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.   

Acerca de GHD

GHD es una empresa líder en servicios profesionales que opera en los mercados mundiales de agua, energía y recursos, medio ambiente, infraestructura y edificaciones, y transporte. Comprometidos con la visión de garantizar que el agua, la energía y las comunidades sean sostenibles para las futuras generaciones, GHD ofrece soluciones en consultoría, servicios digitales, ingeniería, arquitectura, medio ambiente y construcción a clientes del sector público y privado. Fundada en 1928 y propiedad de sus trabajadores, GHD cuenta con una red de más de 12.000 profesionales en más de 165 oficinas en cinco continentes.