WSP USA is regularly found among the nation’s largest professional services firms, including placing 8th in this year’s ENR Top 500 Design Firms ranking. But thanks to what CEO Greg Kelly calls a “regional approach,” WSP remains closely connected to the clients and communities it serves. The local-facing strategy proved successful in the MidAtlantic region last year. WSP’s regional revenue climbed 43% in 2018 to more than $183.2 million. The firm’s No. 5 ranking on ENR MidAtlantic’s Top Design survey, up from No. 13 the previous year, contributed to its selection as ENR MidAtlantic’s Design Firm of the Year. “Our business model is to be local with clients,” Kelly explains. “We hire locally, and strategically locate offices where we can be active and involved in those communities.”
That includes contributing more than a half-million dollars nationally in 2018 to support a host of charitable organizations, including the March of Dimes, the ACE Mentoring Program, the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity, according to the firm.