Fleet and the initial point for colonisation of the county by Europeans. Circular Quay has intense social, political, and cultural meaning for First Nations people.
Artefact undertook archaeological excavation and investigation in the basement of Hinchcliff House under an S60 excavation permit, and excavation within the footprint of the new buildings under a s140 excavation permit. Aboriginal community members were involved in reviewing the archaeological assessment and applying for an Aboriginal heritage impact permit, in case Aboriginal artefacts were located during construction. Excavation for the development had to be monitored by our archaeological team and significant finds were salvaged. All finds were documented, and artefacts recovered for analysis and reporting.
Archaeological management was successfully undertaken in a busy construction site within a challenging timeframe. A number of archaeological finds were included in display cases which were created as part of the development so that the public could more easily engage with the important heritage values of the site.
Quay Quarter aims to be a global model for future city neighbourhoods with workplace and cultural experiences that bring together professionals, residents and visitors.
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