Hiroshima University
Infrastructure Management Laboratory
Infrastructure Management Laboratory for Design and Maintenance of Structures

The Infrastructure Management laboratory was established in 2019. Infrastructure is the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or other area, including the services and facilities necessary for its economy to function. Infrastructure comprises public and private physical improvements such as roads, railways, bridges, tunnels, water supply, sewers, electrical grids, and telecommunications. Infrastructure management is the integrated, multidisciplinary set of strategies for sustaining public infrastructure assets. Generally, the process focuses on the later stages of a facility's life cycle, specifically maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement.

Assoc. Prof. Naser Khaji manages the Infrastructure Management Laboratory at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University. He also collaborates with Prof. Kenichiro Nakarai and Assist. Prof. Ichiro Ario of the Structural Engineering Laboratory for Design & Maintenance of Structures, and Prof. Kenji Kawai of the Structural Materials Engineering Laboratory.