Earthquake engineering - Saving lives with award-winning solutions
We save lives and protect properties by designing structures that cope efficiently with seismic loadings. Our award-winning projects have built our reputation for innovative, cost-effective solutions.
WSP's global network of experts has worked on prestigious schemes throughout the world’s most active seismic areas, including California, Latin America, Scandinavia and the Middle East.
For example, it’s our patented structural design that ensures the stability of Latin America’s tallest building, the Torre Mayor, during Mexico’s frequent earthquakes. The same patented concept has been used for Grand Ave project located in Los Angeles, California; the highest seismic zone in the US. Combination of the supplemental damping as an outrigger system and non-prescriptive performance based design ensures reduction of damage to structural and non-structural elements in a severe seismic event.
Benefits through performance-based design
Earthquake engineering is constantly evolving and its non-traditional approach requires cutting-edge technologies and knowledge.
We provide state-of-the-art performance-based designs to create durable structures that not only maximise the safety of buildings and their occupants, but can also significantly reduce maintenance costs and insurance premiums.
WSP's extensive experience in this area covers low-rise to high-rise commercial, residential and hotel developments, transportation structures, hospitals and seismic upgrades for existing buildings.
For more information contact us to talk to one of our directors.