
The People and Place Podcast
On the People and Place Podcast by WSP Australia, we talk to WSP experts, clients and leading industry figures to dive into People and Place. What does place and placemaking mean? What are some of the challenges and opportunities we face in creating places for people to live, work, learn, play and thrive in?
Episodes
28 episodes
Changing How We Move: Modes of Mobility
WSP's People and Place Podcast presents 'Changing How We Move,' a new series hosted by Shifani Sood. Join our host as she interviews Jule...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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40:30

Planning for Natural Hazards: Public Interest
This year on WSP's People and Place Podcast, we are introducing a miniseries titled Planning for Natural Hazards, and Dr. Mark Maund, WSP's Planning and Approvals Team Lead for Reg...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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26:34

Planning for Natural Hazards: Communications and Engagement
This year on WSP's People and Place Podcast, we are introducing a miniseries titled Planning for Natural Hazards, and Dr. Mark Maund, WSP's Planning and Approvals Team Lead for Reg...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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34:19

Planning for Natural Hazards: The Impact
This year on WSP's People and Place Podcast, we are introducing a miniseries titled Planning for Natural Hazards, and Dr. Mark Maund, WSP's Planning and Approvals Team Lead for Reg...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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23:10

Women Who Shape Cities: Elizabeth Mildwater
WSP’s People and Place Podcast is sharing a mini series in 2022, titled Women Who Shape Cities. Join our host, Sara Stace, as she speaks candidly with some brilliant women from around Austra...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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31:46

Planning for Natural Hazards: Education and Decision-Making
This year on WSP's People and Place Podcast, we are introducing a miniseries titled Planning for Natural Hazards, and Dr. Mark Maund, WSP's Planning and Approvals Team Lead for Reg...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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39:11

Women Who Shape Cities: Alice Thompson
WSP’s People and Place Podcast is sharing a new mini series in 2022, titled Women Who Shape Cities. Join our host, Sara Stace, as she speaks candidly with some brilliant women from around Au...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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30:28

Planning for Natural Hazards: Bushfire Threat Assessment
This year on WSP's People and Place Podcast, we are introducing a miniseries titled Planning for Natural Hazards, and Dr. Mark Maund, WSP's Planning and Approvals Team Lead for Reg...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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29:33

Planning for Natural Hazards: Understanding the Role of Ecology
This year on WSP's People and Place Podcast, we are introducing a miniseries titled Planning for Natural Hazards, and Dr. Mark Maund, WSP's Planning and Approvals Team Lead for Reg...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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31:18

Planning for Natural Hazards: Preparing for Climate Change
This year on WSP’s People and Place Podcast, we are introducing a miniseries titled Planning for Natural Hazards, and Dr. Mark Maund, WSP's Planning and Approvals Team Lead for Reg...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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21:53

Women Who Shape Cities: Dorte Ekelund
WSP’s People and Place Podcast is sharing a new mini series in 2022, titled Women Who Shape Cities. Join our host, Sara Stace, as she speaks candidly with some brilliant women from around Au...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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23:25

Global Ideas Tour: Cities – Tree change and street change
Join us on a Global Ideas Tour mini-series where we take a deep dive on key elements of cities, places and spaces with our global WSP colleagues as they share learnings, experiences and thoughts on the future as we start to look past the COVID ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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31:50

Global Ideas Tour: Social - Let’s stay together
Join us on a Global Ideas Tour mini-series where we take a deep dive on key elements of cities, places and spaces with our global WSP colleagues as they share learnings, experiences and thoughts on the future as we start to look past the COVID ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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35:28

Global Ideas Tour: Spaces – Less Concrete, More Jungle
Join us on a Global Ideas Tour mini-series where our host, Sara Stace, takes a deep dive on key elements of cities, places and spaces with our global WSP colleagues as they share learnings, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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29:26

Great Places, For Life – Connecting with Country through Indigenous Design and Research
In this special edition of The People and Place podcast, our guests share a unique perspective on the built environment, looking at our industry through an Aboriginal lens and experience. Join our host
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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44:37

Going Kerbside – Why it’s the Next Frontier for Making Great Places
In this latest edition of The People and Place Podcast, we discuss the importance of the kerbside and why they are so critical in our modern-day definition of place.Join our host,
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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37:56

Future-Proofing Hospitals for Changing Technologies
While we may not know what technologies will exist in the next 5, 10, 20 years, we can enable resilient healthcare facilities by future-proofing the technology infrastructure for the extended lifecycle of these assets. In this epis...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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34:34

Decarbonisation in Health
Healthcare buildings are critical for the health and wellbeing of our communities but they’re also some of the highest energy consumers in the built environment. All industries are beginning to develop decarbonisation strategies. Th...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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33:20

Digital Tools for New Delivery Models – Exploring the Approach on Sydney Water
While Alliance and JV projects solve a number of issues when it comes to team collaboration, risk management and bringing together the best technical expertise, they present their own unique challenges when it comes to project controls and ensu...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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22:58

Delivery Partner Model 2.0 with former Roads Australia President David Stuart-Watt
In the last decade, the growth in the number of major infrastructure projects has encouraged a shift to more collaborative contracting arrangements. This model improves risk management, brings in a diverse pool of skills and helps projects to s...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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18:17

California High Speed Rail with Deputy Chief Operating Officer Daniel Horgan and Chief Program Manager Frank Vacca
From bullet trains to hyperloop, rail networks are picking up the pace globally. Australia has been talking about a need for speed in our rail networks from as early as the 1970s. In the last few years the need for a faster rail network that co...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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29:41

Re-Activating Great Places with Transit-Oriented Development
How can we accommodate growth in existing places? In our final episode of the season, we talk to Andrew Cortese, Managing Partner Grimshaw Archit...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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31:07

United States vs Australia: Transition Back to Public Transport and Streets
This episode we take the show across international waters, welcoming Stacey Matlen, Senior Mobility Strategist from City of Detroit. She is joined by
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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34:47

Masterplanning Great Places to Thrive
In this episode, we’re taking a deep dive into Masterplanning and fostering innovation in places.Join host
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:12

Indigenous Connection to Infrastructure and Place (Part 2)
In this two part episode we’re exploring Indigenous connection to place. How can we interpret and give life to Indigenous significance, culture and stories in our design for places and infrastructure? How does this help ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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5:57
