As a licensed House of Expertise, WSP is now included in the exclusive list of Fire and Life Safety consultants who are vetted and recommended by Dubai Civil Defence. In this role, WSP is able to undertake peer review work on behalf of Dubai Civil Defence as well as continuing to undertake the full range of fire and life safety services currently provided by WSP.
 
For an organisation to be recognised as a ‘House of Expertise’ it has to go through a comprehensive qualification process and is required to employ experts with over 10 years of experience in various fields including fire & life safety, fire protection, mechanical and electrical engineering, and architecture.
 
Robert Davies, WSP’s Head of Fire & Life Safety, said: “WSP has the largest internationally qualified Fire and Life Safety team in Dubai, with extensive background and understanding of all local requirements. This is complimented by our global team of over 300 Fire & Life Safety specialists. We have a proven track record of delivering robust Fire and Life Safety designs on some of the most iconic projects in the region for over 15 years.”
 
WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services consulting firms, with 37,800 staff, based in more than 500 offices, across 40 countries. Together we provide services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment, and our expertise ranges from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transport networks, and from developing the energy sources of the future to enabling new ways of extracting essential resources.
 
With 1,700 people in the Middle East we are working on some of the world's most iconic and complex projects. We take pride in helping our clients to realise their ambitions by offering our unique, local knowledge whilst leveraging our worldwide expertise.
 
We are a Great Place to Work© and take pride in attracting, developing and engaging the best professionals in our fields of expertise.
 
In 2016 we won Consultant of the Year at the Construction Week Qatar Awards. We were awarded Consultant of the Year at both the Big Project Awards and Middle East Consultant Awards in 2015.

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