As the COVID-19 pandemic shutters communities and economies around the world, we face a global crisis of a magnitude never before seen. We do not yet know how we will extricate ourselves or what the world will look like when we do, only that it is likely to be a very different place.
WSP’s “Better Normal” series is exploring COVID-19’s many implications for the built environment, the challenges and opportunities that it presents, and the potential solutions for creating a better, healthier, more equal and sustainable world.
These articles draw not only on the expertise of our multidisciplinary teams around the globe, but on that of our partners and clients too. I’d like to thank everyone who has generously shared their insights, and to welcome input from anyone who is interested in developing these ideas further.
Our focus at WSP has long been on future-ready designs: ensuring that buildings and communities are equipped to respond to the change we know is coming, and flexible enough to adapt to the change that we can’t foresee. We’ll be redoubling our efforts, and we invite colleagues from across the industry to engage with us as we collaborate to find new, better answers to the question of how we should live together in this complex, ever-changing world.
We need all of our collective creativity, ingenuity and insight now more than ever. Let’s keep the conversation going.
Tom Smith
Global Director, Property & Buildings
WSP
