The Infrastructure Podcast: Episode 187
Guest: Richard Lee, Anglian Water’s @One Alliance Director of Engineering
My guest today is Richard Lee, Anglian Water’s @One Alliance Director of Engineering.
And he’s a great person to talk to because when it was launched 21 years ago, the @One Alliance was considered something of a radical procurement gamble by Anglian Water as the vast water company sought to do things differently across its huge regional network of pipes, tanks, pumps and treatment works. Now, as the Alliance marks its 21th anniversary, the challenges keep coming. Under Ofwat’s AMP8 regulatory framework for 2025–30, the Alliance is charged with executing a staggering £3 billion slice of Anglian’s total £11 billion pound five year business plan.
The Infrastructure Podcast: Episode 186
Guest: Richard Bonner, Managing Director for the AtkinsRéalis Buildings and Places business
In this episode we focus on how the infrastructure sector can start to break down the ingrained engineering, architecture, planning and investment siloes preventing us from truly delivering the sustainable investment needed for communities to drive social and economic growth across the UK.My guest is
Richard Bonner, Managing Director for the AtkinsRéalis Buildings and Places business.
Richard runs this new dedicated division, which was set up just over a year ago and in many ways signalled a fundamental shift in the way large-scale consultancy can address the modern urban landscape.
A series of conversations with some of the key leaders and influencers from across the UK infrastructure sector, produced and hosted by journalist and commentator Antony Oliver.
The next episode of the Infrastructure Podcast will be published on Monday 16th November 2026
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Editorial consultancy services for the infrastructure sector
Antony works with a range of clients across the infrastructure sector, helping to boost their communication and marketing strategies and delivery so as to stimulate discussion and action in the industry.
This work includes:
- editorial support and creation
- event organisation, preparation and delivery
- round table discussion hosting and workshop/team facilitation
- video and podcasting
He has spent the last 30 years working as a journalist and editor across the infrastructure sector. Having joined New Civil Engineer magazine in 1994, he edited the title for 14 years until 2013, expanding NCE from a traditional paper magazine to deliver live events and conferences and then embrace the expanding world of multi-media digital delivery.
In 2014 he left NCE to create and launch Infrastructure Intelligence, a new digital-first publication for the sector, and for two years led and developed this ground-breaking media brand for the Association for Engineering and Consultancy.
He is a chartered civil engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, having started his career with Owen Williams and Partners and Balfour Beatty. He is committed to driving change across the UK infrastructure sector and is a Trustee of the Built Environment Trust and a Director of the Building Centre in Store Street, London.
antony@antonyoliver.com
