Media Lounge 2009

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This easy-to-navigate area provides journalists and other visitors with GHD's recent media releases and links to key information about the company. For assistance with media enquiries please contact Sonia Adams on 61 2 9239 7220 or mobile 61 411 510 000.

Motorists could save millions in lost time and fuel costs without the need to invest in new road works, according to a series of trials conducted by leading infrastructure consultancy firm GHD.Read More

GHD boosts its transport economics and policy teamRead More

Tuesday 03 Nov 2009GHD SA wins Safe Work Award

GHD has been recognised for its attention to safety, taking out the Best Workplace Health & Safety Management System at South Australia's annual Safe Work Awards.Read More

To accommodate 10 million-plus people by 2050, Sydney’s infrastructure requires a significant amount of reform - in particular, transport infrastructure to service both commuters and freight.Read More

Jo Metcalfe, a Business Group Manager for Canberra’s largest consultancy firm, GHD, has won the Hudson Private and Corporate Sector Award at the 2009 Telstra ACT Business Women’s Awards, held at Parliament House today.Read More

GHD will bring its infrastructure design strength to the Cape Lambert Magnetite Project in Western Australia's Pilbara region, with MCC Australia Holdings appointing the firm to conduct feasibility studies for its port, power and water requirements.Read More

A GHD Meyrick report, which was highly influential in targeting the East Arm Wharf expansion for a $50 million injection of Federal Government funds, has won an award for engineering excellence.Read More

GHD has been recognised for overcoming a challenge of towering proportions in its work on the world’s tallest building, Burj Dubai.Read More

GHD’s Innovation Program has been awarded the 2009 Engineering Excellence Award for Workplace Innovation by Engineers Australia (Victoria) for its landmark contribution to the personal development of its people.Read More

A project that has brought clean water to more than 280,000 people in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam has won a prestigious award for Environment and Sustainability in the Engineers Australia Victorian Engineering Excellence Awards.Read More

The SouthWest 1 Enterprise Park and Berrinba Wetlands Project has won the National Public Works Medal for the Australian Public Works Project of the Year.Read More

The Bulk Water Alliance has won a prestigious Engineering Excellence award for its $3.2 million geotechnical project to underpin the successful design and construction of the enlarged Cotter Dam. GHD is the design partner in the alliance.Read More

Leading professional and technical services firm GHD has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable water management with the appointment of a team of new business leaders.Read More

Monday 07 Sep 2009Road works a winner

The State Highway 60 Eureka Bend Reinstatement, a joint project by GHD, Fulton Hogan and the New Zealand Transport Agency has been awarded the Goughs Excellence Award for a Minor Road Project at the 2009 Roading Excellence Awards.Read More

GHD Sydney has moved to a new home in the heart of the CBD.Read More

Peak hour delays can be cut by more than a third – saving motorists millions in lost time and fuel costs – by simply fine-tuning the traffic lights, a new study by leading consultants GHD shows.Read More

Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce has acknowledged the important contribution made by GHD while attending the opening of the firm’s new offices in CanberraRead More

GHD ranked 19th in BRW Top 500 Private Companies, client-centric culture, accomplish moreRead More

Monday 31 Aug 2009Local tip far from rubbish

Wodonga’s Kane Road waste transfer station has been named the best small transfer station in Australia.Read More

Leading professional and technical services firm GHD has appointed Pat O’Dwyer to the new role of Global Leader, Energy & Resources, and significantly increased the strength of its mining business through a strategic merger with SMG Consultants.Read More

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