MONTREAL — WSP Global Inc. saw its second-quarter revenue and earnings climb as the company experienced strong acquisition growth.

The Montreal-based engineering firm said its net earnings attributable to shareholders reached $279.4 million, up from $184.1 million in the same period a year earlier.

On an adjusted basis, WSP's net earnings increased to $2.35 per share from $1.89 per share, beating analysts’ expectations of $2.27 per share, according to financial markets firm LSEG Data & Analytics.

WSP said its revenue climbed almost 15 per cent to $4.51 billion in the three months ended June 28.

It said the increase was mainly attributable to acquisition growth of 10.4 per cent and net revenue organic growth of 3.5 per cent.

President and CEO Alexandre L’Heureux had previously said the

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