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We are solving some of the world’s biggest challenges; cleaning up past legacies, creating new developments that preserve and improve our environment, and finding ways to use and re-use resources. We build safe and future-ready infrastructure to support places where communities can thrive.

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We pride ourselves on building long-term relationships based on trust and clear, practical advice. We deliver projects using a broad range of technical expertise at every stage of the project lifecycle, maximising opportunities and reducing risk.

 

A collaborative, customised approach

We combine world-class technical expertise, management consulting and engineering, from first-rate advice through to full implementation.

 

We’re planning for the future

Many of the projects we work on have long lives and will be in operation for many years to come. Future Ready thinking is about giving our engineers back their Brunel. Challenging all our teams to see the future more clearly and design for this today.

 

Creating a prosperous, resilient and sustainable society

Not only are we committed to applying our Future Ready values to our projects; we’re committed to creating a rewarding, inclusive and dynamic work environment. Our approach is recognised externally – we were named Company of the Year at the Global Good awards in 2019, and previously as BusinessGreen.com’s Consultancy of the Year and The Guardian’s Sustainability Consultant of the Year.

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Insights

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October 2020

What do the government’s proposed planning reforms mean for developers in the North West?

United Kingdom
Feature
Places
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July 2020 | 1 min

WSP responds to George Eustice speech

United Kingdom
News
Climate , COVID-19 , Resilience , Society
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June 2020

Rethinking Urban Planning in a Post COVID World

Blog
COVID-19 , Resilience , Places , Society
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June 2020

Sustainable Mobility Post COVID-19

Blog
COVID-19 , Mobility , Resilience , Climate
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June 2020

Up in the air: Resilience amidst uncertainty in the aviation sector

Canada
Feature
COVID-19 , Mobility , Places , Resilience , Society , Technology
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August 2019

Biodiversity Net Gain is Coming...

United Kingdom
Magazine
Resources , Society
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May 2019 | 4:45 minutes

Moving Toward Water and Waste Performance Improvement

United States
Feature
Resilience
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March 2019

Digital Transformation in Transport & Infrastructure

Feature
Mobility , Places , Resilience , Society , Technology
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March 2019

An Innovative Approach to Air Quality Management

Canada
Blog
Society , Technology
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November 2018 | 24 minutes

Taking Urban Development Underground

White Paper
Places , Society

News

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15 October 2020

WSP to lead on CO2 pipeline advice for HyNet North West hydrogen and CCUS project

Hydrogen and CCUS identified by Committee on Climate Change as essential to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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29 September 2020

WSP appointed by West Midlands Combined Authority to deliver trailblazing net zero plan

WSP to deliver WMCA’s first Five Year Plan as it gears up the region to be net zero by 2041.
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16 January 2020

WSP’s Future Ready programme helps clients deliver ecologically sound solutions

As businesses come under pressure to reduce the negative impacts of their operations, demand for environmental consultancy services is on the rise
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18 November 2019

Steel Award for Kiruna City Hall

Congratulations to our colleagues from WSP Sweden, whose project, the Kiruna City Hall, won a European Steel Design Award of Merit at the European Steel Design Awards held in Brussels on 14 October 2019.
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19 June 2019

WSP to Contribute Future Ready Thought Leadership to ICONHIC2019

ICONHIC2019 aims to bring together stakeholders from different disciplines—engineers, financers, insurers, and policy makers—to exchange experiences, ideas and perspectives on building future infrastructure resilience.
WSP Advises On Automated And Zero Emission Vehicles
14 August 2018

WSP Advises On Automated And Zero Emission Vehicles

The introduction of automated and zero emission vehicles will change the way we move around our streets, cities and regional areas.
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31 May 2018

Pioneering power generation technology moves a step closer

NET Power, a company developing a revolutionary emission-free natural gas power generation technology, has taken a leap forward with successful combustor first-fire at its 50MWth demonstration plant in Texas, USA. This major breakthrough was made possible in part thanks to the support of UK engineering consultancy WSP, who has been working on the green technology since 2013 from concept design through to commissioning support for its client NET Power.

 
Cardiff Heating Scheme
15 May 2018

Study by WSP helps move forward plans for £26.5m Cardiff heating scheme

A feasibility study completed by engineering consultant WSP has driven forward plans for Cardiff’s £26.5m waste-to-energy scheme which will provide a low-carbon heat network through the city.
Liverpool Energy Strategy
15 May 2018

WSP appointed to lead Liverpool City Region Energy Strategy

Professional services and engineering consultancy, WSP has been appointed by Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to develop a new city region energy strategy.

 
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09 April 2018

Our UK CEO, Mark Naysmith, commits to ‘Monday One Day’ campaign

‘Monday One Day’ is WSP’s bold new campaign to reduce carbon emissions from business travel as part of our bid to become carbon neutral by 2025. The campaign offers everyone the opportunity to sign up and be committed to avoid travelling for business on Mondays.