Exploring the long-term impacts of Covid-19 on London Underground with managing director, Andy Lord

08/26/20 • 37 min

This week editor of New Civil Engineer Claire Smith and news editor Rob Horgan address the multiple landslides and project delays caused by climate change in Scotland, including the recent tragic landslip which caused a train to derail and people to lose their lives. There’s also a nod to state of play with job losses in the industry – could we be facing an even more dire skills shortage in the near future?

Later, the pair are joined by Andy Lord, managing director of TfL’s London Underground, the world’s oldest railway. The conversation focuses on the impact of Covid-19 on the underground’s daily operations and services, but also touches on the Northern Line extension and the impact of the recently announced (further) delays to Crossrail and the handover of the Elizabeth Line.

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Pop-up infrastructure: temporary fix or here to stay? With Simeon Butterworth from WSP and Steve Tilby from Amey

In this episode of The Engineers Collective the New Civil Engineer team talk with WSP’s Simeon Butterworth and Amey’s Principal Engineer, Traffic and Transportation, Steve Tilby about the use of pop-up infrastructure to support more walking and cycling during the pandemic.The pair explain how government funding is allowing these schemes to evolve and develop more permanent changes to our lives. Together they also ask what consideration and planning goes into transitioning these temporary solutions to permanent.

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Talking about Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure conference which has gone digital, with Steve Cockerell and Shannon Clemons

This month’s episode of The Engineers Collective features Steve Cockerell and Shannon Clemons from Bentley Systems talking to NCE’s news editor Rob Horgan about Bentley Systems’ The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference. Due to COVID-19, Bentley Systems decided to cancel or postpone all the company’s physical conferences and events in 2020. This new digital conference format will bring together, now for a broader global community, the thought leadership, networking, and learning content that Bentley conference attendees have come to expect.

Hear from Steve and Shannon about what’s happening during YII 2020 and why you should attend the conference!

The Year in Infrastructure Conference is Going Digital – Oct. 20, 21 and 27
Bentley Systems wants you to be part of this digital experience!

Register now to have full complementary access to live and on-demand content as part of the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference. Conference participants will receive exclusive access to a wide range of content that is relevant to infrastructure professionals in every role and phase of the lifecycle. Learn from your peers and exchange ideas on advancing infrastructure.

The YII 2020 speaker-lineup includes:

Greg Bentley, CEO
Join Greg in an interactive discussion on the infrastructure resilience challenges professionals face and how digital advancement can facilitate overcoming these obstacles.
Keith Bentley, Chief Technology Officer
Hear from Keith about how leading design and construction firms, along with owner-operators, are leveraging digital twins, and the new business model opportunities that are emerging.
Leading organizations like HS2, Tesla, and NOV share their use cases on innovative applications of digital twins.

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