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Rachel JonesRachel Jones has moved to Ramboll from WSP where she was technical director, overseeing  corporate advisory services for sustainability and climate change. She was with WSP for eight year and previously worked for Jacobs and Sinclair Knight Merz. She has also been a practitioner...

Having been outbid by Tetra Tech, consulting engineer WSP declared today that it was not prepared to offer any more to take over Oxfordshire planning consultancy RPS.Read Full Article: The Construction Index Source link

RPS headquarters in AbingdonLast month the board of RPS (formerly Rural Planning Services) approved a £625.9m takeover bid by Canadian firm WSP. But it has now changed its  mind, having received a £636m offer from US-owned Tetra Tech UK Holdings (formerly White Young Green). The...

WSP House in London's Chancery LaneThe £60m acquisition adds about 1,000 staff to WSP’s UK workforce, more than £90m in annual revenues and expands its strategic advisory offering. Capita REI provides advisory, design, engineering, environmental and project management services for land, building and infrastructure owners;...

Mark Naysmith, chief executive of WSP UK & EMEAThe acquired business provides engineering, remediation consulting, environmental permitting, inspection, monitoring, and environmental management services. E&I’s traditional customer base was the North Sea oil & gas sector but it has grown from those roots to have 6,000...

RPS corporate headquarters in AbingdonWSP is offering RPS shareholders 206 pence per share; yesterday’s price was 117 pence – RPS directors said it was too good an offer to turn down. Whether it goes ahead now depends on RPS shareholder approval. Founded in 1970 in...

WSP will take over two businesses: Capita Real Estate & Infrastructure (REI) and GL Hearn (GLH). Capita REI provides specialist advisory, design, engineering, environmental and project management services for land, building and infrastructure owners. It includes the legacy Travers Morgan consulting engineer business that Capita...

Paul Reilly Paul Reilly has joined WSP from Stantec where he had been managing director of its UK & Ireland infrastructure & buildings business since January 2020. He was also chair of the Association of Consultancy & Engineering in 2020. Before Stantec, he was a...

WSP's London office at 70 Chancery LaneThe firm is looking to increase its UK and Ireland headcount from around 7,000 to 9,000 in 2022. There are vacancies in rail, water, planning, highways and building structures, as well as business support functions including legal, finance and...