GHD demonstrates continued strength among the top design firms in the Americas

GHD ranked No. 29 on the Engineering News‑Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms 2026 list, which is based on annual design revenue. The ranking reflects the company’s performance across its Americas economic region, including the United States, Canada and Chile.

The rankings are based on annual revenue and are split into specific market categories. 

• No. 15 in water  

• No. 9 in hazardous waste  

• No. 16 in sewer and waste  

• No. 12 in international markets, reflecting the strength of operations in Canada and Chile 

• No. 20 among pure designers 

“Our most significant evolution over the past year has been our acute awareness of AI and our ability to continually adjust in an extremely fluid environment,” said Ted Whiton, GHD Executive General Manager of the United States. “We want our clients to benefit from AI through greater efficiency, while remaining pragmatic and intentional about how we deploy and manage these tools. At the same time, we have spent more time refining our commercial delivery approach, implementing programmatic models that make us easier to work with and ultimately result in a better client experience.” 

The ENR ranking underscores GHD’s strength in delivering complex infrastructure projects across the Americas. As project scale and complexity continue to rise, the firm is advancing how it plans, designs and delivers work — combining technical knowledge, digital capabilities and disciplined delivery models to support clients across the full project lifecycle. 

“As the only inaugural AEC company participating in the Frontier Firms initiative — a collaboration with the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard and Microsoft — we are helping to shape AI-first business models and organizational structures that meaningfully advance industry progress and set a benchmark for integrating AI while upholding client trust and value,” Whiton added.   

About GHD

GHD is a leading professional services company operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Committed to a vision to make water, energy, and communities sustainable for generations to come, GHD delivers advisory, digital, engineering, architecture, environmental and construction solutions to public and private sector clients. Established in 1928 and privately owned by its people, GHD’s network of 12,000+ professionals is connected across 165 offices located on five continents.