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National Infrastructure Laboratory

National Infrastructure Laboratory building at Boldrewood campus

We work with industry and academia to tackle global challenges relating to infrastructure.

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From transport and energy to the built environment and liveable cities, our expertise is helping to create more sustainable and resilient infrastructure, on land and in the ocean. The National Infrastructure Laboratory (NIL) hosts 5 laboratories that provide world-leading facilities for the testing of structures, components and materials over a range of scales, allowing the long-term behaviour of infrastructure to be understood.

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National Infrastructure Laboratory (Building 178), Boldrewood Innovation Campus, Burgess Road, Southampton SO16 7QF

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