A modern, professional website reflects experience and supports recruitment and growth

Client

GHL Consultants

Services

  • Strategy
  • Copywriting
  • Website Design
  • Web Development
  • Headless CMS
Redesigned homepage for GHL Consultants featuring a large background image of a modern building with the heading, 'Navigating complexity, delivering solutions'

Project Goals

  • Demonstrate expertise

    Reflect GHL’s 30-plus years of expertise in fire science and building codes.
  • Support recruitment

    Portray the positive company culture and reflect their diverse and collaborative team.
  • Improve usability

    Be easy to understand and navigate as well as update and maintain.
Website homepage design displaying information about an organization follower by two side-by-side images. A consistent navigation follows the user down the page.

GHL website design and development

GHL is an established, engineer-led firm providing fire engineering and building code consulting services. They work with developers, architects, and municipal and provincial authorities to support design goals while meeting requirements for public safety.

A clean, professional website design and a robust user experience reflect the quality of GHL's work and establish the firm as a trusted expert. Developed with flexible components, the site ensures design consistency and supports ongoing development and growth.

A project portfolio page on a dynamic website features a large full-width image with a red overlay showcasing project details. A 'view images' link allows users to rotate through a carousel of images.

Project pages highlight details about the team and GHL's contribution to the project and feature a dynamic photo gallery. All information is customizable and design fallbacks are programmed to support changes to the information included.

"We had an excellent experience working with Julie to design our new website. She was professional, creative and, most importantly, understood and delivered on our vision. Since the launch of our new website, we have received great feedback from customers and staff about how polished and professional it is. We would recommend Julie to anyone who is looking to update or design a new website."
Gary Chen, Managing Principal
GHL Consultants
Mobile view of a website home page. White text overlays an image.
Mobile view of a website navigation. White text on a burgundy red background.
Responsive, mobile view of a webpage displaying an image of a building followed by a heading and copy.
Team photos displayed on a website.

To upgrade their traditional business headshots, new photos were taken inside and around their downtown office, offering an authentic portrait of each member of the GHL team.

Project page screenshot
Website design for GHL Consultants
A website design featuring large links to areas of expertise and featured projects.

Pages are built out of flexible components that support various content types and guide the user through the website to learn more about GHL's expertise and project experience.

A website design mockup displaying news items in a card format displaying title and date.

A dynamic resource library was created to feature articles and presentations produced by GHL's expert team. New and related resources can be placed in a flexible component around the site as relevant with all details maintained in one central location.

Website displaying related projects. Each project features a photo, heading and categories.

Project details pull from one central location to ensure consistency across the website.

A website about page displaying black and white photographs of large timber beams.

Photography is used to offer a behind the scenes glimpse into work at GHL.

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