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GHD United Kingdom was established in August 2006 and provides a range of consulting services in the water, transport, buildings, asset management and environment sectors. Since its inception, our UK Operating Centre has recruited and grown to a staff of 30 with offices in York, London, Birmingham and Bristol.

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Since its inception in York and London, GHD UK has grown to cover the south-west and midlands, giving us the ability to deliver projects locally to a wide range of clients.

Our clients include both private and public sector organisations across the UK such as Network Rail, Metronet, TfL, Tubelines, Merseyrail, RSSB and Colin Buchanan and Partners. We are supported by a network of over 100 offices across the globe and can bring the benefit of a fresh aspect to solutions for our clients using international experience and collaboration.

We have already undertaken a number of significant projects for our clients and we are continuing to deliver solutions allowing those clients to realise their objectives. Such work includes delivering an Integrated Management System, incorporating health and safety, environment and quality, gap analysis and benchmarking, asset management improvement programmes, environmental assessments and triple bottom line reporting.

For more information, please contact:

Chris Roberts
T: 44 (0) 121 632 2557 | F: 44 (0) 121 632 2556

Location/Postal Address:
Office 603
One Victoria Square
Birmingham B11BD

Asset Management Improvement Program

GHD is assisting Merseyrail, the UK urban train operator for Liverpool and surrounding areas, with a major business change program to update the management systems for its fleet.

The Asset Management Improvement Program (AMI P) is being delivered in partnership with Merseyrail. It follows an asset management maturity assessment undertaken in 2008 using GHD’s proprietary Total Enterprise Asset Management Quality Framework (TEAM QF) assessment model. The assessment process is aligned to BSI PAS 55 (a publicly available asset management specification) and provided Merseyrail with a roadmap for achieving its strategic asset management objectives for fleet reliability, availability and efficiency set out in its asset management strategy published in 2007.

Environmental Appraisal for Transport for London

In December 2007 Colin Buchanan was commissioned by Transport for London (TfL) to undertake a Scheme Identification Study for Henly’s Corner, the signal-controlled junction of the A406 North Circular and the A598 (Regents Park and Finchley roads) in the London borough of Barnet. At present this signalised junction is heavily congested during the peak hours and has a history of serious and fatal accidents.

Colin Buchanan commissioned GHD to undertake a high level non-statutory Environmental Appraisal (EA) of eight scheme options that were being developed for Henly’s Corner. The primary purpose of the EA was to evaluate to the fullest extent possible the likely environmental performance of the eight junction improvement options, both in order to inform the selection process and facilitate a TfL determination as to whether a formal Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was required for the preferred scheme.

UK rail footprint assessment

GHD partnered with CenSA on UK railways greenhouse gas emissions measurement.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) management is an essential part of any organisation’s sustainability and corporate responsibility agenda. In December 2008, the United Kingdom (UK) made a commitment to reduce its national carbon dioxide emissions, since upgraded to a reduction of at least 34 per cent by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050, in comparison to 1990 levels. In anticipation of tough regulatory and other policy drivers, the rail sector sought to better understand its contribution to the national GHG footprint and the ways in which this can be reduced.

David Marsden

David is a Chartered Engineer and has 35 years’ experience in infrastructure development, design and implementation. He has been involved in a number of major rail projects including the LU PPP with Metronet, West Coast Main Line Upgrade for Network Rail and the CrossRail project with Network Rail and LUL. He has managed large organisations in excess of 1100 people with turnover exceeding £100 million per annum. David’s technical experience is in telecommunications engineering and project management. His key focus is on business development for the UK and Europe, and leading the GHD business in the UK.

Position: Operating Centre Manager, UK
Tel: 44 (0) 1904 436100

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Jeremy Blake

Jeremy is a Chartered Civil Engineer and has over 26 years’ experience in infrastructure development, design and implementation. He has held a variety of technical, commercial and business development roles including the development of new service offerings. He has led commercial negotiations on major contracts including claims resolution. Jeremy has held the role of project director on a number of major infrastructure projects. His skills and knowledge are in railway civil engineering and multi-disciplinary project management. His key focus is on business development for the UK and Europe.

Position: Operations and Business Development Manager, UK
Tel: 44 1904 436103

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