Hello.  My name is Warren Ladbrook and I have just started to set up this site to feature information about Infrastructure Resilience.

I came to Christchurch, New Zealand to participate in the recovery effort from the 2010-11 earthquakes, building on my experience in other large scale infrastructure reconstruction programs.  I have been engaged with the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority and have played a key role in numerous aspects of the infrastructure reconstruction, most notably the development of work on Infrastructure Resilience.  My work has enabled me to become one of New Zealand’s leaders in the field of Infrastructure Resilience – a subject which I am passionate about doing further research to document and develop.

As a practicing engineer with many years experience, I am just now working to finish a Masters Thesis.  While I completed my coursework for a Masters at the prestigious Georgia Institute of Technology a few years ago, I was unable to complete my thesis due to extensive international travel and then my supervisor left for another pursuit.  However, I am now based in Christchurch, New Zealand which is home to the University of Canterbury, where I am completing this important research.

I also have another Blog called TheTravelingDad.com which you might like to visit as well … although it has nothing to do with infrastructure.