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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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National Infrastructure Laboratory building at Boldrewood campus

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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About us

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Our facilities

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Our partners

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Supporting business

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Our people

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Contact us

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Projects

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Connect with us

We welcome your email enquiries.

General and commercial enquiries: NIL@soton.ac.uk

Laboratory enquiries:

Large Structures Testing Laboratory: LSTL@soton.ac.uk
Testing and Structures Research Laboratory: TSRL@soton.ac.uk
Geomechanics and Centrifuge: geomcent@soton.ac.uk

Key contacts:

Facility manager, Dr Andrew Robinson: A.Robinson@soton.ac.uk
Director and Professor of Infrastructure Geotechnics, Professor Dave White: david.white@soton.ac.uk

Address:

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

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