GHD Group

GHD Group Pty Ltd (formerly known as Gutteridge Haskins & Davey) is a global employee-owned multinational technical professional services firm providing advisory, architecture and design, buildings, digital, energy and resources, environmental, geosciences, project management, transportation and water services.[5]

GHD employs more than 12,000 people—engineers, architects, planners, scientists, project managers and economists— operating in over 160 offices across five continents serving clients in water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation markets. GHD has delivered projects in over 135 countries.[2]

History

GHD was founded as a private practice in Melbourne, Australia in 1928 by Alan Gordon Gutteridge who operated as a consulting engineer with focuses on water and sewerage. The partnership of Gerald Haskins and Geoffrey Innes Davey[6] joined with Gutteridge's practice in 1939, establishing the formal partnership of Gutteridge Haskins & Davey.

Market sectors

In FY2024 30% of revenues were in the Environment sector, 21% in transportation, 19% in water, 18% in property and buildings, and 12% in Energy and resources. GHD saw 8% organic growth over FY2023 with revenues of 2.888 Billion AUD (1.822 Billion USD).[14]

Water – In 2024, nineteen percent of GHD’s revenues were derived from water-related design services.[14] Past projects include desalination projects for the City of Carlsbad, Camp Pendleton, City of Huntington Beach and South Orange County in the US, the Brisbane and Christchurch rebuilding efforts, Manila Sewerage implementation, Codelco Colon Processing Plant in Chile and the Oakura Sewerage scheme in New Zealand. GHD designed and administered the contract to upgrade the Hespeler trunk sanitary sewer line for the city of Cambridge, Ontario without digging a 2 km trench through an environmentally sensitive area. It also designed a tunnel aqueduct for Manila Water to provide water to approximately 7 million people. It designed and constructed two ultraviolet disinfection surface water treatment facilities for Westchester County, New York. It constructed a water treatment system using membrane bioreactor technology to provide 100,000 gallons of reclaimed water per day for Wickenburg, Arizona.[15]

Energy & Resources – In 2024, twelve percent of GHD’s revenues were derived from energy and resources. Past projects of note include the Hawsons Magnetite Iron Ore Mine and the QCLNG Export Pipeline in Australia, and the Taysan Copper Mine in the Philippines.

Environment – In 2024, thirty percent of GHD’s revenues were generated from environmental services. Past projects of note include the HydroAysen Transmission System in Chile, Minimbah Bank Third Track Biodiversity project, and the Townsville Marine Precinct, both in Australia. Recent projects include the installation of an articulated concrete block mat and sand-water slurry to remediate industrial contamination of Bayou d'Inde in Louisiana and conversion of a landfill in the Mariana Islands to a park, including the installation of drainage and liner systems reducing the amount of contaminated water and protection from erosion in adherence to EPA regulations.[16]

Property & Buildings – As of 2024, eighteen percent of GHD’s revenues were generated from property and buildings. Past projects of note include the Al Walkra Hospital in Qatar, the Kerikeri Police Station in New Zealand and Richlands Rail Station in Australia.[17]

Transportation – As of 2024, twenty-one percent of GHD’s revenues were generated from transportation. Past projects of note in include the Ahuriri to Napier Transportation Link in New Zealand, the San Antonio Port Expansion in Chile and South Road Superway in South Australia. Recent projects include the implementation of a multi-lane roundabout on Highway 68 in Monterey, California, including the project management, traffic analysis, and specialty engineering design; business case development and economic assessment, including highway and bridge concept designs, for New Zealand State Highway 3 connecting the Manawatū-Whanganui and Hawke’s Bay regions; and the design and construction of 1 km of acoustic barriers along New Zealand State Highway 1 to mitigate noise and air pollution.[18]

Digital – GHD employs over 500 technology professionals who provide data analytics, location intelligence, cyber security, and virtual and augmented reality technology services.[19] Recent projects include the creation of a connected site for the Level Crossing Removal Authority to facilitate data handling and sharing across a complex rail infrastructure upgrade; and preparation of a smart city framework, roadmap and governance process for Glenelg Shire, Victoria.[20]

type	Private company
foundation	24 September 1928, 97 years ago‡R1R‡
locations	200+ offices in 14 countries (2024)‡R2R‡
key people	Rob Knott (Chairman) Jim Giannopoulos (CEO)
area served	Worldwide
industry	Professional services
products	Engineering, management, design, environmental science, architecture
services	Consulting
num employees	Approx. 12,000 (2024)‡R3R‡
revenue	AUD 2.9 billion (2024)‡R4R‡
homepage	http://www.ghd.com

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