WSP Global Inc.
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Head office: 1600 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, Montréal, Quebec H3H 1P9, Canada. Tel.: +1-514-340-0046. Israeli office: Airport City, Lod 7019900, Israel.
WSP Global Inc. is a Canadian engineering and professional services firm providing strategic advisory, engineering and design services to transportation, infrastructure, environment, building, power, energy, water, and resource sectors.
The Jerusalem Light Rail
WSP is the manager of the monitoring project of the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) lines.
The company provides consulting and control services for the Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan team, which is responsible for the planning and development of the JLR.
The Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) network is a large-scale Israeli transport infrastructure project connecting large settlement blocks in occupied East Jerusalem to the center of the city and its western side, creating territorial continuity and easing settler movement on both sides of the Green Line.
WSP is the monitoring company to monitor the progress and quality of the construction of the “J-Net” project for the extension of the Red Line and the development of the Green Line of the Jerusalem Light Rail. WSP provides integral services such as examination and approval of designs, monitoring quality and progress on behalf of the State, and ensuring the project is completed to specification.
In May 2024, the company published a job ad for a quality engineer for the JLR project. According to the ad, the position includes provision of quality management, engineering design control, quality checks, reporting, preparation of procedures, following up on quality management plans, and other services.
In 2023 and 2022, the company provided engineering services, controllers team management, design control, inspection, quality engineering and schedules management for the JLR project.
For more on the Jerusalem Light Rail see: Developments in the expansion of the JLR network: The J-Net project.
The Tel Aviv Jerusalem Fast Train (A1)
WSP provided services for the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (A1) electrification as part of Israel Railway’s electrification project. The A1 train route crosses the Green Line into the occupied West Bank in two areas, using occupied Palestinian land, some of it privately owned, for an Israeli transportation project aimed exclusively at Israelis.
In 2018, WSP performed measurements for the A1 project and participated in a test drive of the measurements wagon.
In 2014, WSP Global completed the acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff, which provided technical advisory for the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (A1) project on electrification, comparison of different route options, tunneling and grades. Since 2016, WSP-Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Israeli team has been responsible for the electrification of the A1 project, after it was selected in 2015 to manage Israel Railway’s electrification project, a NIS 12 billion project for the electrification of 420 km of track, 13 passenger lines, and construction of 14 railway stations, including for the A1 train. The project included the construction of an overhead transmission system, implementation of a Command and Control system and conversion of the railway garages and complexes operation for electricity.
For more on the A1 train, see Who Profits’ report Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv Jerusalem Fast Train (A1).
WSP Global Inc. is a Canadian engineering and professional services firm providing strategic advisory, engineering and design services to transportation, infrastructure, environment, building, power, energy, water, and resource sectors.
The Jerusalem Light Rail
WSP is the manager of the monitoring project of the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) lines.
The company provides consulting and control services for the Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan team, which is responsible for the planning and development of the JLR.
The Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) network is a large-scale Israeli transport infrastructure project connecting large settlement blocks in occupied East Jerusalem to the center of the city and its western side, creating territorial continuity and easing settler movement on both sides of the Green Line.
WSP is the monitoring company to monitor the progress and quality of the construction of the “J-Net” project for the extension of the Red Line and the development of the Green Line of the Jerusalem Light Rail. WSP provides integral services such as examination and approval of designs, monitoring quality and progress on behalf of the State, and ensuring the project is completed to specification.
In May 2024, the company published a job ad for a quality engineer for the JLR project. According to the ad, the position includes provision of quality management, engineering design control, quality checks, reporting, preparation of procedures, following up on quality management plans, and other services.
In 2023 and 2022, the company provided engineering services, controllers team management, design control, inspection, quality engineering and schedules management for the JLR project.
For more on the Jerusalem Light Rail see: Developments in the expansion of the JLR network: The J-Net project.
The Tel Aviv Jerusalem Fast Train (A1)
WSP provided services for the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (A1) electrification as part of Israel Railway’s electrification project. The A1 train route crosses the Green Line into the occupied West Bank in two areas, using occupied Palestinian land, some of it privately owned, for an Israeli transportation project aimed exclusively at Israelis.
In 2018, WSP performed measurements for the A1 project and participated in a test drive of the measurements wagon.
In 2014, WSP Global completed the acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff, which provided technical advisory for the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (A1) project on electrification, comparison of different route options, tunneling and grades. Since 2016, WSP-Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Israeli team has been responsible for the electrification of the A1 project, after it was selected in 2015 to manage Israel Railway’s electrification project, a NIS 12 billion project for the electrification of 420 km of track, 13 passenger lines, and construction of 14 railway stations, including for the A1 train. The project included the construction of an overhead transmission system, implementation of a Command and Control system and conversion of the railway garages and complexes operation for electricity.
For more on the A1 train, see Who Profits’ report Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv Jerusalem Fast Train (A1).
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WSP Global Inc.
Head office: 1600 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, Montréal, Quebec H3H 1P9, Canada. Tel.: +1-514-340-0046.
Israeli office: Airport City, Lod 7019900, Israel.
WSP Global Inc. is a Canadian engineering and professional services firm providing strategic advisory, engineering and design services to transportation, infrastructure, environment, building, power, energy, water, and resource sectors.
The Jerusalem Light Rail
WSP is the manager of the monitoring project of the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) lines.
The company provides consulting and control services for the Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan team, which is responsible for the planning and development of the JLR.
The Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) network is a large-scale Israeli transport infrastructure project connecting large settlement blocks in occupied East Jerusalem to the center of the city and its western side, creating territorial continuity and easing settler movement on both sides of the Green Line.
WSP is the monitoring company to monitor the progress and quality of the construction of the “J-Net” project for the extension of the Red Line and the development of the Green Line of the Jerusalem Light Rail. WSP provides integral services such as examination and approval of designs, monitoring quality and progress on behalf of the State, and ensuring the project is completed to specification.
In May 2024, the company published a job ad for a quality engineer for the JLR project. According to the ad, the position includes provision of quality management, engineering design control, quality checks, reporting, preparation of procedures, following up on quality management plans, and other services.
In 2023 and 2022, the company provided engineering services, controllers team management, design control, inspection, quality engineering and schedules management for the JLR project.
For more on the Jerusalem Light Rail see: Developments in the expansion of the JLR network: The J-Net project.
The Tel Aviv Jerusalem Fast Train (A1)
WSP provided services for the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (A1) electrification as part of Israel Railway’s electrification project. The A1 train route crosses the Green Line into the occupied West Bank in two areas, using occupied Palestinian land, some of it privately owned, for an Israeli transportation project aimed exclusively at Israelis.
In 2018, WSP performed measurements for the A1 project and participated in a test drive of the measurements wagon.
In 2014, WSP Global completed the acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff, which provided technical advisory for the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (A1) project on electrification, comparison of different route options, tunneling and grades. Since 2016, WSP-Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Israeli team has been responsible for the electrification of the A1 project, after it was selected in 2015 to manage Israel Railway’s electrification project, a NIS 12 billion project for the electrification of 420 km of track, 13 passenger lines, and construction of 14 railway stations, including for the A1 train. The project included the construction of an overhead transmission system, implementation of a Command and Control system and conversion of the railway garages and complexes operation for electricity.
For more on the A1 train, see Who Profits’ report Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv Jerusalem Fast Train (A1).
Ownership
The company is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol: WSP.
Major shareholders include: The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (18.12%), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (12.21%), Swedbank Robur Fonder AB (1.5%), Manulife Investment Management Ltd. (1.1%).
Chairman of the Board: Chris Cole
Global President and CEO: Alexandre L'Heureux
Subsidiaries
Fully owned subsidiaries: WSP USA Inc., WSP USA Solutions Inc., WSP Canada Inc., WSP UK Ltd., WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure Inc., WSP Australia Pty Ltd., WSP Australia Pty Ltd., WSP Sverige AB, Golder Associates Ltd., WSP New Zealand Ltd., WSP E&I Canada Limited.