NEW YORK — WSP in the U.S. was recently honored by multiple organizations for outstanding innovation and commitment to excellence.
People and projects earning recent awards and recognition include:
Union Pacific – Sustainability Partner Award Program
Union Pacific Railroad awarded WSP with its 2025 Sustainability Partner Award for leadership and progress toward achieving sustainability goals, presented at a Nov. 6 award ceremony in Omaha, Nebraska.
WSP was among the first 12 recipients of the Union Pacific award when it was introduced in 2023.
Forbes Best Employers for Engineers
Forbes recognized WSP in the U.S. as one of America’s Best Employers for Engineers in 2026.
Conducted by Statista, an independent market research firm, the survey asked more than 28,000 U.S. employees working for companies employing at least 1,000 people within their U.S. operations to evaluate their employers based on benefits, professional development opportunities, salary and workplace flexibility, among other criteria.
ASCE – Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) presented an Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award to WSP and its partners for work on East Side Access, the first major expansion of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Long Island Rail Road in more than a century in New York. WSP served as lead designer. The award was presented Oct. 10 at ASCE’s OPAL Gala in Seattle.
CTBUH Awards of Excellence 2025
WSP provided service on six projects honored with Awards of Excellence from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
These awards, presented at the CTBUH international conference in Toronto in October, recognized exceptional achievements in the design, construction and development of tall buildings and the urban environment. Honored U.S. projects include:
- 495 Eleventh Avenue, New York. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award. WSP: structural engineer.
- Graduate Tower at Site 4, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Best Tall Building by Height, 100-199 meters; and Best Tall Building by Region, Americas. WSP: structural engineer.
- Grogan | Dove Federal Office Building, Miramar, Florida. 10-Year Award. WSP: engineer.
- Populus, Denver. Best Tall Building by Height, Under 100 meters; Best Tall Building by Region, Americas. WSP: sustainability consultant and provided commissioning support for hotel project.
- Rubin Hall at New York University, New York. Repositioning Award of Excellence. WSP: mechanical-electrical-plumbing (MEP) and fire protection engineer, lighting designer and provided energy modelling.
- Winthrop Centre, Boston. Best Tall Building by Region, Americas. WSP: MEP engineer and sustainability consultant.
Metropolis Planet Positive Award – Decarbonization
New York’s Rubin Hall also won the 2025 Metropolis Planet Positive Awards for Overall Decarbonization. Planet Positive awards recognize excellence in sustainable and healthy design at every scale in the built environment.
The renovation and decarbonization project modernized the 100-year-old building by reconfiguring spaces, renovating dorm rooms and restoring exterior features.
New Mexico State Excellence in Reclamation Award
The New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division recognized the McKinley Mine project near Gallup, New Mexico, with a 2025 Excellence in Reclamation Award. The project restored natural vegetation to an area near the southern boundary of the Navajo Nation where coal had been mined for nearly a half century. WSP supported Chevron Mining, Inc.
Trailblazers in Building and Real Estate
Jeffrey Rios, PE, senior vice president of built ecology, WSP in the U.S., was named to City & State magazine’s Trailblazers in Building and Real Estate list for 2025. The list features prominent voices charting the future of New York’s built environment.
He helped guide the award-winning Rubin Hall through its renovations and oversaw HVAC integration at Columbia University’s fully electric Vagelos Innovation Laboratories, a first-of-its-kind research facility.
Architectural Record – Women in Architecture Award
Gina Bocra, FAIA, LEED Fellow, vice president of built ecology, WSP in the U.S., was honored by Architectural Record magazine as one of five recipients of its 2025 Women in Architecture Design Leadership Award for outstanding impact across architectural design, sustainability and education.
Bocra earned this recognition for being a “champion for high-performance, safe and resilient buildings that contribute to the health and wellbeing of their occupants throughout her 30-year career.”
About WSP in the U.S.
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 more than 50 countries and employs 75,000 professionals, known as Visioneers. WSP in the U.S.’s team of approximately 19,600 professionals pioneer solutions and deliver innovative projects across the transportation, infrastructure, environment, building, energy, water, and mining and metals sectors.
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