Meet the author

Christopher Shugg
Executive Director, Aviation & Aerospace (Acting), Surbana Jurong
Christopher has managed multi-disciplinary consultancy teams on a wide range of aviation projects across Asia including airport masterplans, feasibility studies, design of terminals and associated buildings and project management of the construction and delivery of landside and airside airport infrastructure.
He has led Surbana Jurong’s aviation consultancy team since the beginning of 2024.
Intermodal Infrastructure as the new planning imperative
Intermodal transport is increasingly recognised not as a logistics concept, but as a defining framework for modern transport infrastructure planning and supply chains.
Beyond infrastructure: Using spatial evidence and community participation to deliver better social outcomes
Infrastructure projects are often measured by what they build: kilometres of roads, megawatts of power generated or assets delivered.
Leading through uncertainty: Infrastructure leadership in a changing world
Uncertainty has become a defining feature of the environment in which infrastructure is planned, financed and delivered. Geopolitical tensions, economic volatility, climate risk, changing investment priorities and rapid advances in technology are reshaping the assumptions on which long-term infrastructure decisions have traditionally been made.