Advanced Features in Materials: Advanced features in materials need to be captured for use in infrastructure maintenance, enhancement, renewal and construction. Partioular aspects of research are self-healing and self-cleaning materials(eg coatings with nanotechnology that would reduce the need for maintenance intervention.
Other factor to be consider include operator controlled luminescence, high strength-light weight low-carbon materials as well as extreme durability with uv resistant, corrosion free materials and components.
Composite materials and bio-based products need to be assessed as well as the possibility for self-sensing materials.