Roger Johnson, airport program executive at Jacobs, has over 45 years of construction, construction management, program management, engineering, environmental management and planning experience. As former deputy executive director of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the city authority that owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Van Nuys Airport, he established its Airports Development Group that completed over $8 billion in capital improvements in seven years.

ENR senior transportation editor Aileen Cho asked Johnson for his thoughts on airport design and construction post-coronavirus. This interview has been edited and condensed.