#51 Covid 19: Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

The rapid and exponential spread of the new coronavirus, COVID 19 is changing the way that we live and work. First detected in December 2019 in Wuhan City, China, within three months it was a global pandemic. To keep operating through the crisis businesses turned to digital technologies to support home working. But this connectivity relied on infrastructure, from internet services to power supplies. In this episode we asked a range of sector experts from the UK’s largest infrastructure consultant Mott MacDonald how resilient infrastructure systems cope with massive labour disruption and explore lessons learned from previous disasters. Guests Judy Anderson, Global Head of Water, Mott MacDonaldMark Enzer, Chief Technical Officer, Mott MacDonaldSean Horkan, Head of Strategic Asset Management, Mott MacDonaldDavid Viner, Global Head of Climate Resilience, Mott MacDonaldHoward Watson, Chief Technical Officer, BT Openreach Partner Mott MacDonald: Opening opportunities with connected thinking. Mott MacDonald is a US$2bn engineering, management and development consultancy involved in:  solving some of the world’s most urgent social, environmental and economic challengeshelping governments and businesses plan, deliver and sustain their strategic goalsresponding to humanitarian and natural emergenciesimproving people’s lives The post #51 Covid 19: Disaster Resilient Infrastructure first appeared on Engineering Matters.