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National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing

The UKCRIC National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing is a state-of-the-art research facility hosted by the University of Cambridge. Housed in the new Civil Engineering Building, NRFIS brings together specialist engineering facilities and sensor development capabilities under one roof. It offers an interdisciplinary centre for cutting-edge research meeting the needs across disciplines of civil engineering, infrastructure design, construction, operation and asset management.

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The National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing offers scientific services to all sectors of the construction industry. From equipment access for commercially sensitive research to large-scale testing of public assets, NRFIS can work flexibly and support a range of project approaches and needs.
  

Our testing capabilities include: 

  • Structural and mechanical testing of building materials and components
  • Soil characterisation and geomechanical testing
  • Development of sensors and instrumentation to monitor and assess infrastructure at the asset and complex system scale
  • Sensing, information retrieval, and knowledge discovery from infrastructure data


We are open to businesses of all sizes including independent professionals, SMEs, national and international businesses, as well as government agencies.