Philippines

At GHD Philippines, our clients benefit from the high professional skills of our staff and our ability to draw on GHD’s international resources for various specialist skills and services required to support any development. Established in 1998, GHD Philippines has a thriving Philippine business operation in addition to providing other GHD offices technical support for various international projects.

At the heart of our business in the Philippines is a team of more than 180 forward thinking engineers, architects, geologists, drafters, planners, environmental scientists, and management consultants working together to deliver innovative solutions to clients.

The GHD Philippines office grew dramatically in 1999 with the awarding of a three-year agreement to support the expansion of a water service concessionaire that provides water to seven million customers in the greater Metro Manila area.

We have since expanded our business to include urban development and planning services to reputable land development firms and to the first ethanol plant in the Philippines.

Our growing environmental group has provided environmental and engineering services to local and international companies and key players in the energy and mining sectors.

GHD Philippines also houses the International Development Assistance group, which facilitates and coordinates GHD’s activities with the Asian Development Bank, AusAID, the World Bank and other funding agencies.

Our office has developed a reputation within GHD’s international network for delivering high quality work under tight deadlines.

We encourage a regular exchange of staff between the Philippines and other offices in Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East to allow our people to interact in the international arena and hone their skills to international industry standards.

GHD Philippines can provide the following services:

  • Project Management to include Construction Support and Contract Administration
  • Architectural and Engineering Design, to include mechanical, electrical, hydraulics and fire protection
  • Landscaping
  • Urban Development
  • Environmental Management

For further information, please contact the following:

Bing Ruso
T: +63 2 479 5600 | F: +63 2 479 5601 | E: Email GHD in the Philippines

Location address
11th Floor, Alphaland Southgate Tower,
2258 Chino Roces Avenue cor EDSA, 1229 Makati City Philippines

Boracay Island Wastewater study

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Known for its pristine beaches and clean waters, Boracay is addressing its rising infrastructure and environmental protection needs. GHD was engaged by the Boracay Island Water Company to complete a wastewater planning study and provide reference designs for the existing 6.50 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) as well and two new ones with a combined capacity of 24 MLD. These STPs will cater to more than one million tourists (per annum) projected to visit the island - which was voted as the world’s best island destination for 2012.


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Rapu-Rapu Polymetallic Mine

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The Rapu-Rapu Polymetallic Project is estimated to have a potential investment of US$ 42 million and potential gross sales of US$ 41 million per year. GHD undertook a range of project tasks for the developer (Rapu-Rapu Processing Inc) and the contractor (Leighton Contractors, Philippines, Inc.)

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Manat Project Resource Assessment

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Indophil Resources

Indophil Resources had intersected complex epithermal gold-lead-zinc mineralisation during early exploration of their Manat Project in the Philippines and engaged GHD to provide an assessment of these exploration results.


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New ADB Technical Assistance Project in Palau

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Our International Development Assistance (IDA) Support Group in Manila has secured a technical assistance project with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the preparation of the Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Babeldaob, Palau.

Palau is a small idyllic Pacific Island nation with a population of around 20,000, with most habitants living on two of its many islands. The aim of the Technical Assistance is to define secure, reliable, and affordable water supplies to communities on Babeldaob and Koror islands. The envisaged outcome will be a plan for the sustainable development of the national water supply system and improved reliability and security of the water supply to Koror. A water supply master plan and feasibility studies associated with proposed sub-projects, including preliminary designs, will also be prepared. The feasibility studies will provide the basis for a future infrastructure investment project.


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Anvaya Cove

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GHD was commissioned by one of the Philippines largest property developers, Ayala Land, Inc. to prepare an infrastructure master plan, detailed designs, and environmental studies for the proposed first class resort facility development of a 400-hectare property in Morong, Bataan, adjacent to the former US Subic Naval Base.


The proposed development involved a range of themed residential communities, scenic golf course and country club, beach resort with inland freshwater lagoon features, destination spa, marina facility for yachts and other recreational vessels, and a resort hotel. All these will be set in the natural beach and mountain setting of the site.


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Maynilad Water Long Term Agreement

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Maynilad Water Services Inc. (MWSI) is one of two concessionaires in the world’s largest water and sewage privatization and serves a population of over 7.5 million in Manila’s west zone concession area.

Over a 4-year period GHD was mainly responsible for its project and construction management and project documentation, plus a range of services including asset management, and design of over 80 projects.  After being awarded one of two concessions to operate and maintain west zone water and sewerage system, Maynilad Water Services, Inc. embarked on a major plan to upgrade and increase its services and facilities. For this task, MWSI engaged GHD to a long-term agreement to provide the necessary expertise to guide them in its implementation.


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Sino Iron Ore Project

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The Sino Iron Project is Australia's first major magnetite project and the second largest project currently under construction in the Pilbara.

Due to its remote location 1200 kilometres north of Perth in Western Australia, the client CITIC Pacific Mining Management Pty Ltd required the development of dedicated infrastructure to support the USD3.5billion greenfields sino iron project.


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Anne Lavers

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Anne has more than 20 years experience as an engineering professional with a diverse skill base ranging through several disciplines including structural, civil, water/wastewater and the transportation sectors.

Prior to taking on the role of Philippines Operating Centre Manager, Anne spent two years in the Philippines office working as technical director for the water and energy and resources groups. As technical director, Anne provided technical and managerial leadership to the groups.

Anne was previously manager for GHD Townsville and GHD Wellington Operating Centres.

Position: Operating Centre Manager, Philippines
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Mario Dimagiba

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Mario has significant experience in managing multidiscipline teams involved in project and contract management and design consultancies. He has extensive knowledge in practically every aspect of the project development from planning, design and construction management; including contract administration and project documentation. He also has a strong technical background in projects relating to institutional buildings; urban and land development (residential subdivisions, industrial parks, resort developments, garden villages, town homes development, memorial parks); commercial and residential building infrastructure; office relocation and fit out; and municipal/ city water supply systems.


Position: Operations Manager
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Manny Ancheta

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Manny has more than 25 years' experience in mine design & planning for both open pit and underground mines, related buildings and structures, mine haulage roads, subdivisions, mine geology for both copper & gold, geodetic engineering (bathymetric, topography, cadastral and land surveying), geotechnical investigation and design management projects. He has significant work experience in project management and contract administration in the Philippines, Australia, Laos and more than 14 years in the Sultanate of Oman and United Arab Emirates.

Ancheta has overall responsibility for the civil and infrastructure and mining service groups of Philippines' office.

Position: Business Group Manager, Energy and Resources
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Junisse Mercado

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Junnise is a Chemical Engineer with a Master of Applied Science in Environmental Management (Lincoln University, New Zealand.) As one of the more senior members of the GHD Philippines Environment Group, she has gained extensive experience in a range or projects including environmental impact assessments (EIA ), monitoring, audit & due diligence, site assessments and environmental permitting. She recently concluded her training on sustainability services in Melbourne, Australia which include the conduct greenhouse gas emissions inventory and carbon footprinting.

Position: Business Group Manager, Environment
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Paul Hansford

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Paul is a civil engineer with more than 25 years' professional experience in the investigation, design and construction of civil engineering infrastructure including water supply, sewerage and drainage masterplans, assessment of water supply provisions, wastewater collection and treatment systems, wastewater recycling systems and drainage systems.

He has had significant involvement in projects in Australia, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Middle East.


Position: Business Group Manager, Water and Transportation, Manilla
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Romel Ignacio

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Romel has more than 12 years professional experience as a civil engineer. He has been involved in
the feasibility study and detailed engineering design of various land development and infrastructure
projects in the Philippines. His expertise includes design of storm drainage system.

Position: Service Group Manager, Transport & Civil Infrastructure
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Lorenzo Diaz

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Enzo is a registered architect with more than 18 years professional experience in the design and construction management of a variety of residential and commercial projects.  He has also had numerous commissions as an interior architect for offices and restaurants in prime locations in Metro Manila.  Some of these projects have graced the covers of architectural magazines and newspapers.

Enzo is currently managing various international architectural projects for GHD's global operations.

Position: Service Group Manager, Architecture
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Felix Buensuceso

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Felix is a registered Civil Engineer with more than 20 years experience in design, construction, and O&M support. His portfolio exemplifies the dynamic and practical application of engineering and project management throughout the project life-cycle gained from property development, general construction, utilities environmental projects, 3rd party inspections and audits, management/technical consultancy, and facilities management including operations and maintenance support.

Location: Manila
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