Infrastructure research gets five years more funding

The Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) has secured funding for the next five years.

The CSIC received the funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Government funding body Innovate UK.

The extra funding will enable the CSIC to continue the progress made over the past five years to become an internationally-known hub for the infrastructure and construction industry, bringing together leading academics and industrialists and developing a faster route for innovation adoption.

The Cambridge University-based Centre aims to change the future of infrastructure and help the UK become a world leader in the fields of sensing technologies, asset management and smart city development.

Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of CSIC, said; “Securing this funding for the next five years offers a wide range of opportunities to advance CSIC’s research and embed a culture of innovation adoption in the infrastructure and construction industries. CSIC cannot achieve this alone – partnering with industry is the key to our success to date and we look forward to continuing to work with Costain on the development of new skills and techniques to deliver smarter infrastructure.”

The bid was backed by Costain, who provided a letter of support to help the CSIC achieve its Phase 2 funding. The Company also played a key role in assisting setting up  two of the Centre’s major demonstration projects, National Grid London Power Tunnels and London Bridge Station, as well as being involved in the Centre’s steering group and guiding a number of its collaborative projects.

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