WSP USA design consultants are helping adapt buildings to the physical effects of climate change and to proactively prepare for forthcoming electrification standards.

High-voltage transmission line bringing hydropower-generated electricity from Canada to New York City is the largest underground project of its kind ever attempted in North America.

Implementation of co-beneficial land-use practices around solar power arrays improves upon sustainable energy development.

WSP USA’s work supported the coequal goals of the project: improving infrastructure for public access, and protecting sensitive dunes, native habitat and historical sites.

Shaktoolik, Alaska, is a remote village of 260 people, located 125 miles east of Nome, on a narrow spit of land between the Tagoomenik River and the Bering Sea. Brightly painted houses line either side of the village’s only road, a 1-mile stretch of sand and gravel.

In 2012, city agencies and the NYC Economic Development Corporation identified the Saw Mill Creek 54-acre wetland as valuable but vulnerable coastal land.

Tomorrow’s power grid ‘must capture and store energy when the sun doesn’t shine or when the wind is still,’ according to a new WSP-University of Colorado whitepaper.

The Action Plan identifies the island state’s transportation infrastructure most at risk from climate-related impacts and helps guide future investment decision making to build resilience.

California’s San Pedro Bay is home to two of the world’s busiest container ports, the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach. Together, sitting side-by-side as the San Pedro Bay Port Complex, they are critical links in the United States’ supply chain. Yet, international trade isn’t their only focus.

The plan will guide New Jersey in adapting to climate change. Using a combination of engineered structures and nature-based solutions, the program will improve resilience along the lower Hudson and Hackensack Rivers.

UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration supports nature-based solutions for coastal resilience, such as WSP USA’s Franklin-98 project to create oyster reefs, saltmarshes.

The plan provides a greater understanding of local climate risks and strategies for adaptation, and enhances the awareness and preparedness of the City, and its residents and businesses.

The first-of-its-kind study, which assessed how climate hazards could impact the reliability of critical highway infrastructure over the coming century, introduced a range of technical processes tailored to the state.

The recently released “AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023” reinforces evidence on climate change impacts, underscoring the urgency of investing in a climate resilient future.

Pinellas County, Florida worked with WSP on a Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment. Various innovations combine to make this climate risk model the first of its kind in the U.S. focused on effects and consequences.

Climate change will affect every community – most specifically and significantly coastal communities – and the ports and terminals that provide critical services at these locations. Given the importance of ports to our global supply chain, it is imperative that owners, operators and other stakeholders understand and address the climate change related risks.

Migration from high flood risk areas to high-elevation areas is exacerbating the housing affordability crisis, highlighting the need for innovative climate adaptation planning.

This urban renewal project aims to transform a flood-prone former industrial site into a multi-purpose space using resiliency strategies to adapt to a changing climate.

City’s new comprehensive plan sets ambitious goals to reduce carbon emissions, advance equity and environmental justice, improve community health and resilience, and increase household savings.

The first-of-its-kind statewide framework for resiliency considers a broad range of existing stressors and provides a comprehensive roadmap to adapt communities to the increasing threat of natural and man-made hazards.

To help the state of New Jersey become more resilient to the impacts of climate change, WSP is working with the NJDEP on a variety of innovative adaptation strategies, projects and tools.