NEW YORK — Engineering News-Record (ENR) recognized WSP as the leading firm in the publication’s annual list of the Top 225 International Design firms for the past four years.
Regionally, WSP was honored as the top Intermountain Design Firm and Southwest Design Firm for 2024, while also securing six prestigious Best Regional Projects and three Awards of Merit.
WSP’s work was honored with Best Project Awards in six ENR regions for these projects:
- Mayo Clinic AZ Bold Forward West Expansion, Health Care category, ENR Southwest;
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital NICU Buildout, Interior/Tenant Improvement category, ENR Southwest;
- Delaware Memorial Bridge, Ultra High-Performance Concrete Overlay, Bridge/Highway category, ENR Mid-Atlantic;
- University of Maryland Medical Center Shock Trauma Renewal, Specialty Construction category, ENR Mid-Atlantic;
- Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building, Award of Merit, Heath Care category, ENR Mid-Atlantic;
- The Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City, Residential/Mixed-use category, ENR New York;
- Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman Dock, Airport/Transit category, ENR Northwest;
- Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Radiation, Award of Merit in the Health Care category, ENR California; and
- HCA Houston Medical Center Health Care, Award of Merit, in the Health Care category, ENR Texas and Louisiana.
“Earning these awards across various categories is a testament to the diverse and impactful work of our passionate teams for our clients,” said Alastair MacGregor, WSP property and buildings business line executive. “WSP’s unwavering commitment to excellence has created long-lasting impacts in the communities we serve. Each accolade reflects our dedication to innovation, sustainability and positive change we strive to bring to every project.”
ENR Southwest
Mayo Clinic AZ Bold Forward West Expansion, Health Care category
The Mayo Clinic West Expansion added approximately 610,000 square feet to the existing hospital in Phoenix. Several important medical services were included in the expansion, including a critical care patient tower and emergency department. Minimizing disruption in the existing facility was paramount and achieved through strong design and construction team coordination with the owner.
Some engineering complexities for the mechanical, engineering and plumbing (MEP) team included design accommodations for a unique MRI and an underground tunnel system that connects to the existing hospital. Overall, the expanded facility offers better staff efficiency, patient safety and state of the art spaces to support both care and research.
Phoenix Children’s Hospital NICU Buildout, Interior/Tenant Improvement category
When WSP helped deliver a new patient tower at Phoenix Children’s Hospital in 2011, several floors were left shelled for future expansion. With the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) improvement now complete, the 760,000-square-foot tower is fully built. WSP provided MEP, building technology services and acoustic design for Arizona's only Level IV NICU, the highest level of care available for the most complex neonatal conditions. The new and larger NICU is equipped to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding greater Phoenix-area.
Since the NICU is on the top floor, considerations were needed for the roof-mounted exhaust fans and a helipad. WSP’s acoustical team provided a detailed report, analysis and recommendations that were implemented to achieve noise level requirements.
ENR Mid-Atlantic
Delaware Memorial Bridge Ultra High-Performance Concrete Overlay, Bridge/Highway category
In a groundbreaking project, the Delaware Memorial Bridge (DMB) underwent a complete deck resurfacing using ultra high-performance concrete (UHPC). This marked the first time a long-span suspension bridge received a UHPC deck preservation treatment in North America.
WSP conducted a detailed deck evaluation survey and designed the more than 10,800-square-foot UHPC overlay extending the DMB roadway surface life for another 40 years.
University of Maryland Medical Center Shock Trauma Renewal, Specialty Construction category
WSP provided the mechanical and electrical design services for approximately 60,000 square feet of space at The University of Maryland Medical Center’s R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. The upgrade modernized and expanded the trauma resuscitation unit and the operations that support it, including trauma radiology, critical care resuscitation, immunology lab, and transfusion services.
WSP’s evidence-based design solutions allow flexibility for changing programmatic needs and support the mission of providing world-class trauma care to Maryland residents.
Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building, Award of Merit, Heath Care category
Part of Greater Baltimore Medical Center, the Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building brings 120,000 square feet of revitalized healthcare space to Baltimore, Maryland. The hospital expansion includes a three-story addition, featuring a new main entrance, a community outreach program and two clinical floors. The project prioritized patient-centered care, caregiver support and accessibility—all while minimizing disruption to ongoing hospital operations. WSP provided mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering for the project.
ENR New York
The Fifth Avenue Hotel, Residential/Mixed-use category
The storied Fifth Avenue hotel underwent a 13-year historic renovation that included gutting and redesigning the interior of the mansion built in 1907, adding a 24-story glass tower. Now, guests can choose from 153 luxury rooms in the NoMad area of Manhattan.
WSP provided MEP consultancy services from concept design through construction. The hotel’s design is inspired by the history of the neighborhood and captures the maximized glamor of the gilded age.
ENR Northwest
Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman Dock, Airport/Transit category
Colman Dock, the busiest ferry terminal in Washington and one of the busiest in the world, with more than 10 million passengers relying on it to travel between Seattle and the Olympic Peninsula, needed restoration. WSP provided design services to maintain Colman Dock’s critical role as a regional multimodal transportation hub.
The design included replacing the aging and seismically vulnerable wood piles and trestle foundations with steel for strength and longevity, as well as demolishing and replacing the ferry terminal and passenger facilities. The project removed 7,400 tons of creosote-treated timber piles in Seattle’s Elliott Bay, opening an area of shoreline and near-shore habitat. The project added an overhead loading facility and a public walkway, an 8,500-square-foot King County passenger-only ferry building, and a new 23,000-square-foot terminal building with LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
ENR California
Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Radiation, Award of Merit, Health Care category
Serving as an iconic architectural building and one-of-a-kind facility for Kaiser Permanente, this 32,000-square-foot radiation oncology outpatient clinic in Bellflower, California accommodates specialized radiation oncology and imaging departments. WSP provided MEP and energy modeling for the project.
Solar studies to find effective ways to reduce heat loads on the building were part of multidisciplinary energy saving strategies that helped the project achieve a low Energy Use Intensity of 20. Additionally, WSP used resistive electric space heating to maximize efficiency. The facility also utilizes a domestic water heat pump, eliminating the need for natural gas and thereby creating an all-electric facility currently targeting LEED Gold and Net Zero Certification.
ENR Texas and Louisiana
HCA Houston Medical Center Health Care, Award of Merit, Health Care category
The multi-floor, 110,000-square-foot renovation project at HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center improves spaces in the facility’s South patient tower. New air handlers, ductwork and fan coil units make interior spaces healthier and allows the hospital to undergo future renovations more easily, while a renewed operating room wing and central sterile facility improve surgical programming space. Further, electrical system upgrades provided opportunity to move to a new electric steam generator array for central sterile and away from gas fired boilers. WSP provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and technology services for the project.
About WSP in the U.S.
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP. As one of the largest professional services firms in the world, WSP exists to future-proof our cities and our environment. It provides strategic advisory, engineering and design services to clients seeking sustainable solutions in the transportation, infrastructure, environment, building, energy, water and mining sectors. With approximately 19,000 employees in 300 offices across the U.S., WSP’s trusted professionals are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities it serves through a culture of innovation, integrity and inclusion. wsp.com
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