About us

Environmental and process monitoring since 2010

An Australian-owned environmental monitoring company. We provide independent monitoring services, instruments, and systems, from design and manufacture through installation, maintenance, and reporting.

Who we are

Benchmark Monitoring is an Australian-owned environmental monitoring company, founded in 2010. We provide independent environmental and process monitoring services, instruments and systems for mining (open cut and underground), power generation, government, oil and gas, and research and academia.

Our team combines environmental and engineering skills, with staff experienced in measurement, software engineering, embedded systems, control and automation, IoT solutions, environmental science, consulting and electrical trades. That industry background means we manage projects from a practical, site-based perspective, under a quality system focused on measurement quality and traceability.

We are based in the Hunter Valley, NSW, and Western Australia, with technical specialists in the UK, Kuwait, India and Europe. We have technology partners in Slovenia, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, and the USA. Our projects run globally.

From concept to compliance, handled in-house.

How we deliver

Design

Monitoring systems built to compliance, site and customer needs.

Manufacture

Proprietary OEM field devices, built for industry requirements.

Implement

Project execution from design and manufacture through commissioning and integration with customer systems.

Quality assurance

Service, calibration, data analysis and reporting to industry standards.

Our capabilities

Products and services

Continuous environmental and process monitoring: complete systems designed to meet regulatory requirements and inform operational management.

Static field monitoring: campaign-based sampling of dust deposition, high-volume air, gases, surface water, groundwater, soil and microbiological samples to applicable standards.

Instrument supply: proprietary and third-party instruments, data loggers, telemetry and calibration standards, with advice, support and lease options.

Service and repairs: factory-trained technicians servicing and repairing a broad range of instrumentation.

Data management and reporting: data checking and validation, SMS and email alarms, web portal presentation, and customisable daily, weekly and monthly reports.

Environmental consultancy: compliance and regulatory advice, monitoring program design, management plans and independent instrument auditing.

Research and development: software and field devices for specific monitoring applications, including data acquisition, telemetry and electronic design.

What we measure

Monitoring solutions designed to best-practice principles, to meet regulatory compliance requirements and inform operational management.

Ambient air quality

Gaseous and particulate monitoring to Australian Standards.

Continuous emissions monitoring (CEMS)

Real-time SO₂, CO, CO₂, NOₓ and O₂, with data to SCADA.

Meteorological monitoring

Real-time stations with telemetry, reporting and web services.

Aerosol measurement

Aerosol measurement and monitoring, including research-grade aerosol science.

Occupational health and safety

Diesel particulate matter (DPM) monitoring.

Blast and vibration

Kaboom air blast and vibration monitoring, Blast Permissions and Blast Fume.

Noise monitoring

Noise Hound and Noise Hound Lite, for event-based and long-term compliance monitoring.

Water

Water quality and water level monitoring, including discharge monitoring systems.

Dust management

Real-time meteorology and particulate data used to trigger dust controls.

Data, telemetry and reporting

The Vexillum platform for dashboards, alerts and compliance reports, with SCADA and DCS integration.

Experience

Industries

Mining and heavy industry, open cut and underground

Power generation

Oil and gas

Construction and quarrying, where noise and vibration limits apply

Research and academia

Regulators and government departments

Selected projects

Mining industry

Design, installation and operation of a compliance monitoring network: target pollutants, air quality, noise, meteorology, water quality, overpressure, vibration and greenhouse gas emissions. More than 400 monitoring sites Australia-wide. We generate hundreds of daily summary reports and compliance notifications, and provide clients with continuous real-time management of their operations.

Port facility and logistics

Long-term monitoring and reporting of dust, noise, meteorology, water quality and discharge. Trigger Action Response Plans (TARPs) for pollutants, providing pre-programmed safety and operational management frameworks.

Drill and blast production and compliance

Design and OEM of seismographs for the mining industry, with more than 150 real-time monitoring sites operating across Australia’s east and west coasts and over 60,000 captured compliance events. Real-time data solutions for operational and production needs in an ISO 27001-compliant, secure and assured measurement environment.

Continuous emission monitoring

Supply, design, install and maintain CEM systems to US EPA and Australian Standards. Bespoke operation and testing to US EPA CEM 1–7 and associated US EPA Performance Specifications for quality assurance. Benchmark has operated and maintained Australia’s largest dilution extractive measurement projects for more than 15 years.

Government air quality network

Project management, compliance and site selection to Australian Standards. Creation of SoEE reporting and stakeholder engagement with the community, industry and regulators on technical air quality matters. Government instrument supplier for criteria gaseous and particulate measurements, with more than 25 years’ experience. Data acquisition and IoT solutions for criteria air quality are deployed across more than 40 government monitoring sites. Technology pioneer for aerosol source apportionment and speciation for community and state planning.

Australian Antarctic Science Program

Technology and instrumentation supplier of LiDAR and cloud physics measurement platforms. A ground-based optical remote-sensing system determines cloud altitude and detects atmospheric aerosols, for planetary boundary layer and pollution characterisation. The solution is deployed at ground-based research facilities and on a mobile research vessel in the Southern and Pacific Oceans, and is used by research organisations including the World Health Organization, NOAA and NASA MPLNET.

CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology

Technology and instrumentation supplier for aerosol and cloud physics measurements for the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Programme. The systems operate at the Kennaook / Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station, measuring true background air, notably the cleanest in the world, so only measurement technology with low detection limits is deployed.

Sustainability and the Great Barrier Reef

As a technology and instrumentation supplier for aerosol and cloud physics, we deployed solutions supporting the Cloud Brightening Program. With Southern Cross University, Queensland University of Technology, the University of Melbourne, CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology, the measurements support protection of Australia’s UNESCO Great Barrier Reef.