Examples:

• Multipurpose transportation corridors

• Goods movement

• Water

• Power and energy

• Resilience

WSP, and the agencies and developers we support, develop landmark infrastructure projects that will stand the test of time. By planning at the corridor scale, WSP unlocks community benefits that link neighborhoods together and support the development of community investment corridors. Our planners and policy experts draw from analyses and recommendations to extract what is most meaningful, providing clients with a platform to inform policy planning and decision-making, and optimize project selection.

Infrastructure Network/
Corridor Planning

Examples:

• Integrated strategic program/project leadership

• Early engagement to improve and expedite policy decisions, program direction and project implementation — linking the planning and environmental assessment processes

• National, state, regional and local environmental policy acts, including NEPA

With heightened environmental awareness, public interest in equity, sustainable development, climate change considerations and established environmental laws and regulations, projects often require environmental planning, as well as final approvals and permitting prior to initiation. WSP has the full spectrum of environmental experts, permitting experts, policy specialists, public outreach and engagement teams, and other supporting disciplines necessary to bring projects to implementation.

Environmental Policy, Process and Assessment

Examples:

• Multidimensional public-private and agency development

• Private commercial real estate development

• Adaptive reuse

WSP’s planners can assist public and private sector clients to plan new equitable and sustainable developments and repurpose existing buildings or even entire districts with a sense of place that creates economic value and access to opportunity. We work with WSP’s financial strategists and property and building teams to create transformative, context-sensitive and cost-effective plans to bring new life to these sites, transforming burdens into revenue-generating assets.

Development, Revitalization and Reuse

Examples:

• Transit-oriented development

• Mixed-use neighborhoods

• Campuses

• Entertainment and sports district areas

• Parks, plazas and natural resources stewardship

Our planners, urban designers, landscape architects and engineers develop master plans for programs ranging in size from single sites to far-reaching transit-oriented districts and campuses that consider and balance a wide range of opportunities and challenges. WSP’s holistic master plans inform and guide equitable and innovative concept development. We identify implementation strategies, including leveraging public infrastructure investments to catalyze private development and enhance the public realm.

Master Planning