Arcway Labs
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Blueprint for applied research.

Arcway Labs runs commissioned applied R&D with the discipline of an engineering drawing-office: specifications, revisions and witness testing. If we draw it, we can build it.

§ 01 — PROJECT SPEC SHEETS

Current & recent programmes.

Each dossier is released as a spec sheet with revision history and witness-tested outcomes.

P-2026-04 · REV/CActive
climate-adaptation

Sea-wall concrete degradation, 5-site coastal study

Characterising chloride ingress and reinforcement corrosion across five coastal sites. Open-sourced dataset.

SITES
5
SAMPLES
1,248
PAPERS
3
FUNDER
DEFRA
DURATION
18mo
P-2026-02 · REV/BReporting
biomaterials

Mycelium composite packaging for cold-chain

Scaling trial of fungal-substrate composite as polystyrene replacement for vaccine cold-chain over 12 months of live shipments.

STABLE TEMP
−37°C
INTACT %
98.2
COMPOSTABLE
100%
FUNDER
Innovate UK
DURATION
24mo
P-2025-11 · REV/APublished
sensor-networks

Low-power acoustic monitoring of at-risk birds

Edge-ML acoustic classifiers deployed across seven UK wetland reserves. Forty-two species classified in real time.

RESERVES
7
SPECIES
42
BATTERY
14mo
FUNDER
RSPB
BACKHAUL
LoRa
P-2025-07 · REV/AArchived
atmospheric-science

Urban air-quality micro-sensor validation study

Six-month validation of low-cost NO₂ and PM2.5 sensors against reference-grade instruments across two UK cities.

SENSORS
120
CITIES
2
R² (NO₂)
0.87
FUNDER
DEFRA
DURATION
6mo
§ 02 — PROCESS

Six phases, every programme.

Phase-gate review after each milestone — no phase begins before the last one is signed off.

PHASE.01 — SCOPE

Brief specification

Written brief agreed with commissioner. Hypothesis, success criteria, publication stance, IP position — all on one page.

PHASE.02 — DESIGN

Protocol & instrumentation

Trial protocol drafted, reviewed, and sent for ethics / governance approval where required.

PHASE.03 — PROTOTYPE

Bench & lab validation

Equipment calibrated, methods validated, small-scale trials run before committing to field deployment.

PHASE.04 — FIELD

Primary data collection

Field deployment or trial run. All deviations logged and filed with the project record.

PHASE.05 — ANALYSIS

Data & modelling

Statistical analysis with uncertainty quantification. Second-pair-of-eyes internal review before findings leave the lab.

PHASE.06 — REPORT

Publication & handover

Final report, dataset release (open by default), and a live debrief with the commissioner. Sign-off closes the project file.

Commission.

6–24 month programmes commissioned by industry, government and NGOs. Open-data publication is the default. Witnessed testing available.

addr
Arcway Field Station, North Hinksey, Oxford OX2 9AX
email
[email protected]
phone
+44 1865 000 000
hours
Mon–Fri 09:00–17:30
docs
arcway.labs/docs