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We have driven advances in engineering and innovative techniques to streamline building construction, minimize costs and reduce commercial risks. We pioneered the method of top-down construction for The Shard in London, saving approximately four months on the program. The technique is now used in many of our high-rise projects.
During the design process we routinely seek to identify opportunities to reuse existing materials or incorporate recycled and/or locally sourced materials into structures. We use carbon and energy assessment tools to calculate the embodied carbon for all structural options, and we advise on ways to reduce construction waste through material selection and construction methods.
We are leaders in the structural design of high-rise buildings, with a portfolio of iconic towers including the World Trade Center and The Shard. We are now delivering a new generation of super-slender high rise residential developments with buildings such as 432 Park Avenue, the exceptionally slim, 426m-high residential, hotel and commercial tower in New York, currently the tallest residential building gracing city skylines in the western hemisphere. These slender buildings help developers make the most of limited real estate in urban areas and to capitalize on small and constricted sites to create highly desirable residences with magnificent views and high market values.
The subterranean addition to the University of Chicago's Regenstein library, the Mansueto Library is housed beneath a 120-foot by 240-foot clear span dome. Its elliptical plan extrudes 60 feet below grade to create a single underground volume of nearly one million cubic feet.
Transparency and energy efficiency were the focus for this bookless library on Loyola University Chicago's Lake Shore Campus. Situated on the compact campus's only remaining open space along Lake Michigan, maximizing views through the building was critical, but without increasing energy costs. WSP USA developed the thinnest profiled structure possible to be visually exposed and integrated into the building's energy concept.
The prestigious new Fordham Law School is part of Fordham University's expansion plans for their Upper West Side campus. WSP USA provided structural engineering for the new 22-story building.
505 Church Street is the tallest residential tower in Nashville.