{"id":9,"date":"2020-09-02T14:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/structuraltesting\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:02:12","slug":"testing-material-and-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/structuraltesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Salford Advanced Laboratory for Testing and Engineering Consultancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past 50 years the academic research and commercial testing carried out by our team at Salford helped many manufacturers and organisations to develop, evolve and test their products to meet changes and updates in building regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comprehensive testing facilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The civils test laboratory at the University of Salford is designed to meet the requirements of various measurement standards. 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