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 MacDonald
Mark Enzer, Chief Technical Officer, Mott MacDonald
Sean Horkan, Head of Strategic Asset Management, Mott MacDonald
David Viner, Global Head of Climate Resilience, Mott MacDonald
Howard Watson, Chief Technical Officer, BT Openreach

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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 challenges
• helping governments and businesses plan, deliver and sustain their strategic goals
• responding to humanitarian and natural emergencies
• improving people’s lives