WSP USA
[3] On October 31, 2014, Parsons Brinckerhoff became a wholly owned independent subsidiary of WSP Global,[4] a Canadian-based professional services firm.[7] Parsons Brinckerhoff also designed the Cape Cod Canal, which opened in 1914 [8] and charted the course of a railway in China from Hankow (Wuhan) to Canton (Guangzhou), a line that is also still in use today.On September 3, 2014, it was announced that WSP Global had made an offer to purchase Parsons Brinckerhoff from Balfour Beatty plc for US$1.24 billion.[34] The firm is involved in Long Island Rail Road's East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal in New York City,[35] with a planned opening of December 2022.[42] Parsons Brinckerhoff partnered with rival engineering firm Bechtel to build the troubled Big Dig in Boston, Massachusetts.The Big Dig, or Central Artery/Tunnel project as it was officially known, was intended to replace an elevated Interstate freeway and connecting roads with a tunnel system underneath Boston.
SubsidiaryProject managementWilliam Barclay ParsonsOne Penn PlazaNew York CityUnited StatesParentWSP Globaloriginal IRT line of the New York City SubwayCape Cod CanalHenry M. BrinckerhoffDetroit–Windsor TunnelScheldtAntwerpBuzzards Bay Railroad Bridge1939 World's FairGarden State ParkwayNew JerseyHampton Roads Bridge-TunnelPell BridgeNewport, Rhode IslandStrategic Petroleum Reserve (United States)Fort McHenry TunnelU.S. 25ECumberland Gap TunnelSan FranciscoAtlantaSingaporeTaipeiCaracasBalfour BeattyLouis Berger GroupLong Island Rail RoadEast Side AccessGrand Central TerminalLaGuardia AirportCharlotte Douglas International AirportDallas Fort Worth International AirportSan Antonio International AirportBechtelBig DigSilver Spring, MarylandParsons BrinckerhoffEngineering News-RecordThe New York TimesThe Dallas Morning News