Transportation

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 17252

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Tom is GHD's business leader for transportation and logistics.

Tom has over 35 years’ experience in the management, planning, investigation, design and implementation of infrastructure projects. For many projects Tom has been responsible for establishing policies, setting standards, financial analyses and detailed negotiation with private and public enterprises.

He led the GHD teams that prepared the two national and eight state and territory Infrastructure Report Cards for Engineers Australia over a period of 5 years.

More recently, Tom spent a year in York, helping to establish GHD operations in the United Kingdom.

Position: Business Leader, Transportation
Tel: 61 2 9239 7206

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Steve is a transport economist with over 30 years' experience in both the maritime and landside transport sectors.

Steve has an extensive track record in economic and financial project evaluations, forecasting, feasibility studies, pricing, economic regulation and strategic planning. Steve is also the manager of the GHD Meyrick infrastructure economics group and is responsible for the performance of the team and the delivery of projects to clients globally. 

Steve’s qualifications include a BE(Hons), BEc, BA MEngSc, and a DipMath Dist). He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics, Australia the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association, the International Association of Maritime Economists and the Economic Society of Australia.

His areas of experience are:

• Economic project evaluations in both land and sea transport sectors
• Forecasting of trade
• Pricing and regulation reviews
• Competition policy and regulatory economics
• Strategic planning

Position: Group Manager
Tel: 61 2 4222 2350

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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 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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Tim is GHD’s Business Leader, Aviation.

Tim is an experienced leader of design and project teams, as well as business operations.

Before joining GHD, Tim was a part of Australia’s Department of Defence - Air Force Civil Engineering specialist area on civil engineering and airfield design, including structural design for blast, weapons resistant buildings and infrastructure. Tim joined the GHD aviation group in Canberra, Australia, in 1996 and then joined the regional management team in the Philippines in 1999.

In early 2003, he moved to Qatar in the Middle East as GHD Country Manager for Qatar. In 2005, he relocated to the United Arab Emirates as the GHD Manager Aviation Services, Middle East, taking up the global role of Business Leader in July 2005. Tim is now resident in Canberra, Australia.

Tim has lived and worked in Australia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Philippines, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea, United States, Russia, Cyprus and New Zealand.

Position: Business Leader, Aviation
Tel: 61 2 6245 1993

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