commex advisory.

What we do.

Approvals, environment, community, land and change are usually handled by different people who meet only when something has gone wrong. We cover all five — so the connection is made before the problem is.

Residents discussing design plans with a project team member at a community information session

Community & Stakeholder Engagement

Keep the community with you, and the work going. Engagement planned and run from design to handover — to the standard TfNSW, Sydney Metro and energy proponents expect.

Engagement plans & obligations registers Night works, respite & OOHW agreements Complaints management & reporting Social impact inputs & SIA support

On a TfNSW road upgrade we negotiated night works and respite agreements with more than 300 properties — and the licence was varied to allow five nights of work a week.

Approvals & Compliance

Every condition read, owned and closed out. Conditions, performance requirements and licences become registers your team can run — held to the standard an auditor, ER or regulator will apply.

Approvals strategy & pathway mapping Conditions & obligations registers Compliance matrices Secondary approvals & modifications IEA / ER verification & audit readiness

On a cross-jurisdictional HVDC interconnector we built and maintain the compliance matrices for the landfall works across Tasmanian and Victorian approval instruments.

Everything inside approvals & compliance →

Aerial view of the upgraded Great Western Highway interchange

Field officer reading a water sample against a handheld turbidity meter

03 25 plans · two states

Environmental Management

Plans written to be built. CEMPs and sub-plans that regulators accept and crews can deliver — then put in the hands of the people doing the work.

CEMPs & sub-plans HDD, shore & watercourse crossings Site guides, inductions & crew briefings Monitoring & inspection registers Independent plan review & gap analysis

On a major interconnector we manage a suite of 25 management plans across two states, and brief site crews plan by plan.

Land Access & Interface

Linear infrastructure crosses hundreds of interests, all running on different clocks. We bring landholders, councils, utilities and asset owners into one programme — so access is ready when the crews are.

Land access strategy & agreements Property management plans Community agreements for extended hours Interface & nuisance management plans

On a 22 km gas pipeline lateral in the Hunter we managed land access and approvals, including community agreements for extended hours and modifications to the conditions of approval.

Authorisation Change & Tender Advisory

Approvals change during delivery, and every change carries a cost and a programme effect. We find it early, test it against the scope, and document it so it can be agreed under the contract.

Tender reviews & obligations pricing Change logs & scope gates Condition-set comparisons & impact registers Change documentation for agreement APMG organisational change management

On a major interconnector we track each revision of the condition set and assess every new requirement for its effect on plans, methods and cost.

● Specialist services

Certified specialists, managed by us.

Where regulators and principals expect a certified practitioner, we bring in specialists from our associate network. We scope the work, manage it, and connect the output to your plans, approvals and engagement — one firm, one point of accountability.

CPESC-certified associate

Erosion & Sediment Control

Controls designed to the Blue Book and IECA best practice, certified to the standard regulators and auditors expect — plans, basin sizing, staging, inspections and rain-event audits.

On a coastal HDD site we tested the civil design against the erosion and surface water management plan before earthworks, and identified the changes needed to bring them into line.

Acoustic specialists

Noise & Vibration

Noise is the impact that most often costs a project its working hours. Assessment, management plans, OOHW applications, monitoring and mitigation design — connected to the engagement and approvals that decide whether night work goes ahead.

On a 24-hour HDD site we tested the draft noise plan against the environment protection notice, identified five critical gaps before submission, and scoped the temporary noise wall needed to meet the limits.

● How we work

01 Read the approval. We start from the instruments themselves: conditions, performance requirements, licences, consents and the contract.

02 Map the obligations. Each requirement is given an owner, a plan, a timing and the evidence that will close it.

03 Build and implement. Plans, engagement and site tools are written to be delivered, then taken to the crews who deliver them.

04 Track change to close out. Every new requirement is logged, assessed and agreed, through to verification and handover.

Send us your conditions. We'll tell you what they mean for your programme.

We reply within one business day.

jake@commx.com.au

commex advisory. Approved. Accepted. Built to condition.

A senior-led approvals, environment and stakeholder consultancy, working inside the delivery teams of major contractors and government agencies.

Services Community & Stakeholder Engagement Approvals & Compliance Environmental Management Land Access & Interface Authorisation Change & Tender Advisory

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Contact Jake Hoppe, Founder & Director jake@commx.com.au 0431 814 227 Newcastle, NSW · Working across NSW, VIC, TAS & SA We reply within one business day.

Commex Pty Ltd trading as Commex Advisory · ABN 65 674 460 792 · Prequalified under the NSW Government Performance and Management Services Scheme (SCM0005) Commex Advisory acknowledges the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work in Newcastle, and pays respect to Elders past and present.