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WSP’s healthcare engineers and advisors create outstanding, people-centric places for diagnosis, care and recovery. Creating healthcare environments that blend advanced technologies with the healing power of nature and human connection.

 

Healthcare facilities are essential touchpoints that support people throughout their lives, from acute hospitals at critical moments to specialized buildings for long-term care. As healthcare evolves – shaped by societal change, medical breakthroughs, digital innovation, and sustainability imperatives – we help clients adapt to new models of care and future-proof their facilities.

Our teams support clients at every stage of the healthcare planning journey. Providing end-to-end support or more targeted input at specific stages, from strategic advisory and planning through to design, delivery and commissioning.

With global insight and deep local knowledge, our experts deliver smart, resilient and people-centric healthcare solutions. Facilities that uphold the highest standards of patient care, optimize operational performance, and maximize positive outcomes for people.  

Healthcare is about people first. Every hospital or clinic we help design is more than a building – it’s a place where lives are changed. Our role is to listen, collaborate, advise and bring ideas to life that make care better for patients and families, and easier for the teams who deliver it.

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Strategy to delivery

As multidisciplinary partners, we help clients achieve their strategic, operational and sustainability goals across every stage of a program. From decarbonizing their existing buildings, to transforming the patient and staff experience with new facilities or systems. 

Smarter healthcare

We create the digitally-enabled environments our clients need to deliver efficient and responsive care – from smart buildings to AI-driven asset management. Bringing deep industry knowledge and the latest digital advancements, we enable our clients to harness the right technology for their needs today and in the future.
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Enable operational excellence

Providing high-quality, affordable, sustainable healthcare means making the best use of resources while meeting exacting technical standards. We provide agile and scalable solutions – from new buildings and systems engineered for operational efficiency to strategies that unlock the potential of existing assets.

Resilient solutions

Healthcare facilities need to keep running in all events. Our Future Ready approach builds resilience into decision-making to protect patients, staff and assets. Helping clients anticipate and adapt to societal, environmental and technological changes – from energy transition and climate impacts, to evolving healthcare needs.
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Partner with experts

Our healthcare engineers and advisors work closely with public and private healthcare providers, policymakers and designers around the world, helping to transform healthcare for the benefit of all. Get in touch with our experts today.
 

Kevin Cassidy
Kevin Cassidy
National Market Lead – Healthcare & Science
Canada
Matthew Salisbury
Principal Director – Health
Australia
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Renaud Tumino
Director, Property & Buildings
France
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Anisha Mayor
UK Head of Healthcare
United Kingdom
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Frank Lang
Head of healthcare services
China
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Alejandro Falcon Bonilla
Technical Director
United Arab Emirates
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Christine Duncan
Head of Clients & Major Projects - Property and Buildings
New Zealand
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Adri Metzer
Director, Integrated Design Delivery (Sector Lead)
South Africa
Nolan Rome
US Health Innovation Advisory Lead
United States
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Sara Wennergren
Group Manager & Project Manager Advanced Technical Equipment
Sweden
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Ramon Ortuzar
Director, Industry and Property & Buildings , LAC
Latin America and the Caribbean
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Healthcare sectors

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Acute and General Hospitals

Creating places to meet changing healthcare needs.
 

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Cancer Care and Research Facilities

Creating places for diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

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Children’s Hospitals

Creating places for the best pediatric care.

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Mental Health Facilities

Creating places for treatment, recovery and wellbeing.

Insights

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January 2025

TNFD Essentials: A Beginner’s Guide to Nature-Related Financial Disclosures

Canada
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Decarbonization
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February 2024 | 7 minutes

Creating places that make people well: An interview with Amit Bhansali

Global
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Working at WSP
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September 2023 | 2 mins

Healthcare beyond carbon: exploring nine healthcare systems' journeys to net-zero

Global
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Decarbonization , Energy Transition
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March 2023

How integrated data analytics can drive Future Ready™ healthcare in a post-COVID world

Australia
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Technology
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September 2021

Evolving the Built Environment for Health and Wellbeing

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Places , Resilience
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July 2021

Adopting the WELL certification standard in the Healthcare Sector

United Kingdom
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Places
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June 2021 | 6 Minutes

All About The Children - Queen Silvia's Childrens Hospital

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Technology , Society , Resilience
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May 2021 | 8 minutes

Children At The Heart Of Design For Queen Silvia's Hospital For Children And Young People

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April 2021 | 2 minutes

Healthcare after COVID-19: Lessons for resilience

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Technology , Resilience , Places
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March 2021 | 4 Minutes

"People with COVID symptoms had nowhere to go … we had 21 days to reactivate the building"

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Places , Society
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March 2021 | 4 minutes

Pandemics are not 100 year events we need to be proactive

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Society , Places
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October 2020 | 4:30 minutes

Pre-Fab Central Utility Plant Key to Earlier Opening for Maryland Medical Center

United States
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Places
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Frequently asked questions

How can healthcare engineering improve patient care?

Healthcare engineering combines strategic planning, technology and design to create environments focused on patient comfort, safety, and wellbeing. Integrating advanced technologies enables hospitals and clinics to provide the latest medical treatments and personalized care, in response to evolving healthcare needs.  

What are healthcare advisory services?

Healthcare advisory services help public and private healthcare providers, policymakers, and investors achieve their desired outcomes and support far-reaching system change, from strategic transformation to implementation. These services cover all stages of the healthcare lifecycle and include funding, delivery, operation and decommissioning of healthcare facilities. Examples of WSP’s work include assessing, planning and optimizing new and existing healthcare facilities; integrating innovative clinical, digital, and sustainability solutions; and navigating challenges such as energy transition, decarbonization, digital transformation, and the evolving needs of different populations. 

How does healthcare engineering and advisory services support decarbonization and sustainability?

Healthcare facilities are among the world’s most carbon-intensive buildings. We embed decarbonization and sustainability in our engineering and advice to help clients reduce their embodied and operational carbon. Our services include sustainable building engineering, energy management and efficiency, building certifications, life cycle assessments, climate risk planning and actions, refurbishment and retrofitting, asset management, and ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem services.

How do you help healthcare facilities become resilient and future ready?

Resilient healthcare facilities are designed to be highly efficient, digitally enabled and flexible to meet changing healthcare needs, evolving clinical treatments and personalized care. WSP’s engineers and advisors understand how these buildings operate and support clinical models. Our Future Ready® approach helps us to anticipate long-term challenges and opportunities impacting healthcare, from socioeconomic drivers to climate change, and enables clients to embed adaptability and resilience across their buildings, infrastructure and systems.

How can you make the best out of upgrading existing healthcare facilities?

Upgrading existing healthcare facilities enables healthcare providers to meet changing requirements, extend the life of their assets and improve operational efficiency. Refurbishment and retrofit work can also be more carbon efficient than building new. Hospitals are often at the heart of communities and upgrading them maintains and enhances this connection. We help our clients to revitalize their buildings and healthcare sites by modernizing building services, integrating innovative clinical, digital and nature-based solutions, and enhancing the experience for patients and staff.

What are the benefits of working with a multidisciplinary healthcare engineering team?

Multidisciplinary healthcare engineering teams combine technical expertise, creative ingenuity, and strategic insight to deliver high-performing, people-centric healthcare environments. This collaborative approach enables holistic decision-making, better coordination and systems integration, and ultimately drives operational efficiency and improved patient outcomes. WSP’s multidisciplinary services span structural and building services engineering, digital solutions, advisory, sustainability consultancy, and specialist services like lab planning, medical equipment planning and logistics, heliport design and transportation planning.
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