It is with great pleasure that we announce WSP's acquisition of Dessau CEI S.A.S ("Dessau CEI"), Dessau International Inc.'s Colombian engineering subsidiary.

Dessau CEI operates in the transportation and oil and gas sectors and has 415 employees based in Bogotá.This acquisition plays an integral part in WSP's growth strategy for South America. In light of WSP's significant growth in Colombia in the last two years, Ali Ettehadieh, Managing Director of South America and the Caribbean for WSP, points to Dessau CEI's expertise in transportation and oil and gas as a perfect complement to the array of services we offer our clients, which will strengthen our expertise in these respective sectors. Luis E. Quintero, Dessau CEI's General Manager in Colombia, asserted that "as part of a firm with such a global presence, we believe the strength of our expertise in highways supervision and design, energy projects as well as oil pipelines supervision, coupled with their outreach, will create tremendous opportunities for both our clients and employees"

Dessau CEI has participated in large engineering projects contributing to the development of the country such as the construction supervision of large dams, the valorisation plan of the city of Bogotá (studies and design of roads, intersections, intersections, pedestrian bridges and public spaces) and the Bogotá-Villavicencio Highway (including the design of large tunnels and bridges), which was awarded the 2010 National Engineering Award. In the oil and gas sector, the firm has been in charge of supervising the construction of the biggest part of the oil pipeline system in Colombia for Ecopetrol, the major oil and gas player in Colombia and successfully completed the Control Center Project Management construction of the most important oil refinery in Colombia.

For further details, please read the media release.

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