In the third instalment of our Infrastructure in Action Podcast series, Webuild’s Shalendra Ranasinghe fields questions from her mentee, 20-year-old intern Megan Cavanagh, on what it takes to make it as a civil engineer and the benefits of a more collaborative approach to infrastructure delivery. Shalendra shares with Megan the highlights of her career, which has spanned three decades and three continents, and discusses ways engineers can accelerate their career paths from quite a relatively young age, as well as the personal attributes required to enjoy success working in the infrastructure sector. Megan also discusses the concept of collaboration with her mentor, not only in a formal, contractual sense, but as a general cooperative approach to minimise risk throughout the delivery of infrastructure megaprojects and maximise value for clients, contractors and communities.