News Acciona and WSP win Canadian light rail contract A consortium led by Spain’s Acciona has won a contract to design and build the westward extension of Toronto’s Line 5 Eglinton. On behalf of Ontario transport body Metrolinx, the…
Companies WSP to buy 110-year-old UK engineer Ricardo for $489m Canadian engineer WSP plans to acquire British environmental and consulting engineer Ricardo for around US$489m. The 430-pence-per-share price is equivalent to 10.4 times Ricardo’s 2024 pre-IFRS 16 underlying EBITDA (earnings…
News WSP, Kiewit win role on Canada’s $26bn nuclear waste storage project Five companies have been awarded a design and engineering contract to prepare plans for a depository for spent nuclear fuel in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The Deep Geological Repository (DGR) will…
News Acciona, Cimic team lead $3.5bn project unblocking Brisbane-Gold Coast rail bottleneck An international team of Acciona, SMEC, WSP and Cimic subsidiaries CPB Contractors and UGL has won a design and pre-construction contract for the main works of a US$3.65bn (A$5.75bn) rail…
News Eight construction firms make Time’s first global sustainability ranking Eight companies involved in international construction have made it onto the first Time Magazine-Statista ranking of the world’s 500 most sustainable companies. They include infrastructure builders Eiffage, Webuild, and Ferrovial,…
News WSP acquires Quebec building engineering firm Toronto-listed engineer WSP Global has acquired the Quebec building engineering firm LGT, which provides advisory services in the areas of mechanical engineering, electricity, sustainable development, structural and civil engineering. The…
Companies WSP acquires Swiss engineering consultant Canadian engineer WSP has announced plans to acquire Swiss firm BG Bonnard & Gardel Holding for an undisclosed sum. Lausanne-based BG offers engineering and project management services in the infrastructure,…
