Design Services

With a clear focus on customer satisfaction, WSP offers design solutions that are cost-efficient and innovative while minimizing environmental and ecological impact. Thanks to our holistic approach to whole lifecycle design, our experts take into consideration asset life from the earliest stages of design through construction, maintenance to demolition.

Services Insights

How Can Design Shape Communities?

Design has been an integral part of WSP’s history. Looking through your window, everything you see and can’t see can be designed by our experts from the bottom and up. Understanding the unique challenges presented by each project, we work closely with clients to bring their vision to life, within the given constraints.

Our trademark is to design infrastructure and buildings, ensuring that results are always in line with the client and community’s expectations. Our experienced professionals assess and understand all stakeholders’ priorities, while appraising the technical, environmental, social and commercial issues surrounding each project. We leverage this extensive experience to design projects efficiently, with a focus on cost, schedule, quality, social value and safety. We are here to help guide you on your journey, from initial conceptual development through to final project delivery.

Locally Dedicated with International Scale

Actively involved in the communities we are based in, our teams leverage lessons learned and best practices from one another to offer the best solution.

Future-focused and Driven by Sustainability

When approaching a project, we prioritize the most sustainable, equitable and resilient solutions, while minimizing costs and maximizing resources.

World-class Design Services

With an impressive track record spanning over 100 years, WSP caters to all markets and brings together our most seasoned experts to every project.

Insights

Rail Decarbonization: An Ecosystem Perspective

If rail is already relatively clean, why is it important to address its carbon footprint?

Rail Decarbonization: Strategic Pivot

How can rail lead the transportation sector onto a sustainable route?

Delivering Intelligent Integrated Digital Rail Systems and Operations & Maintenance

Early project adoption of integrated data-driven digital design is key to bringing high returns for operations and maintenance.

Stepping Up Decarbonization with Carbon Capture and Sequestration

A look at how emissions-reduction technology plus the storage of carbon dioxide and hydrogen can accelerate the transition to net zero

Shaped by structural engineering

Building design is a collaborative process and Ahmad Rahimian, Director of Building Structures (USA) at WSP, is quick to attribute his success to teamwork. Here he reflects on shared successes, how he has been shaped by structural engineering and why a guiding set of principles is key.

Advancing Tunnel Seismic Resilience

State-of-the-art design techniques support increasing use of underground space

Port Electrification for Container Operations and Vessels

Key considerations to scale up decarbonization efforts

21st century challenges call for modern methods of construction

Digital technology is enabling a manufacturing-led approach to buildings and infrastructure – we must embrace it to deliver a net-zero future.

The Demands for Critical Minerals

Ramping up the mining industry to meet societal demands.

Succeeding in the Green Transition

Mining’s role in meeting our climate ambitions.