WSP Global Careers

Louis Berger was founded in 1953 by Dr. Louis Berger, a member of the engineering faculty at Pennsylvania State University and former U.S. Coast Guard commander. The firm began as a soils mechanics and foundations engineering operation with one office in Harrisburg, Pa.integrity and commitment has built decades-long client relationships with local, state and federal governments; multilateral institutions; and other public and private entities.In 1959, Louis Berger undertook its first international assignment, assisting in the rehabilitation of 700 kilometers of the Rangoon-Mandalay Road in Burma. Building on this experience and the entrepreneurial spirit embodied by its founder, the company began working Nigeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Thailand and Indonesia during the 1960s. To complement its engineering practice and provide more holistic solutions to global problems, Louis Berger formed the development economics group, the precursor to today’s integrated development practice, which combines social and economic improvements with physical infrastructure upgrades.