This professorial lecture will explore how to ensure infrastructures are fit for purpose with ideas on how to design a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly infrastructure to improve and increase its lifespan and how they can be retained which will in turn reduce the need for more costly demolition and replacement processes.

We have a strong track record of undertaking research and development for the creation of new materials from waste. We can also apply corrosion prevention methodologies to extend a product's life and have developed new coatings, all meeting environmental legislation, for a range of innovative applications.

The Centre for Infrastructure Management has a wide range of capabilities for testing concrete. A brief of each test we perform is given below.