Pavement Testing & Consulting Services

Our pavement consulting services combine cutting-edge technology with proven methodologies tailored to each client’s unique needs. Led by world-renowned experts in pavement engineering, we bring local experience across every state in the U.S. and Canada. Our team delivers innovative, cost conscious, and practical solutions to the most complex challenges. With unmatched depth and breadth of engineering expertise, comprehensive knowledge of planning, design, and management systems, and access to advanced testing tools, we ensure reliable results and long-term value for our clients.

Our practical and research experience in pavement engineering uniquely qualify us to assist the transportation industry in developing long-lasting, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions for both existing and new pavements.

NATIONWIDE • LOCAL PRESENCE • MOBILE • INNOVATIVE

PAVEMENT STRUTURAL TESTING AND EVALUATION
Falling, Heavy, and Light Weight Deflectometers (FWDs, HWDs, and LWDs), and Traffic Speed Deflection Analysis

360 DEGREE ROADSIDE ASSET INVENTORY USING MOBILE LIDAR AND IMAGERY
Includes Lidar Point cloud integrated with 360 degree right-of-way (ROW) images,
and GPS referencing

AUTOMATED SURFACE DISTRESS EVALUATION
3D laser profiling of the pavement surface to detect cracking, IRI, Rutting, and other distresses. Includes advanced AI software for automated crack detection

GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR (GPR)
Air-launched, ground-coupled, and 3D units for pavement layer thickness determination, subsurface investigation, and bridge deck surveys

PAVEMENT CORING, AUGERING, AND DYNAMIC CONE PENETROMETER (DCP)
Pavement coring and augering collect samples to check pavement layers and material quality, and DCP testing measures subgrade strength to guide maintenance and design decisions

PAVEMENT DESIGN AND GUIDELINES REVIEW

MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

MAGNETIC IMAGE TOMOGRAPHY (MITSCAN)
Portable device for detecting steel dowels and tie bars
in concrete pavements for QC and forensic studies

PAVEMENT FRICTION TESTERS (PFTs)
Locked wheel and variable slip devices for roadways

MOBILE AND HANDHELD RETROREFLECTOMETER UNITS (MRUs)
Laser devices used to measure the retro reflectivity
of pavement markings and signs

NEW AND OVERLAY PAVEMENT STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Ensures long-lasting performance by considering traffic loads, environmental conditions, and existing pavement condition, using engineering methods and design standards to optimize durability and cost-effectiveness

PAVEMENT AND ROADSIDE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Implementations including signs, sidewalks, ADA ramps, culverts, and pavement markings

WIND FARM LAND USE AGREEMENTS
Both agency and developer sides

SPRING LOAD RESTRICTION ASSESSMENTS

SUPERHEAVY LOAD MOVE IMPACT ANALYSIS

ARA can accurately assess both functional and structural characteristics of in-place pavements, project future performance, and identify when and how best to cost-effectively repair a pavement section for both near- and long-term considerations.