Santosh Singh
Structures Group Manager and Head of Specialism, National HighwaysSantosh is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer with over twenty five years of experience in consultancy and client organisations, managing and delivering multidisciplinary transport infrastructure projects. He has an in-depth experience in asset management, engineering leadership, delivering, and sponsoring projects from business planning stage to commissioning.
Working in both private and public sectors on complex projects for the highways, rail, and aviation sectors, he brings together the best practices from both sides. Santosh has a Master’s in Structural Engineering from University of Surrey and is a Fellow of The Institution of Civil Engineers.
My Speaker Sessions
Thursday 13 March 2025
15:30
Roundtable: The Resilience Agenda
15:30 - 16:15
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
