SMART Places

WSP transforms buildings, precincts and cities data into actionable insights that improve efficiency, sustainability and user experience. By integrating multiple systems and applying advanced digital tools, we help clients optimise operations, cut energy costs and prepare for a resilient, connected future.

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Our expert teams help building developers, owners and managers to see what’s really going on across multiple systems and assets. We enable them to make better decisions, solve operational challenges, keep up with market trends, and take performance to the next level.

Global Smart Building market size by 2029 (in USD)

$43.7B

Source:

Smart Buildings Market Report 2025-29, Technavio

Building operations drive global CO₂ emissions

27%

Source:

Global ABC, IEA Tracking Report - Buildings

SMART places are about creating outcomes by leveraging data, not just focusing on the technology.

Jay Wratten Global Digital Offering Lead, SMART Places

Jay Wratten Global Digital Offering Lead, SMART Places

Intelligent, not just SMART

We understand buildings and what their systems are telling us. We support owners to identify which data is useful to their desired outcomes and what’s just noise. What it means and how to act on it. Where algorithms and automation can support them, and where human intelligence has the edge. We enable them to leverage all the possibilities and advantages of a digital world, in a way that’s safe and cyber-secure.

Making systems transparent

By bringing together information from multiple systems, we track how people, products, energy, air and water move through a facility, and optimise those journeys to create better outcomes. We empower clients to uncover efficiencies throughout their operations, make the best use of resources, and deliver outstanding user experiences.

Unlock the future

Decarbonization, circularity, climate resilience: none of these are possible without data. From cutting energy bills to answering the toughest investor questions, we help clients harness their digital potential to meet short-term targets, and make progress towards long-term objectives. We use our decades of knowledge in the built environment to ensure our clients have the right combination of best-in-class equipment, industry-standard integrations, and customized platforms to provide a clear picture of how hazards and risks are evolving, and how to respond.

Ready whenever you are

We design smart-ready buildings and districts that can flex to meet the future head-on, because no one can afford a new building or estate that’s already obsolete. Our teams think ten steps ahead, to equip infrastructure and systems with the capacity to expand and evolve, as requirements change or new technologies come onstream.

Are you ready to transform your spaces into intelligent environments?

We are working with clients in healthcare, aviation, commercial, sports & stadia, advanced manufacturing, data centres and more to create brilliant, bespoke digital strategies and platforms, and to implement them.

We’re automating the flow of hospital linen in Hong Kong’s hospitals, making airport security invisible, building digital twins for safer training programmes, and giving global corporations the tools to master their portfolios.

Explore our SMART places projects

Ottawa, Canada

Centre Block Rehabilitation Project

WSP is guiding the CENTRUS joint venture and providing engineering and design management services for Canada’s largest and most complex heritage rehabilitation project.

California, USA

Breaking New Ground With an All-Electric Hospital

Building on its clinical expertise and in keeping with its unique academic medical organization, UCI Health envisioned a state-of-the-art hospital to consolidate its medical campus in Orange County, California.

Hefei , China

BOE Hefei Digital Hospital

BOE Hefei Digital Hospital is one of China’s first truly ‘smart’ hospitals. It has been developed by BOE, a leading Chinese LED screen manufacturer, partnered with American medical group, Dignity Health.

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United States

Multinational Financial Services Company

To assist a global financial services company in developing a smart building strategy, we worked closely with the company’s stakeholders to identify existing workplace challenges that could be addressed through the application and integration of smart technologies.

Hong Kong

Robotics Operation for Hospital Authority’s Supporting Service Centre

WSP will assist Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority (HA) to equip its first Supporting Services Centre with latest automation and smart operation technologies.

Hong Kong, China

Seeing, breathing, responding

The innovations that bring The Henderson to life.

Planning for Australia’s largest urban renewal project is well underway in Melbourne. Our specialist masterplanning team is working alongside the taskforce to ensure that technology acts a...

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Fishermans Bend

Creating the Smart City Framework for Australia’s largest urban renewal project.

Shanghai, China

Shanghai West Bund Orbit

WSP tailored top-class MEP design for this new cutting-edge exhibition hall nestled within the heart of Xuhui District’s new financial hub in Shanghai.

London, United Kingdom

JJ Mack – London’s Smartest Office Building

Using a coordinated BIM process to support digital twins from design through operation led to the successful delivery of London’s smartest office building.

Projects

New University Hospital Monklands

Delivering a first-of-its-kind healthcare facility through digital innovation.

Bogota, Colombia

Movistar Arena - Bogota

WSP carried out the technical project management, programming, budgetary control, planning, procedures before authorities, BIM modeling and technical evaluation of the structural designs for renovation of the Movistar Arena in Bogotá, Colombia.

San Francisco, California, USA

Salesforce Transit Center

The Salesforce Transit Center will become a major transportation hub for local and regional transportation services and will centralize the Bay Area’s regional transportation network.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes WSP different in SMART Places?

WSP delivers end-to-end smart solutions—from strategy and design to integration and operations—ensuring measurable outcomes, not just technology. We are vendor-agnostic, combining engineering expertise with open, cyber-secure architectures. Proven at scale with projects like the JJ Mack Building, we help clients optimise performance, enable decarbonisation, and future-proof assets across buildings, campuses, and districts.

How can smart places be designed to remain flexible and adaptable as technology and user needs evolve?

Smart places stay adaptable by using modular, interoperable systems, smart-ready infrastructure, and data-driven design. This allows seamless tech upgrades, user-centric adjustments, and lifecycle flexibility—ensuring long-term relevance as needs and technologies evolve.

What role does data play in overcoming challenges like decarbonization and operational efficiency in smart places, and what strategies ensure its effective use?

Decarbonization, circularity, climate resilience: none of these are possible without data. From cutting energy bills to answering the toughest investor questions, we help clients harness their digital potential to meet short-term targets, and make progress towards long-term objectives.

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