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- Water innovation: intelligent asset management for our futureWood experts discuss intelligent asset management solutions to enhance water networks for our future. What challenges have been exposed in our rapidly changing world? How can water operators and utilities build resilience to future events? What steps to they need to take to achieve this?This episode features:Andy Clevenger, global technical leader for water and wastewater (Nashville)Andrew Maitland, senior business development manager, asset performance optimisation (Houston)Alesio Lanzara, global predictive maintenance lead (Perth)To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.25 min
- Water innovation: one week to drive down carbonWood experts discuss how they teamed up with client Northumbrian Water at the recent innovation festival to develop new approaches to decarbonising water operations. They discuss how water companies are challenged in achieving decarbonisation and efficiency goals for our future, how the annual Water Innovation festival helping to solve these challenges and how the outputs from the festival bring water operators one significant step ahead in their path to carbon neutrality.This episode features:Angela MacOscar, head of innovation at Northumbrian Water (Newcastle)Andy Wallace, leader of Wood’s water engineering team in the UK (Bristol)Shawn Allan, Wood’s global digital and technology leader for its consulting business (St. John’s, Newfoundland)To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.27 min
- Mining towards 2050: minerals and metals for a sustainable world
In the face of today’s uncertainty, Wood experts discuss commodities, market outlook and building resilience for our future. Are commodities today following typical supply demand patterns? Is this period of volatility is different from others? How is the mining industry being impacted and why is it proving to be more resilient than others?
This episode features:
David Bleiker, global mining sector lead for environment and infrastructure (Toronto)
Mike Woloschuk, global technical lead for mineral processing and vice president global mining consulting (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Julian Sparks, global mining strategy lead (Santiago)To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.
David Bleiker, Wood’s global mining sector leader for environment and infrastructure. During his 25-year consulting career, he’s become a leading voice in tailings management. He has a strong expertise in hydrology, hydrogeology, geotechnical and conceptual studies and has worked on numerous landmark projects related to mine waste management, mine closure and water management. David is based in Toronto.
Mike Woloschuk, Wood’s global technical leader for mineral processing and vice president, global mining consulting for mining and minerals. A former partner and head of process engineering for Canada’s largest precious metals-focused private equity fund, Mike brings 25 years of experience in the mining industry including operations, capital projects and corporate development. His commodity experience includes gold, silver, nickel, cobalt, copper, and uranium. An Australian-Canadian, Mike is based in Salt Lake City and is a two-time Asia-Pacific men’s championship curler.
Julian Sparks, Wood’s global mining strategy lead. He has 15 years of experience in capital projects in the nuclear and mining industries. Throughout his career, he has worked for large global engineering and construction companies and client organisations in the UK and South America. Originally from South Africa, Julian is based in Santiago.
26 min - Mining towards 2050: current market outlook
In the face of today’s uncertainty, Wood experts discuss commodities, market outlook and building resilience for our future. Are commodities today following typical supply demand patterns? Is this period of volatility is different from others? How is the mining industry being impacted and why is it proving to be more resilient than others?
This episode features:
David Bleiker, global mining sector lead for environment and infrastructure (Toronto)
Mike Woloschuk, global technical lead for mineral processing and vice president global mining consulting (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Julian Sparks, global mining strategy lead (Santiago)To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.
David Bleiker, Wood’s global mining sector leader for environment and infrastructure. During his 25-year consulting career, he’s become a leading voice in tailings management. He has a strong expertise in hydrology, hydrogeology, geotechnical and conceptual studies and has worked on numerous landmark projects related to mine waste management, mine closure and water management. David is based in Toronto.
Mike Woloschuk, Wood’s global technical leader for mineral processing and vice president, global mining consulting for mining and minerals. A former partner and head of process engineering for Canada’s largest precious metals-focused private equity fund, Mike brings 25 years of experience in the mining industry including operations, capital projects and corporate development. His commodity experience includes gold, silver, nickel, cobalt, copper and uranium. An Australian-Canadian, Mike is based in Salt Lake City and is a two-time Asia-Pacific men’s championship curler.
Julian Sparks, Wood’s global mining strategy lead. He has 15 years of experience in capital projects in the nuclear and mining industries. Throughout his career, he has worked for large global engineering and construction companies and client organisations in the UK and South America. Originally from South Africa, Julian is based in Santiago.
26 min - Future mobility: exploring the new normalWood experts continue the conversation on what’s next for mobility in the backdrop of COVID-19. How will the pandemic impact urban growth in 2020 and beyond? What is the role of electrification and autonomous vehicles in our future? What does the new normal of mobility look like?This episode features:Ray Steege, global infrastructure and transportation leader (St. Louis, Missouri)John Howe, Canadian transport advisor (Toronto, Ontario)Monika Crouse, UK highways and transport leader (London)To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.23 min
- Future mobility: the changing demands of public transportIn the backdrop of the COVID-19, Wood experts discuss how the crisis brings a shift in priorities for transportation companies as they move through and beyond recovery. What changes are we seeing in the demands of public transport systems? How will tracking tools be used to reshape future travel demands?This episode features:Ray Steege, global infrastructure and transportation leader (St. Louis, Missouri)John Howe, Canadian transport advisor (Toronto, Ontario)Monika Crouse, UK highways and transport leader (London)To connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.26 min
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