Shaping what's next, together
Finding clarity through the fog of climate and infrastructure resilience
Infrastructure is more than pipes and pavement – it’s what connects us. It influences the wellbeing of our communities, the health of our environment and the resilience of our economies.
Across Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific, communities are navigating increasing pressure, from climate resilience and growth to ageing infrastructure and changing expectations.
The decisions made today shape how places function tomorrow, influencing how communities grow, how environments respond and how infrastructure performs over time.
Our teams across Aotearoa and the Pacific are backed by more than 12,000 specialists globally, bringing the right capability when it’s needed, while staying grounded in the evolving realities of the regions and communities we work in.
We work alongside iwi partners, clients and communities, bringing specialist Māori business and engagement capability to shape practical, future-focused outcomes, from strategy and planning through to design and delivery.
We deliver complex, large-scale infrastructure across Aotearoa and the Pacific including Roads of National Significance, major water programmes and region-shaping transport, property and renewable energy projects.
We stay close to the reality of projects as they unfold. That means understanding what clients are dealing with day to day, being careful about what we commit to and delivering on it.
Built around people, place and possibility
Every place comes with its own pressures, constraints and expectations. We start by listening closely and understanding what matters in context, shaping solutions that reflect how projects will actually be designed and delivered.
Across water, transport, property, energy and environment, we bring the right people together early and stay alongside our clients as challenges emerge, working through issues in real time.
We’re trusted on projects that require practical thinking, sound advice and delivery that follows through.
Our work is practical and considered. From nationally significant transport infrastructure to critical water and resilience programmes, our experience reflects the scale and complexity of the challenges our clients face:
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Connected across the full lifecycle
We work across the full infrastructure lifecycle, keeping strategy, design and delivery connected so projects run as intended. Our work includes:
- Strategic advisory and business case development
- Planning, consenting and stakeholder engagement
- Detailed design and technical delivery
- Programme and project management
- Construction phase support and delivery integration
- Asset performance, optimisation and resilience planning
Our teams stay connected across each stage, so decisions reflect real-world constraints and delivery stays true to what was intended. Continuity improves how our projects run, with fewer disconnects, better decisions and smoother delivery when it matters most.
Our people’s technical excellence shows up in how work performs on the ground and in outcomes.
Community impact
Our role in infrastructure goes beyond what we deliver. It’s also about the impact left behind. We partner with organisations, communities and local initiatives creating environmental, social and community outcomes that last. From biodiversity restoration and supplier diversity to collaborative problem-solving and volunteering, these partnerships reflect a broader view of infrastructure connected to place and people.
Environmental stewardship
Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne
As a proud partner with Zealandia, we support the ongoing restoration of native biodiversity in the heart of Wellington, staying closely involved as the sanctuary evolves and grows.
Christchurch Community Waterways
Through our long-standing partnership with Christchurch City Council, we help maintain and improve the city’s waterways to protect communities from flooding and support healthier ecosystems.
Building capability
Smart Seeds
Smart Seeds is a GHD-led design-thinking programme that brings together early career professionals to work on real infrastructure challenges. It’s practical, grounded in real conditions and builds capability while creating ideas that can be implemented to support our local communities.
Te Ara Rere – Graduate Rotation Programme
We are a delivery partner in Te Ara Rere, a three-year rotational development programme across Auckland’s water sector. Graduates complete 12-month rotations with Auckland Council, Fulton Hogan and GHD, gaining experience across client, contractor and consultant environments.
The programme builds well-rounded engineers with a practical understanding of how infrastructure is planned, delivered and operated. It also strengthens capability across the sector and supports better outcomes for communities.
STEAM Education
We support programmes that open up pathways into science, technology, engineering, arts and maths, particularly for young people who might not otherwise have access.
Supporting local economies
Supplier diversity
We are building more inclusive supply chains by working with Māori, Pasifika and locally owned businesses across Aotearoa, increasing participation in infrastructure delivery and supporting local economic opportunity.
We partner with organisations such as Amotai to connect businesses with real project opportunities and keep investment within the community’s projects serve.
Community programmes and volunteering
Across Aotearoa, the Pacific and globally, we support practical initiatives focused on environmental restoration, housing, disaster response and access to water, sanitation and energy, alongside hands-on volunteering in the communities we’re part of.
The challenges are real but so is the opportunity to respond with care and practical thinking.
We work alongside our clients to navigate complexity, solve problems as they arise and help deliver infrastructure that performs, now and into the future.
Designing for the future by taking today seriously.