WSP USA

WSP USA
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryDesign, Engineering consulting, Environment consulting, Project management
Founded1885 (as Parsons Brinckerhoff)
FounderWilliam Barclay Parsons (1885)
Headquarters
Number of locations
New York, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and approximately 150 other offices worldwide
Area served
Global
Key people
Lewis Cornell, President and CEO, U.S.
ProductsStrategic consulting, planning, design, program management, engineering, construction services and operations & maintenance
Number of employees
Approximately 14,000 worldwide
ParentWSP Global
Websitewww.wsp.com/en-us

WSP USA, formerly Parsons Brinckerhoff, is an American multinational engineering and design firm.[1] The firm operates in the fields of strategic consulting, planning, engineering, construction management, energy, infrastructure and community planning. It is a subsidiary of WSP Global.

In 2013, the company was named the tenth largest U.S.-based engineering/design firm by Engineering News Record.[2] In 2020, it was ranked #7 of the Top 500 Design Firms and #2 of the Top 100 Pure Designers by the same magazine.[3] On October 31, 2014, Parsons Brinckerhoff became a wholly owned independent subsidiary of WSP Global,[4] a Canadian-based professional services firm. Parsons Brinckerhoff was renamed to WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff, then to WSP in 2017.[5] Part of WSP Global, WSP USA is one of the largest professional services firms in the world, with approximately 31,500 employees in 500 offices serving 39 countries.[6]

  1. ^ WSP. "WSP Investors – Corporate Presentation".
  2. ^ "ENR 2020 Top 500 Design Firms Preview,"Parsons Brinckerhoff, 2020
  3. ^ "The Top 500 Design Firms,"Parsons Brinckerhoff, 2013
  4. ^ "Press release WSP Global".
  5. ^ WSP. "WSP PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF REBRANDING AS WSP". WSP. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "News WSP Global".