WSP is proud to announce that 27 projects we provided service on received 43 CTBUH Awards of Excellence at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) International Conference, held in Toronto, Canada from 6-9 October. These awards, judged by an international panel of experts, recognize exceptional achievements in the design, construction, and development of tall buildings and the urban environment.

We extend our congratulations to our clients, collaborators and WSP teams around the world for their contributions to these award-winning projects.

In addition, Vincent Tse, Managing Director, Property & Buildings MEP, Asia, was honoured with a CTBUH Trustee Outstanding Service Award (2015–2025) for his longstanding support to the Council.
 

More information on the award-winning projects we’re involved in:

1. 40 Leadenhall Street, London, UK  
   Systems Award 
   WSP’s role: MEP engineer, structural engineer, civil engineer, sustainability consultant, BREEAM, energy, geotechnical engineer, fire engineer, facade access, security, BIM


2. Southbank Place, London, UK 
   Construction Award 
   WSP’s role: Structural engineer, civil engineer 


3. Innovative Lateral Stability Solution for Repurposing a Partly-Built Supertall Tower into a Modern Sustainable Asset, Dubai, UAE 
   Innovation Award 
   WSP’s role: Structural engineer, MEP engineer, façade engineer and access, fire & life safety, vertical transportation, building technology, security, utilities, specialist lighting, geotechnical, waste management, acoustics, sustainability, BIM, transport planning


4. Graduate Tower at Site 4, Cambridge, US 
   Best Tall Building, by Height, 100-199 meters
   Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas 
   WSP’s role: Structural engineer


5. Rubin Hall at New York University, New York, US
   Repositioning Award 2025 Award of Excellence 
   WSP’s role: MEP engineer, fire protection engineer, energy modelling, lighting design 


6. Winthrop Centre, Boston, US 
   Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas 
   WSP’s role: MEP engineer, Sustainability consultant


7. Grogan | Dove Federal Office Building, Miramar, US 
   10 Year Award 
   WSP’s role: MEP engineer


8. Populus, Denver, US 
   Best Tall Building, by Height, Under 100 meters 
   Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas 
   WSP’s role: Sustainability consultant, Commissioning


9. 495 Eleventh Avenue, New York, US 
   Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award
   WSP’s role: Structural engineer 


10. CIBC Square I, Toronto, Canada 
    Urban Habitat Award (overall winner)
    WSP’s role: Commissioning, Sustainability Consulting, Advisory Services


11. T3 Bayside, Toronto, Canada 
    Best Tall Building, by Height, Under 100 meters 
    Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas 
    WSP’s role: Civil engineer 


12. Ontario Court of Justice, Toronto, Canada
    Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas (overall winner)
    WSP’s role: Planning, design and compliance 


13. Scotiabank North Tower, Toronto, Canada 
    Space Within Award 
    WSP’s role: Façade Quality Assurance and Quality Control 


14. TD Terrace, Toronto, Canada 
    Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas 
    Façade Award 
    WSP’s role: Roofing/waterproofing Quality Assurance and Quality Control 


15. Queen's Wharf Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia 
    Best Tall Building, by Height, 200-299 meters  
    Best Tall Building, by Region, Oceania 
    WSP’s role: Structural engineer, MEP engineer and specialist services to tender; early works structural engineer, fire engineer and MEP engineer for gaming floor post-tender.


16. Istanbul Finance Center, Istanbul, Turkey
    Construction Award
    WSP’s role: Security, ICT, Audio visual, Façade Engineer


17. Landmark TLV Tower A, Tel Aviv, Israel
    Best Tall Building, by Region, Middle East & Africa 2025 Award of Excellence  
    Space Within Award 2025 Award of Excellence  
    WSP’s role: Wind engineering, MEP and vertical transportation peer review, façade consultant


18. CITIC International Building, Shenzhen, China 
    Best Tall Building, by Height, 200-299 meters 2025 
    WSP’s role: MEP engineer


19. Citymark Centre, Shenzhen, China 
    Best Tall Building, by Height, 300 meters and above  
    Best Tall Building, by Region, Asia 
    WSP’s role: MEP engineer


20. Ping An Finance Centre, Jinan, China 
    Best Tall Building, by Height, 300 meters and above
    WSP’s role: MEP engineer, LEED certification


21. The Henderson, Hong Kong, China 
    Best Tall Building, by Height, 100-199 meters 
    Best Tall Building, by Region, Asia (overall winner)
    Space Within Award 
    Façade Award (overall winner)
    WSP’s role: MEP engineer, Fire engineer, Automation


22. Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China 
    10 Year Award 
    WSP’s role: MEP engineer peer review, LEED certification 


23. Tree of Life, Xi’an, China 
    Structure Award 
    WSP’s role: MEP engineer 


24. COFCO Qianhai Innovation Center, Shenzhen, China
    Space Within Award
    WSP’s role: MEP engineer


25. Guohua Financial Center, Shanghai, China
    Façade Award
    WSP’s role: MEP Engineer


26. Shanghai Poly Pukai Financial Center, Shanghai, China
    Best Tall Building Award, 100-199 meters & Asia
    WSP’s role: MEP Engineer


27. Punggol Digital District, Singapore
    Systems Award 2025 (overall winner)
    WSP’s role: Superintending Officer, Civil & Structures contract administration and M&E coordination, and M&E consultancy for integrated district cooling network

Our delegation at the conference. Image courtesy of CTBUH.
 

The theme for 2025, ‘From the Ground Up: Tall Buildings and City-Making’, explored the multifaceted approach required to grow and transform cities, emphasizing that meaningful urban development transcends physical structures.

At the conference, our multidisciplinary experts shared the creative and technical strategies that underpin our projects through various presentations:

• Audrey McIver, Director, discussed how modern thinking can help revitalize historic tall buildings through a case study on Southbank Place in London – winner of a Construction Award of Excellence. 
• David Odeh, Senior Vice President, and client Nicole Bernabei, Senior Project Manager at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, showcased the university’s new Graduate Tower. A double-award winner for Best Tall Building, 100-199 meters and Best Tall Building, Americas. 
• Nigel Erhardt, Technical Director, highlighted the innovative building services strategy for 40 Leadenhall Street in London – a Systems Award of Excellence winner.
• Zaher Hadow, Middle East Head of Building Structures, and Mayank Thepadia, Associate Director, presented the lateral stability solution they developed to repurpose a partially built tower into the Six Senses Residence, Dubai. Winner of an Innovation Award of Excellence.
• Hamid Vossoughi, Senior Principal - Building Sciences, led a workshop with the Façade Tectonics Institute that focuses on the innovation in the art, science, and technology of building facades in pursuit of enhancing building performance.

WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firms, uniting its engineering, advisory and science-based expertise to shape communities to advance humanity. From local beginnings to a globe-spanning presence today, WSP operates in over 50 countries and employs approximately 73,000 professionals, known as Visioneers. Together they pioneer solutions and deliver innovative projects in the transportation, infrastructure, environment, building, energy, water, and mining and metals sectors. WSP is publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:WSP).