The Infrastructure Lab

Conflict Avoidance Process Webinar
2024-05-15 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Virtual Roundtable
The financial cost of disputes in the construction industry is measured in billions of dollars. Conflict can cause immeasurable harm to business relationships and brand reputations. An increasing number of major infrastructure bodies are driving a sea-change and embedding conflict avoidance mechanisms to avoid and manage conflicts. Learn more about this fresh approach by joining Martin Burns and Sue Barrett speak about their experiences with using the RICS Conflict Avoidance Process on Transport for London projects.
SPEAKERS:

Moderator: Paul Hughes, Senior Director, Cost & Project Management, Altus Group
Martin Burns, Head of ADR Research and Development, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Sue Barrett, Head of Contracts and Procurement, Houses of Parliament Renewal and Restoration

Virtual Ticket Price:
The ticket is Complimentary to all guests.

Vancouver Launch of Future of Infrastructure Group Report – Reducing Risk in Transit Projects
2024-06-06 16:00 - 19:00 UTC | Terminal City Club, 837 West Hastings St., Terminal City Club, 837 West Hastings St., Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1B6, Canada
BCCR’s Annual General Meeting will be held on June 6th at the Terminal City Club. It will be followed by the Future of Infrastructure Group presentation, panel discussion, and informal networking.
The Reducing Risk in Transit Projects report by the Future of Infrastructure Group includes a series of recommendations based on experiences from projects across Canada using different processes and tools to understand and tackle risk at every stage to support better project outcomes.
The panel discussion will focus on how risk is tackled on major transit projects across Canada and beyond. Canada is investing record amounts into transit projects, with most major cities nationwide having at least one rail line in planning or construction. Transit projects are large and complex, with many uncertainties and unknowns and large networks of interrelated responsibilities, all relying on each other to be successful. This adds up to significant project risk. Unclear, unmanaged, or misallocated risk can add considerable costs and delay project completion.
Presenter: John Allen – Executive Director of the Future of Infrastructure Group.
Panelists:

Corina Moore – Executive Vice President of Transportation & Infrastructure at WSP.
James Harvey – General Counsel and VP of infrastructure at Transportation Investment Corporation.
Paul Hughes – Senior Director of Cost and Project Management at Altus.
Chris Phillips – Senior Vice President Project Delivery and Project Director for Eglinton Crosstown West Extension at Infrastructure Ontario.

Moderator: Darren Sokoloski – Vice President Advisory at AECOM.

TRACCS Rail Day 2024: Risk in Transit Projects Panel
2024-06-18 10:30 - 11:00 UTC | International Centre, 6900 Airport Rd, Mississauga, Ontario, L4V 1E8, Canada
The Future of Infrastructure Group will be at the 2024 TRACCS Rail Day. The group is looking forward to joining hundreds of rail professionals to share its latest report on risk in transit projects.
Presenter: John Allen, Executive Director, Future of Infrastructure Group (Global Public Affairs)
Moderator: Kirsten Watson, Co-Chair, Future of Infrastructure Group (Aecom)
Panel:

Corina Moore, Executive Vice President, Transportation & Infrastructure, WSP
Chris Phillips, Senior Vice President, Project Delivery (LRTs), Infrastructure Ontario
Tim Shepherd, Alliance Director, Union Station Enhancement Project, Kiewit

Transforming Infrastructure Performance Summit Toronto 2024
2024-10-03 08:00 - 16:30 (America/Toronto) | IBM Office, 16 York Street, Toronto, Canada
As Canada embarks on a major infrastructure investment across the country, the need for innovation and reform in project delivery has never been more critical. Inspired by the U.K.’s Transforming Infrastructure Performance (TIP): Roadmap to 2030, the TIP Toronto Summit will explore how Canada can overcome its unique challenges by integrating cutting-edge digital technologies and methods.
From refining the P3 model to achieving net-zero carbon goals, Canada’s infrastructure sector faces significant hurdles. With capacity constraints and mounting government financial pressures, there’s an urgent need to boost productivity and efficiency across all stages of infrastructure from planning, design, manufacturing, construction, and operation.
Central to this transformation will be stronger leadership and the adoption of data-driven solutions like digital twins. These innovations will be pivotal in enhancing efficiency, resilience, and sustainability.
The TIP Toronto Summit will assess Canada’s digital readiness, spotlighting opportunities to make these technologies standard practice. By accelerating their adoption, we can not only improve project delivery, but also generate substantial social and economic benefits for all Canadians.
Join leading experts from government, industry, and academia as we delve into how Canada can harness digital technology to meet its infrastructure challenges now and into the future.

Confirmed Speakers

The Hon. Kinga Surma, Ontario Minister for Infrastructure
Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, Deputy Mayor, City of Toronto
Baxter Hunt, U.S. Consul General in Toronto
Lisa Mitchell, CEO, Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships
Dave Morley, Co-chair Future of Infrastructure Group and Vice President, National Strategy and Government Relations with Pomerleau
Kirsten Watson, Co-chair Future of Infrastructure Group and Vice President of Government Relations/Transit Market Sector Leader at AECOM
Michael Lindsay, President and CEO Infrastructure Ontario
And more…

Unlocking Digital Twins in Canadian Infrastructure
2025-03-27 08:30 - 17:00 UTC | Arup, 121 Bloor Street East, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3M5, Canada
The Future of Infrastructure Group will be hosting a workshop on enabling greater use of digital twins to benefit infrastructure projects in Canada. This session is to produce recommendations from industry to address any barriers to adoption building on best practices and successes from specific projects in Canada and around the world.
Objectives:

Identify barriers to adoption of digital twins in Canada
Grow broad understanding and provide recommendations to support government adoption of digital twins across the project lifecycle
Spotlight best practices around successful use of digital tools in project planning, delivery, and operations

The session will bring together a mixed group from industry and government in a workshop format for the day.
Arup have kindly offered to host the session at their Toronto office.
This event is invite only.

Digital Twin Paper Launch - Toronto
2026-01-26 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Ontario
Please join us for the launch of our new Digital Twin report in Toronto on January 26. We are fortunate to be joined by the Honorable Todd McCarthy, Ontario’s Acting Minister of Infrastructure who will provide remarks on the province’s ambitious infrastructure investments and efforts to drive innovation in the sector.
We will then have a presentation of the report and a panel discussion, and wrap up with a reception. Our panelists include:

Amar Singh, from Infrastructure Ontario
Lindsay English, from Arup
Yuri Bartzis, from Pomerleau
Dwayne Torrey, from the Canadian Standards Association
John Allen, from the Future of Infrastructure Group/Global Public Affairs

Details:
Date: Monday, January 26th
Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm (doors open 4:30pm)
Location: Arup, 121 Bloor St E Suite 900, Toronto

Thank you to Arup for kindly hosting and chairing this initiative.

FIG Ottawa Reception
2026-03-23 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | Beyond the Pale, 21 George Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 8W5, Canada
Join us for a networking reception with FIG members and the Ottawa infrastructure community.
This reception is kindly sponsored by ARUP.
