2020 Most Influential Projects: Ingenuity Meets Innovation

<p>PMI’s 2020 Most Influential Projects highlights more than 250 bold, breakthrough efforts—spanning sectors and continents. Guests discuss three of those initiatives: </p><p>Hugh Lawson, project director at Sydney Metro in Sydney, discusses how the massive project will transform transportation in the city and how COVID-19 created opportunities to challenge long-held assumptions. </p><p>César García Marirrodriga, project manager at the European Space Agency in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, shares what scientists hope to learn about the heliosphere from the Solar Orbiter’s seven-year mission. </p><p>Rob Wright, of Public Services and Procurement Canada, talks about how the project team created a long-term vision with built-in flexibility for a multiyear restoration of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  </p><p><b>Key themes </b></p><p>[00:56] PMI’s 2020 Most Influential Projects</p><p>[02:24] Sydney Metro to bring new ways to move around the city</p><p>[04:43] Challenging long-held assumptions and finding opportunities in COVID-19</p><p>[07:00] Sydney Metro transforming transportation for years to come</p><p>[09:31] Solar Orbiter: Unlocking secrets of the sun</p><p>[12:25] Creating a long-term vision with built-in flexibility for Parliament Hill Rehabilitation</p><p>[15:03] Using Centre Block as an apex project to drive strategy</p><p>[17:37] Lesson learned: Bring construction and design together on day one</p>