This document discusses strategies for successful recovery projects following disasters. It outlines 4 pillars of success: familiarity with the event context, building institutional capacity, leveraging funding and governance structures, and maintaining momentum. For a flood recovery project in Cumbria, the approach focused on democratic planning, using technology to increase transparency and collaboration, and winterization interventions to build trust and momentum during reconstruction. The role is reframed as understanding differences to support a common purpose, investing in capacity and productivity, creating governance to achieve outcomes rather than being a barrier, and maintaining trust through transparent communication.

1. EVA24_Identity
Saurabh Bhandari
Projects Director, Mott MacDonald
Dead in the Water

2. Malaria Control
Stopping the Dengue Vector

4. Guppy :1 Malaria : 0

5. Creating Successful Outcomes
4 Pillars to Success..
Familiarity
with the
event
Institutional
capacity
Funding &
governance
Maintaining
momentum

6. Cumbria Infrastructure Recovery and Rebuild
Storm Desmond

7. UNFAMILIARITY - The Mission Statement
It wasn’t about Rebuilding Infrastructure

8. The Execution
4/17/19Mott MacDonald | Presentation 8
What did we achieve

9. Familiarity - Its about making the important
stuff happen; in a logical, empathetic and
democratic manner.
4/17/19Mott MacDonald | Presentation 9

10. In a parallel world..
Understanding the Context…
Disaster
Event
Disaster
Event
Infrastructure
Damage
Infrastructure
Damage
Community
Severance
Community
Severance
Economic
Impacts
Economic
Impacts
Sociological
impacts
Sociological
impacts Mega CrisisMega Crisis

11. Creating a ‘fair’ Plan
Democratic Planning - Socio Economic scheduling

12. Institutional Capacity
4/17/19Mott MacDonald | Presentation 12

13. Institutional Capacity - Technology, Transparency, Trust
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Raising Productivity, Collaboratively
Creating capacity by sharing
Combining decision information
Data rich identification of assets
Understanding the county wide
issues
Leveraging solutions through issue
visualisation
Unambiguous visibility of asset data
Making smarter resource decisions
1690 assets to 40 work
packages in 6 weeks

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Governance & Funding
Project Enabler NOT Barrier

15. Fairness and Scrutiny
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Post Disaster Rebuild - Challenges of Governance
Funders
• require
effectiveness
and
efficiency
Governance
• affordable
plan and
democratic
execution
Supply chain
• visibility to
prepare for
delivery
Stakeholders
• participation
to support
delivery
Community
• assurance
and
proactivity
Maintaining momentum during vast ‘uncertainties’
Trust is Fragile and rapidly degrading.

16. Creating Space to Deliver
Creating Stability from Chaos – Leveraging Technology
Creating Space to :
• Fail
• Change strategy
• Innovate
• Create legacy
• Learn and Plan better

17. Driving Decision Velocity
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Building Trust, Momentum
Winterisation Interventions

18. Building Trust, Creating Momentum
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Leveraging Technology

19. Communicate to be understood
Creating Momentum and Breaking Down Barriers

20. IDENTITY - Refocusing the Role
Framework for Success
1
Understand the
difference
Its about understanding
the why and our role to
the common purpose.
2
Build Institutional
Capacity
Invest in your supply
chain, stakeholders to
build alignment. Train
together in new ways of
working. Invest in
technology to build
productivity
3
Leverage Funding and
Governance
Create governance
environment for achieving
the project outcomes -
not the other way around.
4
Build Momentum
Create trust through
transparency in
communication.

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Questions…