Pier Review On 5 October 2010 the historic Hastings Pier was set on fire, destroying 95% of the Grade II listed building and leading to concerns over its future. Now NPL's material scientists are helping to show that the future of the pier is more positive than expected. Hastings Pier before and after the fire Prior to the fire, NPL had been surveying the pier to support redevelopment plans and to monitor long-term changes in the pier. The project was part of the development of a world-leading low-cost technique (Digital Image Correlation) to assess long-term degradation of structures. Following the devastating fire, NPL scientists returned to Hastings to take their second set of photos. They were then required to develop more advanced analysis techniques, which could deal with the much la

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