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Getting the right priorities in place to deliver efficient, reliable and well-planned transportation systems are fundamental to a community's economic prosperity and quality of life.

GHD specialises in Transport Strategy & Economics, Rail, Roads & Highways, Aviation and Maritime & Coastal.

Economic and population growth, greater urbanisation and increased mobility are boosting demand for new infrastructure and straining the capacity and effectiveness of existing infrastructure. Single mode approaches are no longer viable as governments and stakeholders recognise the need for multi-modal solutions across the whole supply chain.

Across the whole transport spectrum of aviation, marine, roads and highways, rail and transportation and logistics, our team provides integrated transport services throughout the project lifecycle from initial policy, transport economics and business case advice, through concept, procurement, detailed design and construction to operations, maintenance and asset management.

We help clients develop sustainable solutions which balance infrastructure investment with demand reduction, land use strategies and system efficiencies.

A New Busway for Brisbane

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Queensland Transport engaged GHD to undertake a pre-feasibility investigation into the need, scope and likely issues involved with a proposal for the busway in the locality of the Gympie Road corridor. This corridor is a major arterial road that serves as both a regional linkage and a key component in the central northside district road network.

A range of previous studies, including the Corridor Selection Report, identified the need for a northern busway to provide a new public transport line haul (high quality, high frequency) route to support existing and future north side suburban services.

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Christchurch Priority Lanes, GHD

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GHD have been commissioned to design and construct bus priority lanes in the Christchurch CBD in order to alleviate the escalating congestion problem.      

GHD is in the initial design stage for the first of three bus priority lanes, along the Columbo Street corridor. The project involves the widening of this main arterial allowing for dedicated and on-peak-only bus lanes for travel into and away from the CBD. The lanes will extend for approximately 3.5 kilometres. Other design features include bus stop relocation, B-signals, PTIPS, cycle lanes and changes to roadside parking allowances.

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Design & Construct Travel Demand Management Auckland Motorways

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GHD is currently providing professional engineering services for the safety management of over half of Auckland City’s road network. This is a two to five year contract and is a key initiative toward meeting the objectives of the government’s Road Safety 2010 strategy.

The contract calls for investigation, feasibility analysis, preliminary and detailed design of road safety improvements. To meet these requirements, GHD has carried out and supplied Auckland City Council with:

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Doha Airport Terminal Extension

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Qatar Airways at Doha Airport needed a two-storey extension to the existing departures terminal. Building on previous experience gained from similar project work, GHD provided architectural and engineering design services, as well as contract administration and project management services.

The extension was designed and constructed on a fast-track basis, which enabled its completion within just six months. The new section has given Qatar Airways additional gate boarding lounges, a first class lounge and cafeteria, increased check-in area capacity and additional baggage handling systems.

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Highbrook Business Park

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Highbrook Business Park in New Zealand is nearing completion after a twelve-year involvement by GHD.

GHD was part of a team of international designers who developed the concept for the 190ha Highbrook Business Park, adjacent to Auckland’s Southern Motorway. Highbrook Business Park has attracted tenants from a wide range of businesses and will eventually accommodate up to 12,000 employees in 550,000sq m of industrial and commercial floor space.

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Merton Road Shared Cycleway

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GHD is pleased to announce the completion of the Merton Road Shared Cycleway in Auckland.  With innovation and team work at its core, the cycleway project is a success story for GHD, HEB and Auckland City Council. One kilometre in length, the cycleway presented a number of unique and interesting challenges for all parties involved. The preliminary design and consultation began in April 2009.

Considerable stakeholder management was crucial for this project and as part of the review process, included liaison with various groups including Cycling Action Auckland. The co-ordination of three contracts into one (OHUG, Physical Works and Resurfacing) was successfully executed to ensure optimum timeliness and cost saving.  

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Network Management Operations Contract

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GHD has a long-term contract to manage the entire traffic network for Auckland’s arterial and motorway networks.

This includes traffic signal optimisation, incident management, special events management and optimising traffic flows.

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Route Optimisation for EECA

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GHD was commissioned to evaluate the benefits of route optimisation for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).

GHD delivered a number of route optimisation reports detailing before and after evaluations using in-car groups to determine fuel, travel time and CO2 reductions of route optimisation.

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Transport Assessment Aids Port Expansion

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GHD recently completed a transport assessment on the impacts of a range of proposed infrastructure expansions at the Port of Portland in south-western Victoria. The project is one of high significance and the assessment played a critical role in the evaluation of the planning application by Victoria’s Minister for Planning.

A paramics micro-simulation transport model, developed by GHD, was a key feature of the assessment, allowing highly effective testing of the proposed impacts of the development on internal and external road and rail networks.

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Waioru Interchange

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The AUD$62 million Waiouru Interchange project represents a significant link in Auckland’s transport network. Manukau City Council and Transit New Zealand commissioned GHD as design consultant and then construction contract administrator on the project.

Key features of the project include two grade separated interchanges, the widening of more than two kilometres of motorway, the construction of local arterial roading as well as a large roundabout and a 200-metre long bridge. This challenging project required carefulcoordination to avoid interference with an adjacent power station cooling pond.

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Waikatipu Transport Study

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In a joint initiative, the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) and the Otago Regional Council (ORC) commissioned GHD to carry out a comprehensive study which would inform future transportation decisions in Queenstown.

The solutions researched and developed focused on Travel Demand Management (TDM) and maximising the public transport services in the district. Since the completion of the study, GHD has been assisting stakeholders in implementing the recommended strategy.

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Wimmera Regional Intermodal Freight Hub

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In response to the Victorian Government's aim to increase the share of freight transported to Victorian ports by rail, GHD is playing a lead role in the planning, design and construction of a vital freight transport hub in northwest Victoria.

Efficient and strategically located intermodal terminals facilitate the transport of freight from one mode to another.

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北京轨道交通房山线长阳镇站及周边用地一体化设计方案

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项目名称：北京轨道交通房山线长阳镇站及周边用地一体化设计方案

客户名称：北京房山区政府内容

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Asset & Facilities Management
aviation		 Airports
aviation		 Aviation
aviation		 Bridges
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Economics & Logistics
rail		 Intelligent Transport Systems
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marine		 Pavement Engineering
Pavement Engineering
Rail
Train		 Railways
station		 Roads & Highways
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Transportation Planning & Traffic
rail		 Tunnelling
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Ian Dawson

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Ian Dawson is GHD’s global leader for transportation.

Ian has spent the past 25 years looking at better ways to transport people and products. He has overseen the design of some of the most important road and rail projects in Australia’s largest city, Sydney, and has managed major port redevelopments on Australia’s east coast.

With almost 30 years' in the industry, Ian has experience in the management, planning, design, documentation and construction supervision of major transport, industrial, port and coastal engineering projects. Ian is particularly interested in integrated passenger transport systems and the 'whole logistics chain' approach to the movement of freight.

His multi-national experience extends across Australia and South East Asia and includes breakwaters, foreshore and coastal developments, dredging, marinas, small craft facilities, slipways, wharves, jetties, heavy-duty pavements, bridges, roads and building structures.

Position: Global Leader, Transportation
Tel: 61 2 9239 7252

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Martin Baggott

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Martin is GHD's business leader for rail.

Martin has 30 years' experience spanning track infrastructure, railway operations and commercial feasibility. He has successfully contributed to the matters associated with access regulation in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia over the past 7 years, focussing on capital and maintenance expenditure and conditions of access.

Martin has negotiated with train operators to produce workable and commercially acceptable outcomes, helping maximise asset utilisation. This experience has been brought to bear in regulatory situations where practical and efficient methods of train operation and track maintenance and expenditure have been applied to reviews of operators’ proposals.

Previously Chief Operating Officer for Westrail, with an organisation of 2500 staff, Martin’s package of experience combines senior management roles in the operation and maintenance of railways with regulatory experience in the new generation of private and corporatised railways.

Position: Business Leader, Rail
Tel: 61 3 8687 8998

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Rob Gilmore

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Rob is GHD's business leader for roads and highways.

Rob has 27 years' experience in the transport sector covering a wide range of technical, project management and management aspects in both construction and maintenance areas. 

Over the past 15 years he has operated at a strategic level developing and maintaining key client relationships across GHD's transport business, providing project leadership and strategic advice to key international clients.

Position: Business Leader, Roads & Highways
Tel: 64 9 421 9223

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Shaun Smedley

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Shaun is GHD's Business Leader for Traffic and Transport Modelling.

Transport services and infrastructure development are currently undergoing unprecedented growth globally. To enable clients to extract optimum value from projects, adequate and appropriate planning is must be undertaken. Industry now looks to Integrated Transport Modelling to provide accurate, succinct and cost effective assessment and understanding. Models are now being developed to appreciate traffic flow ,congestion and pedestrian interaction.

Shaun Smedley demonstrates extensive experience and reputation for managing transport modelling projects. He has contributed to more than 70 transport modelling projects over the past 10 years, varying in size and complexity. Many of these projects have now been implemented or are moving into their next phases of delivery, such as the South Morang Rail Extension, where GHD undertook patronage forecasting and assessment of the local road network impacts to private vehicles and bus routes.

Shaun embraces the opportunity to utilise GHD’s transport modelling skills on new transport infrastructure projects; from mega-developments to smaller-scale assignments, ensuring client satisfaction is the ultimate priority.

Position: Business Leader, Traffic and Transport Modelling
Tel: 61 3 8687 8164

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Barbara Van Heerden

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Barbara Van Heerden is GHD's business leader for Integrated Urban Transportation

Transportation is not only about connectivity and moving people and goods from one place to another; it also affects community character, the environment, and economic development patterns. An effective transportation system can improve a country’s economy, shape development patterns, influence quality of life and protect the natural environment.

Barbara is a Chartered Engineer with 26 years’ experience in integrated transport planning, master planning, transport and development impact assessments, multi-modal transit planning, corridor management & assessment, airport planning and major event planning, including Olympic transport planning. Barbara’s international experience in the planning and delivery of transport projects extends to the USA, the UK and the Middle East, as well as South Africa and Namibia.

Barbara’s wide range of knowledge provides clients with an extensive understanding of integrated urban transport. She recognises the benefits of a well planned, integrated transport system and also appreciates the challenges associated with the planning and implementation of such systems to achieve long term mobility goals and develop sustainable communities.

Position: Business Leader, Integrated Urban Transportation
Tel: 61 7 3316 3106

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Michael Wright

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Michael Wright is the Business Leader - Marine. He has more than twenty five years' experience in Australia, Middle East and the South Pacific in the planning, investigation, environmental assessment, design, contract documentation, site supervision and environmental management of coastal and maritime projects.

His main areas of experience include dredging, management and disposal of dredged material, beach nourishment, coastal protection structures, port and harbour structures, marinas, small craft facilities, boat ramps and environmental rehabilitation projects.

Position: Business Leader - Marine
Tel: 61 2 9239 7100

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Steve Kanowski

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Steve is an economist with over 25 years' experience in the transport, infrastructure and resources sectors. He has undertaken projects for major transport and infrastructure operators, transport authorities, development agencies, regulatory bodies and aid agencies such as the World Bank and AusAid as well as numerous private financial institutions. As an experienced transport consultant, Steve brings a breadth of skills gained from numerous transport sector projects (aviation, rail, maritime and roads), particularly those involving project appraisal/economic evaluation, demand forecasting, market analysis and strategic planning..

Position: Business Leader – Transport Strategy & Economics
Tel: 61 7 3316 3151

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Andrew Collinson

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Andy's varied project experience includes multidisciplinary design leadership of the eastern end of the UK's Channel Tunnel Rail Link, leadership of the concept development of the new Kings Cross Thameslink Underground Station and acting as the UK Rail Regulator's strategic advisor on Asset Knowledge Management.

Andy's business leadership experience has included being the MD of the multidisciplinary, multinational rail business of a major European consultancy and co-founder of the successful international strategic rail consultancy, CDL, recently acquired by GHD. These roles have provided Andy with a clear understanding of the whole life cycle, whole business challenges of building, running and maintaining a successful railway system.

A Chartered Engineer and Chartered Director, Andy has worked in the Middle East, Australia, the UK and Ireland and on projects in locations including Africa, New Zealand and Eastern Europe. His 29 years in industry include over 20 years in rail.

Position: Business Leader, Rail for the Middle East and UK
Tel:44 1904 436 100

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Paula Arias

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Paula Arias is a Structural Engineer with a Masters in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering. She has more than 17 years of experience in ports and marine projects, consulting to a broad range of public and private sector clients. Previous to GHD, Paula worked in the Ministry of Public Works of Chile, where she contributed to major projects within the Ports Authority. From 2000 - 2006, Paula was responsible for project development and implementation for the Engineering Unit of the Department of Projects. Paula's extensive experience covers ports, artificial beaches, waterfront developments, fishing coves, passenger terminals and connecting port infrastructure.

Position: Business Leader Marine - South America
Tel: 56 2 433 5409

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