Environment & Sustainability

In an increasingly complex world Africa is holding its own as an attractive investment region, with the value of investment on the continent showing growth.

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.

Looking at tackling some of the barriers to entry, WSP caught up with four inspired women in their business – two engineers, an environmental scientist and a sustainability consultant – on their career advice for the youth and budding professionals on entering these fields.

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

Can we help societies thrive in a world we do not control? WSP posed this question to four built environment professionals from engineering, environmental consulting and sustainability consulting to share their insights on the trends they believe will underline how we design and build for the future.

WSP in Africa are proud to have been involved in the 2018 Winning Projects in the Corporate Head Office, Industrial and Rural Development categories of the SAPOA Property Development Awards for Innovative Excellence, as announced on 21 June.

WSP in Africa is celebrating a million square meters milestone (1 million m²) of Certified Green Space in Africa. 

Rapid population growth and urbanisation of African cities will see nearly 350 million new city-dwellers by 2030, and a billion more by 2063. 

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.

WSP played a crucial role in the fast-tracked development of the City of Cape Town V&A desalination plant, feeding 2.0 megalitres of fresh water into the city’s network per day.