Europe is one of the most important markets in terms of revenue and staff. WSP has built a position of leadership in various sectors in the UK (see WSP UK link) and Scandinavia and is expanding its business in Central and Eastern Europe.
Sweden
WSP Sweden provides a wide range of services to many sectors, from residential to healthcare, from rail to environmental, offering specialist skills, production engineering and tunnels among others. WSP is Sweden's leading consultancy company in the rail sector.
WSP employs around 2,200 staff in various offices around the country.
Numerous landmark projects showcase the breadth of skills and the capability of the group, including among others: the Arlanda express line, the City link and the Northern link in Stockholm.
Finland
WSP is among the leading consultancies in Finland, with around 350 staff in Helsinki, Oulu,Tampere, Jyväskylä, Vaasa and Rovaniemi. WSP operates in the transport & infrastructure, environmental and structural design. Specialist skills include bridge engineering and wind engineering.
Germany
With the acquisition of CBP Consulting Engineers AG, a leading German engineering and project management group, WSP has considerably strengthened its presence in this country. Headquartered in Munich, the company has offices in eight other German cities and an office in Hungary and employs around 300 staff.
This acquisition brought additional capabilities into WSP and opportunities to expand into new market sectors in Germany and provides a platform for growth in Eastern European.
CBP provides project management and multi-disciplinary engineering services to the property sector, with a particular focus on the aviation, healthcare, commercial and cultural buildings markets.
WSP provides also a range of environmental services – including due diligence auditing, corporate reporting and environmental management systems, compliance and sustainability advice - from its WSP Environmental office in Frankfurt.
Eastern Europe
WSP has an established base in Romania, is expanding its activity in Russia and is present in Poland and Estonia.
Rest of Europe
In Norway WSP has a 25% share in one of the most important consulting companies in the country, Multiconsult, specialised in oil rig and energy.
WSP is present in France with the Paris office of WSP Flack + Kurtz, the subsidiary company specialised in high rise buildings.