BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials
Welcome to the home page of the BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials. The Centre was established in July 2006 as a joint collaborative partnership between the University of Bath's Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Building Research Establishment Ltd (BRE).
The Centre conducts leading research, development and consultancy in the field of innovative and sustainable construction materials. Current research activity in the Centre includes work in the areas of:
- advanced composites in construction
- natural fibre composite materials
- timber materials and engineering
- structural masonry
- lime based building materials
- unfired clay/earth building materials
- conservation of historic structures
- renewable building materials
- geotextiles in construction
- reuse and recycling of building materials
- structural uses of stainless steel
- lightweight materials and structures
- low carbon cements
Many of our projects involve collaboration with industrial partners. We are currently working with: Agrifibre Technologies; Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council; Buro Happold; Castle Cement; Giffords Consulting Engineers; Gloucestershire County Council; Hanson Building Products; Ibstock Brick; Integral Structural Design; Lhoist UK; Lime Technology Ltd; Network Rail; Rotafix Ltd; White Design Associates; Wiltshire County Council.
We welcome new approaches from organisations seeking to develop work on innovative construction materials.
We normally advise all candidates to make contact with a potential supervisor from our academic staff. Information on scholarships and application procedures can be found here and in the Postgraduate Prospectus.