Western Australia

The Perth office at GHD House in Perth's CBD supports a regional network in Western Australia with more than 600 employees, extending to offices in Bunbury, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie and Karratha.

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GHD Perth was established in 1975 and has evolved to become one of the state’s leading consultants providing multi-disciplinary services across all of Western Australia.

Our clients benefit from our longevity in the market, our local knowledge and experience, and our ability to draw on local resources.  

GHD in Western Australia provides integrated support to client needs in:

  • Municipal infrastructure - civil, water, roads, drainage and stormwater engineering
  • Environment - environmental management and engineering, contaminated site assessment, remediation and auditing, aquatic and ecological sciences
  • Architectural services - commercial, municipal, institutional (including health and education) and interior design
  • Transportation - road and transport planning and design
  • Urban development - strategic and statutory planning and approvals, development and subdivision engineering
  • Geotechnical services - tunnelling
  • Management services - project management, asset management, risk management and business planning
  • Mining and geotechnical - geotechnical and mining engineering and slope stability
  • Industrial engineering - electrical, chemical, structural and building services engineering
  • Oil and gas - project management, engineering, hydrocarbon processing, asset management and EEHA Services
Architecture
Architecture Thumbnail, GHD		 Building Hydraulics
Hydraulics Thumbnail		 Bridges
Bridges thumbnail		 Climate Change
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Communication Systems
Communications		 Contaminated Land
Contaminated Land Thumbnail		 Dams
Dams Thumbnail		 Drafting
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EIA
EIS Thumbnail		 EMS & Audits
EMS Thumbnail		 Geotechnical
Geotechnical Thumbnail		 HVAC
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Hydogeology
Hydrogeology		 Intelligent Transport Solutions
Intelligent Transport Systems		 Interior Design
Interior Design Thumbnail		 Landscape Arcitecture
Landscape Architecture
Marine
Marine		 Materials Technology
Materials Tech		 Mining Engineering
Climate Change Thumbnail		 Oil & Gas
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Pavement Engineering
Pavement Engineering		 Power Deliver
Power Delivery		 Power Generation
Power Generation Thumbnail		 Property & Buildings
Buildings
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy Thumbnail		 Risk Management
Risk Managemnt Thumbnail		 Roads & Highways
Roads BS		 Road Systems
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Security
Security Thumnail		 Structures
Structures Service Line		 Tailings
Tailings Service Line		 Urbanism
Urban Development
Wastewater Treatment
Watsewater Systems		 Water
Water		 Water Efficiency
Water Efficiency		 Water Quality and Treatment
Water Quality Treatment, GHD
Water Sciences
Water Sciences		 Waterways & Coastal
Waterways & Coastal

Major waste water treatment plant for Perth

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Perth’s next big waste water treatment plant is being designed to accommodate a future potential population of 800,000 people.

GHD has been engaged by the Water Corporation in Western Australia to design the Alkimos Waste Water Treatment Plant. GHD was chosen on the basis of its concept design and joins the Alkimos Water Alliance (AWA) to deliver this AUD80 million project. AWA comprises Multiplex, McMahon and Zublin.

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Perth to Bunbury Highway

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The Southern Gateway Alliance, comprising GHD Consulting, Leighton Contractors and WA Limestone in partnership with Main Roads Western Australia, was awarded the contract to build the AUD11 million new Perth to Bunbury Highway. Work on the project officially began on 21 December 2006 and continues throughout the southwest today.

GHD is providing consulting services in the disciplines of transport planning and traffic engineering, civil and structural design, geotechnical engineering, materials technology, environmental and sustainability.

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Ashley Wright

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Ashley Wright is GHD’s Operating Centre Manager for Western Australia. Well known within WA’s infrastructure industry for his leadership abilities, Ashley has played a key role in the development and success of the Operating Centre over the past six years using a collaborative approach to team building and project delivery.

Ashley joined GHD in 2004 and has since held a number of senior roles including SGM Transport, Service Line Leader Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, Engineering Manager New Perth Bunbury Alliance, and Operations Manager WA.

Position: Operating Centre Manager

Tel: 61 8 6222 8901.

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Peter Tonkin

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Peter Tonkin is GHD’s Business Development and Regional Offices Manager for Western Australia.  Originally part of the Perth Structural Engineering team, Peter spent nine years in Geraldton managing GHD’s MidWest regional office, before moving to the Northern Territory to gain valuable experience in developing and managing a thriving office in Darwin.

Position: Business Development Manager
Tel: 61 8 6222 8202

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Awards

The awards and recognition received by our leading teams is testament to the quality and thought leadership displayed across our business.

Our teams have been recognised in the following ways: 

2008

  • Engineering Excellence Awards QLD Division
    Raising Lenthall Dam, Wide Bay Water
    Salisbury to Kuraby Rail Upgrade, QR
  • Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia QLD Division
    South West 1 Enterprise Park & Berrinba Wetlands
  • Civil Contractors Federation Earth Awards
    South West 1 Enterprise Park & Berrinba Wetlands
  • ACEA Certificate of Recognition
    GC Pipeline Link Project, Bendigo


2007

  • ACEA Awards for Excellence Gold Award of Merit
    Green Bridge Project (Category: Transport and Civil Infrastructure)
  • ACEA Awards for Excellence Silver Award (Highly Commended) Mallaty Creek Pipeline Project (Categroy: Energy and Resources)
  • Chartered Institute of Logistics and Tranport Australia Awards
    Achievement of the Year Award (Rail) - GHD Newcastle
  • Planning Institute of Australia (Tasmania) Jury Chairperson's Award
    Rural and Regional Planning
    Young Planner of the Year (Emma Riley, MPIA, CPP)
  • Australian Institute of Project Management Achievement Awards
    Australian Customs Service - National Waterfront Closed Circuit Television Network (Category: Information Technology)
    Central Vehicle Washpoint Facility (Category: Construction/Aerospace)
  • Ballina Shire Business Excellence Award
    GHD Ballina (Category: Professional Services)
  • Coffs Coast Business Awards - ANZ Banking Group Professions and Services Business of the Year
    GHD Coffs Harbour
  • Engineering Excellence Awards QLD Division
    Green Bridge Project (Category: Project Infrastructure)
    Hale Street Link Feasibility Study (Highly Commended, Category: Reports, Procedures, Systems)
  • NZIA Resene New Zealand Awards for Architecture
    Grafton Bridge Safety Screens
  • Ingenium New Zealand Awards
    Hillsborough Infiltration/Inflow Pilot Reduction Program (Category: Investigations and Reporting)
    Hamilton Water Treatment Station Upgrade Project (Highly commended, Category: Capital Works)
    Knowledge Management Combats Toxin, Taste and Odour Risk (Category: Best technical presentation)
  • Engineering Excellence Awards VIC Division
    Mallaty Creek Pipeline Project (Category: Engineering Innovation)
  • Governor of Victoria Export Awards
    Services Award Commendee (International Development Assistance group)

2006

  • NZ Defence Industry Association
  • Filling of Fuel Storage Tunnels at HMNZ Navy Base Devonport (Category: Projects up to NZ$7 million)
    NZIA Resene New Zealand Awards for Architecture
  • Auckland Central Library
    ACEA Awards for Excellence Gold Award
  • Beenyup Wastewater Treatment Plant Odour Control and Upgrade Stage 2
  • Awards for Excellence Silver Award (Highly Commended)
  • Eildon Dam Improvement Project
  • Engineering Excellence Awards WA Division
  • Harvey Irrigation Pipeline Project – Phase 1 (Category: Engineering for Regional Communities)
    South West Metropolitan Railway Package E Detailed Design (Category: Infrastructure and Buildings)
  • Engineering Excellence Awards Newcastle Division
    Professional Engineer of The Year
  • Business Excellence Awards, Excellence in Business and Professional Services
    GHD Albury/Wodonga
  • Engineering Excellence Awards Vic Division
    Young Professional Engineer of the Year, Jon McNaught