Projects & News - WSP Group

MILEST NES■ The Roads and Transport Authorityin Dubai has appointed WSPto undertake a study into thedevelopment of a flexible parkingfee policy covering the city.■ WSP continues to strengthenits UK public sector profilewith framework appointmentsto Scotland – Excellence in HealthcareConstruction, and the universitiesof Westminster and Leeds.■ The Smithsonian Institutionin Washington, DC awarded the teamof Freelon Adjaye Bond/Smith Groupthe design for the National Museumof African American History andCulture. WSP Flack + Kurtz willprovide all MEP/FP engineeringservices for the $500 million project.WSP has beenappointed to providestructural designfor Peel Holdings’Wirral Water Scheme,a £4.5 billion mixeduse regenerationscheme in Liverpool.■ WSP is part of a team commissionedto provide transport, master planning,town planning and developmentadvice for Jersey Airport in theChannel Isles.■ Lincolne Scott’s Adelaide officehas secured a AUD$100 millionoffice tower project. Their specialistAdvanced Environmental serviceis overseeing the environmentaloutcomes, including 5 star GreenStar Office Design, As-Built andOffice Interiors and 5 star NABERSEnergy targets.WSP SELLS has beenawarded a $5 millionroad and bridgeengineering on-callcontract from theMassachusettsHighway Department.■ CEL International has successfullycompleted and handed over twoprojects in China - a US$27 millionchemical manufacturing facility forArch Chemicals in Suzhou, JiangsuProvince and a Technical ServiceCentre for Pielcolor (part of StahlInternational) in Guangzhou,Guangdong Province.■ In Singapore, Lincolne Scott Ng’sAnson Road Office Tower projecthas just been awarded BCA’s highestcertification Green Mark Platinum.Lincolne Scott Ng provided the fullrange of M&E consultancy servicesfor this S$80 million project.■ WSP Africa has received thecivil, structural and mechanicalappointment on a 135-key hotelbeing developed by Southern Sunin Witbank.■ In Denmark, WSP is part of thewinning team in a competitionto design a new school, library andafter-school care facilities in Ørestadon the outskirts of Copenhagen.Head OfficeWSP House 70 Chancery LaneLondon WC2A 1AF United Kingdom■ The American Council of EngineeringCompanies, New York, has conferredits highest award, the Diamond Awardin Engineering Excellenceto WSP SELLS, for maturity testing forbridge deck rapid replacement on theI-278 Gowanus Expressway Viaductin Brooklyn, NY; and to WSP CantorSeinuk, for the design of Citi FieldStadium – the new state-of-the-arthome venue for the New York Mets.■ Areva Resources Namibia haveappointed WSP Coastal Engineersfor the design, engineering andmanagement of the marinecomponent of a desalinationproject to supply potable waterto a new uranium mine at Trekkopjein Namibia.■ WSP Finland has been awardeda water and sanitation projectin Vietnam by the Finnish Ministry forForeign Affairs and the Governmentof Vietnam.■ Terje Røstbø has been appointedas MD for WSP Romania,based in Bucharest.WSP Finlandis to producegeotechnical, trackand rock engineeringplans for the HelsinkiWestern Metro.■ WSP International Sweden is involvedin two bridges crossing the Zambeziriver in Mozambique. Following thesuccessful completion of the bridgeat Caia, WSP has been awarded thesupervision of the rehabilitation worksfor the one kilometer long suspensionbridge in Tete, built in 1973.New school in Ørestad