Joanna Bonnett

Senior Technical Director, COWI

Joanna is a Senior Technical Director for COWI in the UK, with responsibility for leading technical knowledge-sharing, development and quality. She also coordinates initiatives in innovation, digitization and sustainability. Joanna has a background in technically demanding bridge design, check and assessment projects. Joanna is a Chartered Structural Engineer, and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng FICE MIStructE).

My Speaker Sessions

Thursday 13 March 2025

15:30

Roundtable: The Resilience Agenda

15:30 - 16:15
  • Defining Resilience in Bridge Engineering: Establishing a common understanding of resilience, considering the effects of climate change, scour, and evolving asset management practices on bridge infrastructure.
  • Balancing Proactive Asset Management with Rapid Response: Exploring effective rapid response capabilities alongside proactive asset management to address the threats from climate events and potential human interventions.
  • Addressing System-Level and Individual Asset Resilience: Examining the importance of considering both the resilience of individual bridge assets and the broader resilience of interconnected transport systems.
  • Optimising Resilience Investment and Prioritisation Strategies: Discussing the challenges of prioritising effort and investment, with a chance for the audience to put forward their action points and practical solutions which do not rely solely on calls for more money.

Speakers

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