天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 and the wider region are set to benefit from major investment in the University announced in the Chancellor’s Budget last week.

The Chancellor, George Osborne, announced a commitment to fund a 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 centre as part of the ?138M UK Collaboration for Research in Infrastructure & Cities network subject to a satisfactory business case and the provision of co-funding. The government hopes that the UKCRIC will be a world-class national infrastructure research capability network with a central hub in London’s Olympic Park and further centres in Birmingham, Newcastle and Sheffield.

天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载’s funding will go towards its ?36M National Infrastructure Laboratory to be constructed at the Boldrewood Innovation Campus. The Laboratory will house state-of-the art equipment for developing new understandings of the behaviour of large structures and structural components, with an emphasis on the infrastructure, rail and maritime sectors.

Rail transport will be a major focus, to meet challenges such as adaptation to the effects of climate change and more intensive use, smart maintenance and upgrade of existing infrastructure, and the cost-effective design and construction of new infrastructure.

Professor William Powrie, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, said “This significant funding for the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 is most welcome. It will enable us to complete the development of our Boldrewood Innovation Campus, and highlights the importance of our research in improving the environmental performance, resilience and cost-effectiveness of rail infrastructure in the UK and around the world. It will also enable us to educate more of the imaginative, high-quality engineers that the country so deserately needs.”