Founded in Melbourne in the depression years, GHD has played a critical role in the growth and prosperity in all states of Australia. It is the nation's oldest and foremost engineering, environmental, architectural and management consultancy.
In the 1930s, GHD was a pioneer in water and wastewater management at a time when such services were primitive and "environmentalism" was unknown.
Today, GHD employs 2,300 people in a network of 52 offices in 12 countries throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas. Turnover is approaching $300 million, which places GHD at the forefront of the domestic industry and well within the top 50 engineering and architectural practices in the world.
Says GHD's Chairman Ken Conway, "GHD is celebrating its unique industry position with over 2,000 clients around the globe. Some of them have been with us right through our history, such as Melbourne Water and the Department of Defence. No other firm established early last century has survived as we have."
Infrastructure projects on GHD's books in 2003 include:
» The high-profile Epping to Chatswood rail link to expand Sydney's rail capacity;
» Rehabilitation of contaminated industrial land at Melbourne's Docklands, a $7 billion urban development;
» Gateway Bridge duplication in Brisbane;
» Rollout of Hutchison's 3G mobile network in Australia's eastern states;
» Extension of the Roe Highway, one of Perth’s major arterial roads; and
» Mitcham-Frankston Freeway, the long-awaited $2 billion project on which GHD is acting as the State Government's Technical Adviser.
In offshore markets, GHD recently prepared the master plan for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, advises North American utilities in asset management, and is working with governments to enhance the security of their critical infrastructure.