Ramping Up Resilience in Critical Infrastructure

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Infrastructure Resilience in an Age of Compounding Risk Across the global construction and infrastructure sector, resilience has shifted from a specialist concern to a defining strategic priority. Extreme weather events, systemic climate pressures, cyber vulnerabilities, and ageing assets are no longer theoretical risks but lived realities for transport networks, utilities, and cities worldwide. From heat-stressed power grids in Southern Europe …

Ramping Up Resilience in Critical Infrastructure

The Helmick Professorship provides "the opportunity to examine how outdated design principles leave power, water and transportation systems vulnerable to extreme weather, cyberattacks and aging infrastructure. A failure in one system can quickly cascade into others, compromising essential services that communities rely on in moments of crisis."