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  "url": "https://voltformer.com/epc-contractors/ghd",
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    "id": "ghd",
    "slug": "ghd",
    "name": "GHD",
    "legalName": "GHD Group Limited",
    "country": "Australia",
    "headquarters": "Sydney, Australia (group corporate contact); founded in Melbourne",
    "tagline": "Employee-owned engineering and professional services",
    "overview": "GHD is an employee-owned engineering and professional-services firm founded in Melbourne in 1928. Its work spans advisory, planning, design and project services across water, energy, transport and the built environment. Its role is normally professional services; design or advisory appointments do not mean it supplies or constructs the whole facility.",
    "specialization": [
      "Energy transition and renewables",
      "Environmental assessment and approvals",
      "Water and wastewater planning/design",
      "Transport and infrastructure advisory"
    ],
    "services": [
      {
        "name": "Engineering and design",
        "description": "Multidisciplinary technical design and engineering services for client-owned infrastructure and facilities."
      },
      {
        "name": "Advisory and approvals",
        "description": "Environmental impact assessment, planning, business-case and regulatory support; scope is advisory unless a separate delivery contract says otherwise."
      },
      {
        "name": "Project management",
        "description": "Client-side programme, project and construction-phase services with defined professional responsibilities."
      },
      {
        "name": "Water infrastructure",
        "description": "Planning and design support for dams, treatment, water-supply and wastewater programmes."
      }
    ],
    "keyProjects": [
      {
        "title": "Blue Mackerel offshore wind EIA",
        "client": "Parkwind (JERA Nex)",
        "country": "Australia · Gippsland, Victoria",
        "capacityOrScope": "Environmental impact assessment and approvals for a proposed 1 GW offshore wind development targeting 2032–33.",
        "description": "GHD was appointed to lead the EIA and approvals process. This is an environmental and planning advisory appointment for a proposed project, not a construction or operating-plant contract.",
        "technologies": [
          "Offshore wind",
          "Environmental impact assessment",
          "Approvals planning"
        ],
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au/about-ghd/news/press-releases/16-07-2025-ghd-secures-key-role-on-blue-mackerel-offshore-wind-project"
      },
      {
        "title": "TasWater Engineering, Planning and Design Framework",
        "client": "TasWater",
        "country": "Australia · Tasmania",
        "capacityOrScope": "Selected engineering/planning/design partner for a 10-year A$100m programme covering dams, water and sewerage upgrades.",
        "description": "GHD provides professional services through TasWater’s EPD framework, integrating planning and design across major projects and renewals. The framework appointment is not a construction EPC award.",
        "technologies": [
          "Dam infrastructure",
          "Water supply",
          "Wastewater systems"
        ],
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au/about-ghd/news/07-10-2025-taswater-epd-announcement"
      },
      {
        "title": "Upper South Creek Advanced Water Recycling Centre",
        "client": "Sydney Water; delivery consortium John Holland and TRILITY",
        "country": "Australia · New South Wales",
        "capacityOrScope": "Detailed design for a 35 ML/day foundation plant and associated 4 MW solar farm, with network and future expansion provisions for up to 70 ML/day.",
        "description": "GHD and Jacobs designed the 35 ML/day foundation plant with network and future expansion provisions for up to 70 ML/day; John Holland and TRILITY held delivery roles. The facility uses biological treatment, membrane bioreactor and advanced water treatment, with anaerobic digestion and solar energy recovery. GHD’s documented role is consulting/design, not plant construction.",
        "technologies": [
          "Membrane bioreactor",
          "Anaerobic digestion",
          "Solar energy recovery"
        ],
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.ghd.com/en/projects/delivering-sustainable-wastewater-treatment-services-for-western-sydney"
      }
    ],
    "highlightStats": [
      {
        "label": "Founded in Melbourne",
        "value": "1928"
      },
      {
        "label": "TasWater programme value",
        "value": "A$100m / 10 years"
      },
      {
        "label": "Upper South Creek design facility",
        "value": "35 ML/day"
      }
    ],
    "foundedYear": 1928,
    "countryCode": "AU",
    "website": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au",
    "logo": "/logos/ghd.svg",
    "sectors": [
      "renewable-energy",
      "substations-transmission",
      "power-generation"
    ],
    "turnkeyCapabilities": {
      "engineeringDesign": true,
      "procurementSupply": false,
      "constructionCivil": false,
      "commissioningTesting": false,
      "substationEpc": false,
      "highVoltageTransmission": false,
      "powerPlantEpc": false,
      "gridInterconnection": true
    },
    "certifications": [],
    "contactInfo": {
      "address": "Sydney, Australia (group corporate contact); founded in Melbourne",
      "website": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au",
      "inquiryUrl": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au/contact-us"
    },
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "GHD · History",
        "url": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au/about-ghd/our-history"
      },
      {
        "name": "GHD · Privacy policy and group controller contact",
        "url": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au/privacy-policy"
      },
      {
        "name": "GHD · Jim Giannopoulos biography",
        "url": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au/biography/jim-giannopoulos"
      },
      {
        "name": "Sydney Water · Upper South Creek project FAQ",
        "url": "https://www.sydneywater.com.au/water-the-environment/what-we-are-doing/projects-in-your-area/uppersouthcreek-advanced-water-recycling-centre.html"
      },
      {
        "name": "GHD · Blue Mackerel offshore wind EIA",
        "url": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au/about-ghd/news/press-releases/16-07-2025-ghd-secures-key-role-on-blue-mackerel-offshore-wind-project"
      },
      {
        "name": "GHD · TasWater Engineering, Planning and Design Framework",
        "url": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au/about-ghd/news/07-10-2025-taswater-epd-announcement"
      },
      {
        "name": "GHD · Upper South Creek Advanced Water Recycling Centre",
        "url": "https://www.ghd.com/en/projects/delivering-sustainable-wastewater-treatment-services-for-western-sydney"
      }
    ]
  },
  "leadership": {
    "name": "Jim Giannopoulos",
    "role": {
      "en": "Chief Executive Officer",
      "tr": "İcra Kurulu Başkanı",
      "de": "Unternehmensleiter (CEO)",
      "ru": "Генеральный директор",
      "es": "Director ejecutivo",
      "ar": "الرئيس التنفيذي",
      "it": "Amministratore delegato",
      "pt": "Diretor executivo"
    },
    "since": "2024-04-02",
    "verifiedOn": "2026-10-11",
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "GHD · CEO biography",
        "url": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au/biography/jim-giannopoulos"
      },
      {
        "name": "GHD · CEO appointment",
        "url": "https://www.ghd.com/en-au/about-ghd/news/02-04-2024-ghd-names-jim-giannopoulos-as-new-global-ceo"
      }
    ],
    "biography": {
      "en": "Jim Giannopoulos became GHD Chief Executive Officer on 2 April 2024 and is based in Melbourne. He previously led GHD’s Americas region and joined the firm as a graduate chemical engineer more than 30 years earlier.",
      "tr": "Jim Giannopoulos, 2 Nisan 2024’te GHD İcra Kurulu Başkanı oldu ve Melbourne’de görev yapıyor. Daha önce GHD’nin Amerika kıtasındaki bölgesini yönetti; şirkete 30 yılı aşkın süre önce yeni mezun kimya mühendisi olarak katıldı.",
      "de": "Jim Giannopoulos wurde am 2. April 2024 CEO von GHD und hat seinen Sitz in Melbourne. Zuvor leitete er die Region Americas und trat dem Unternehmen vor mehr als 30 Jahren als graduierter Chemieingenieur bei.",
      "ru": "Джим Джаннопулос стал генеральным директором GHD 2 апреля 2024 года и работает в Мельбурне. Ранее он руководил регионом Americas и более 30 лет назад пришёл в компанию молодым инженером-химиком.",
      "es": "Jim Giannopoulos asumió como director ejecutivo de GHD el 2 de abril de 2024 y tiene su base en Melbourne. Antes dirigió la región de América y se incorporó hace más de 30 años como ingeniero químico recién graduado.",
      "ar": "أصبح جيم جيانوبولوس الرئيس التنفيذي لـGHD في 2 أبريل 2024، ويتخذ من ملبورن مقرًا لعمله. سبق أن قاد منطقة الأمريكتين وانضم إلى الشركة قبل أكثر من 30 عامًا مهندسًا كيميائيًا حديث التخرج.",
      "it": "Jim Giannopoulos è diventato amministratore delegato di GHD il 2 aprile 2024 e ha sede a Melbourne. In precedenza guidava la regione Americas ed era entrato oltre 30 anni fa come neolaureato in ingegneria chimica.",
      "pt": "Jim Giannopoulos tornou-se diretor executivo da GHD em 2 de abril de 2024 e está baseado em Melbourne. Antes liderou a região das Américas e ingressou na empresa há mais de 30 anos como engenheiro químico recém-formado."
    }
  },
  "news": [
    {
      "title": "Reconciliation at GHD: action, partnership and progress",
      "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/ghd-reconciliation-action-progress"
    },
    {
      "title": "GHD recognised at Consult Australia Awards for Excellence",
      "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/ghd-upper-south-creek-awards"
    },
    {
      "title": "GHD welcomes funding for high-speed rail business case",
      "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/ghd-high-speed-rail-business-case"
    },
    {
      "title": "Franco-Australian grant backs GHD mine-tailings research",
      "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/ghd-tailings-critical-minerals"
    },
    {
      "title": "GHD partners with TasWater on a decade of water infrastructure",
      "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/ghd-taswater-epd-framework"
    },
    {
      "title": "GHD secures key role on Blue Mackerel offshore wind project",
      "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/ghd-blue-mackerel-offshore-wind"
    },
    {
      "title": "GHD names Jim Giannopoulos as new global CEO",
      "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/ghd-jim-giannopoulos-ceo"
    }
  ]
}