Investigating the deterioration of geotechnical infrastructure assets

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has granted flexible funding to progress this research through a Programme Grant, broadening the scope to all long-linear assets: ‘Assessment, costing and enhancement of long-life, long-linear assets – ACHILLES’. The ACHILLES research consortium comprises the Universities of Newcastle, Loughborough, Durham, Southampton, Bath and Leeds and the British Geological Survey. The Programme Grant start date is 1 July 2018, is led by the Principal Investigator Professor Glendinning (Newcastle University) and targets three interlinked research challenges (RCs); RC1 – Deterioration processes (lead Prof Toll; Durham University); RC2 - Asset performance (lead Prof Dixon; Loughborough University) and RC3 - Forecasting and decision support (lead Prof Wilkinson; Newcastle University). The Programme aims to develop knowledge and tools for predictable and improved long-term, long-linear asset performance at an affordable cost.