The conservation and effective restoration of our built heritage depends on the proper understanding of the compositional and physical properties of the materials used in historic construction, and their modern equivalents. This is the rationale behind Heritage Masonry research at the Advanced Concrete and Masonry Centre.
International recognition of the conservation related materials research at the Advanced Concrete and Masonry Centre is growing. Our work centres around the following projects, which focus on the compositional and microstructural properties of materials related to their durability and repair:

Characterisation of mortars in historic buildings.
Biological deterioration of natural building stones.
Development and testing of modern conservation lime mortars.
The Experimental Lime Kiln (ELK)