Environment & Sustainability

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

WSP was pleased to present the inaugural WSP Buildability Award to Lucas van Wyk, engineering student from North West University, at the recent Greenovate Awards, brought to you by Growthpoint Properties and GBCSA.

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.