On the Podcast this month is one of our favorite transit project team leaders!

Daniel Lang, Ph.D., PE, PMP is Global Director for Bus and Zero Emissions at Hatch - a firm of around 10,000 professionals with experience spanning over 150 countries around the world in the metals, energy, and infrastructure sectors. The Hatch infrastructure division includes a diverse transportation group that provides engineering design and business consulting to develop strategies for the delivery of complex capital projects.

Ben and Kelly chat with Dan about his approach to Electric Vehicle (EV) retrofits and new facility designs for their transportation sector clients who continue to rapidly adopt EV technology for their vehicle fleets.

In this episode, we cover the basic EV facility design concepts in order to define the causes of safety concerns - with a primary focus on fire as one of the most substantial risks from new EV battery technology and associated charging infrastructure.