Transport and Infrastructure

The Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link Program (WHTBL) is a major program of works comprising a new motorway crossing of Sydney Harbour, creating a new western bypass of the Sydney CBD Improving the efficiency of Australia’s busiest road, the Warringah Freeway and a motorway link between the Northern Beaches and the existing Sydney motorway network near North Sydney and Artarmon.

WSP has furthered its collaboration with the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) working together on Inland Rail with the recent award of the Albury to Illabo and Stockinbingal to Parkes Design and Environmental Services contract.

We are delighted to announce Ana Bos, Regional Executive for Transport in South Australia, has been successful in her application to join the Roads Australia 2021 Fellowship Program.

Congratulations to Kay Nagendra-Meynard, who has been appointed Regional Executive for Transport Bridges and Structures (BAS) in NSW for WSP.

Last week, our WSP experts shared six presentations on the latest insights gained from working on complex geotechnical projects across Australia such as the West Gate Tunnel, Sydney Metro and Green Square.

At a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, the Rail Technical Society for Australasia presented its 2020 Biennial Project Award to the game-changing Caulfield to Dandenong (CTD) Level Crossing Removal Project – the project’s 12th major industry honour.

Respected rail leader, Samantha McWilliam, has been appointed to the role of National Executive for Rail with WSP – a key step forward for the firm in fostering bold leadership and expertise in its Australian business.

Now more than ever it’s important that we make plans to boost the resilience and liveability of our regional centres to ensure their growth.

WSP Rail Systems Engineer, Georgina Hartwell, has been elected as the first female Chairperson of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers Australasia (IRSE). For the past two years, Georgina has been the Vice Chairperson, and that role now goes to another talented WSP colleague, David Woodcock, Senior Principal Signalling Engineer.

We are pleased to welcome Toby Horstead to the position of Principal Asset Management Consultant for WSP in Australia. Recognised for his whole-of-life approach to asset management and for leading the development and management of network and asset strategies for the Asset Standards Authority within Transport for NSW (TfNSW), Toby will help the firm broaden its advisory offering.