UKCRIC Limited has updated its name to UKCRIC Services to reflect continued growth and its ambition to be the leading research consultancy in the improvement of infrastructure and cities.

The name change aims to better communicate the breadth of support available and variety of projects it undertakes. From expert consultancy and collaborative research, to custom programmes and research into action projects, UKCRIC Services projects explore the technical application of methods, provide robust evaluation and recommendations, deliver skills and training, and offer in-depth analysis and insights.

Clients can leverage the greatest minds on infrastructure and cities challenges as well as access national facilities for testing and experimentation from leading UK universities. With unrivalled links to a broad network of expertise, UKCRIC Services finds the best academic partners to solve wicked problems.

UKCRIC Services is the trading name of UKCRIC Services Limited and the trading company of UKCRIC, giving collaborators the opportunity to work with UKCRIC member institutions through one organisation. Its status as an RTO (Research Technology Organisation) also offers eligible businesses the potential to collaborate through small government grants.

Officially trading since April 2022, the work of UKCRIC Services complements UKCRIC’s Scientific Missions to underpin the renewal, sustainment and improvement of infrastructure and cities in the UK and elsewhere. The combined independent and impartial expertise of UKCRIC Services member institutions provides unmatched knowledge and capability able to deliver bespoke solutions for infrastructure and urban systems practitioners across industry, government, non-profit and public sector organisations.

Professor Liz Varga, Executive Lead for the UKCRIC collaboration and Director, UKCRIC Services, said:  

“Our new name better communicates our focus on delivering bespoke solutions for infrastructure and city stakeholders. We translate our academic expertise into practice for both large and small organisations, helping society to flourish.”

Professor Sergio Cavalaro, Executive lead for UKCRIC training and Director, UKCRIC Services, added:

“As an ethical business with Research Technology Organisation status it is really important that we focus on reinvesting profits to benefit infrastructure research, supporting our wider UKCRIC mission to deliver a safer, more resilient and more sustainable future.”