Environment

The Port Lands Flood Protection project will re-naturalize the Don Valley River and realign Cherry Street to safeguard Downtown Toronto from increasing risks of flood and help spur economic growth and strengthen biodiversity.

Advising on all project stages to respect and preserve the natural nocturnal area lighting.

The New Calumet Mine in Québec, Canada, was a lead, gold, zinc and silver mine which was partially decommissioned in the 1970’s.

Bats are an integral part of our ecosystems, and some bat species in Canada are currently listed as endangered due to population declines. In order to receive provincial or federal environmental authorizations, surveys to assess impacts on Species at Risk are critical for many projects. Compensation measures for bats may also be required and solutions to enhance or protect bat habitats can be integrated into restoration or mine reclamation sites.

WSP has designed one of the world’s longest bridges solely for public transport, pedestrians and cyclists.

Our environmental liability advice helped to inform a business acquisition in Papua New Guinea.

WSP delivered an unconventional and innovative solution for ammonia nitrogen water treatment for a mining operation in northern Canada.

The tram network in Stockholm is undergoing a major expansion. Tramway City is expected to carry 63,000 passengers per day in 2030 and will supply the new Royal Seaport district with efficient and environmentally friendly public transport.

There’s certainly no shortage of sunshine in the Kalahari Desert but, until now, there had been no way of actually using it to support the economic development of South Africa’s Northern Cape region.

The project involved the replacement of a gaseous chlorine system with a liquid bulk hypochlorite system at the Coquitlam Water Treatment Plant (WTP), one of two treatment plants in the Metro Vancouver Region. A critical step in the water treatment process, the chlorine disinfection process was continuously operated throughout this conversion.