Acting locally means being present in our communities. With more than 500 offices throughout the…
Every city is its own microcosm, confronting complexities that are as unique as the people who live there.
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The world is urbanizing. Between 1995 and 2015, the number of megacities worldwide – defined as a city with more than 10 million inhabitants – has more than doubled, from 14 to 29. Small and medium cities, meanwhile, now account for 59% of the world's population and are growing at even faster rates. At the same time, however, there are certain challenges like aging infrastructure that are being confronted worldwide.
Improving Community Life with Innovation
At WSP, we care about your city because it's our home too. The teams who live and work in these growing metropolises must lay the foundations for infrastructure that can adapt over time, in parallel with our changing lifestyles. Smart cities must be designed resilient and continue to provide opportunities for employment while offering comfortable living accommodations.
There is also a pressing need to reduce the energy and water use of established cities as well as the amount of waste they produce, but there are many political and economic barriers to the substantial changes that are required. Cities are where future economic growth will be concentrated – but that growth must be decoupled from negative environmental and social impacts. Thanks to our local presence in over 500 cities around the world, we work in the communities we live in and design comprehensive, innovative, and cost-effective solutions that make those communities more livable and at the same time meet the needs and requirements of each client by optimising the municipality's infrastructure.
For example, we have implemented a variety of innovative solutions for the community of Southfork, near Edmonton, Canada, which has made Southfork the number one selling community in the city of Leduc. Working with Tamani Communities, we have provided landscape and civil engineering services since 2010. As of 2015, we have serviced approximately 750 lots. Southfork Stage 3A included landscape design for the storm water pond, a large park that contains a toboggan hill and playground, and an abundance trails and greenspace throughout the neighbourhood. Stage 3A and newer stages have since focused on introducing a variety of family-orientated housing options into the neighbourhood.
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Combining Local Service with Global Experience
With over 50 years of infrastructure engineering experience working with city managers and developers, our teams have the technical expertise to deliver infrastructure on par with the world's best cities, on time and within budget. Our portfolio includes projects of varying size and scale in urban centres, towns, and regions with extreme climate.
Lu'Luat Al Raha is a stunning 82.4ha, mixed use development of a reclaimed island, comprising residential, commercial, retail, leisure, and entertainment facilities located in the core of Al Raha beach, Abu Dhabi. Commissioned by International Capital Trading, we designed the infrastructure for the whole island (Phases I & II) including utilities, roads, sewerage, storm water drainage, irrigation, potable water, landscape, and the marina, as well as undertaking the construction site supervision. We were also involved in the land reclamation, which we developed from a bathymetric survey.
Urban Planning and Master Planning
Infrastructure Planning and Management
Building Information Modelling - BIM
Geotechnical and Ground Engineering
Lighting Design for Transport Infrastructure
Courtice Water Pollution Control Plant
An Integrated Resource Recovery (IRR) strategy was developed for the Courtice Water Pollution Control Plant and was a first step towards the sustainability of this 68.2 MLD plant. The study searched for technical solutions to derive value from the plant's waste and to minimize its inputs. The results not only brought focus to the Region, which lead to the IRR option to pursue further into the design and implementation phase, but also immediate improvements with the implementation of short-term solutions.
Mapping Charging Needs in Oslo
WSP has been commissioned by the Agency of Urban Environment to map vehicle charging needs for private individuals in Oslo. This assignment was intended to identify and map the areas that currently have the greatest charging needs, as well as where the biggest increases will occur in the next few years.
Atlantinsilta Bridge, Helsinki
Atlantinsilta will be a new bridge in Ahdinallas in the Jätkäsaari district of Helsinki, serving both residents of the area and passengers arriving at the West Terminal. WSP designed the bridge and its supporting walls. The theme of the bridges and waterfront structures is water diversity. A well-defined material and tone library bring out the subtle design of the waterfront walls.
Turcot Interchange – Dynamic and smart stormwater management
The project included construction of numerous water management structures, including surface retention ponds, line retention, flow controllers and two pump stations.
Stockholm Royal Seaport
Stockholm Royal Seaport will be a vibrant waterfront community, built on 236ha of former industrial land. The first phase of the development is now on site and, over the next 15 years, the plan is to build 12,000 new apartments, and 35,000 new work places.
Väsjön Urban Development Project
As general consultant for the municipality of Sollentuna, WSP is working on an exciting sustainable neighbourhood in Väsjön, Stockholm.
Lower Simcoe Street Off Ramp
WSP reconfigures and upgrades Downtown Toronto's Lower Simcoe Street (York-Bay-Yonge) Off Ramp.
Turku, Western Finland
Turku Tramway System
The City of Turku has had an average annual growth of 1,600 new residents over the past five years.
Pie-IX Bus Rapid Transit
This integrated commuter project will provide better transport and revitalize a main urban corridor in Montreal.
Earls Court Redevelopment
Delivering the plan for much needed housing for London along with improved public realm and transport improvements