Pavement Testing & Design
The pavement design services at MEA can be utilized for both flexible and rigid pavement structure projects such as airfields, roadways, and parking areas. A design project will often involve site visits and a geotechnical investigation followed by in-house testing, mix designs, and pavement design specification whether for a new pavement structure or a rehab assignment. Common services MEA can provide for such projects are included below.
- Pavement Damage Mapping
- Falling Weight Deflectometer Testing (FWD)
- Heavy Weight Deflectometer Testing (HWD)
- Ground Penetrating Radar Profiles
- Core Drilling of Pavement Materials and Subgrade
- In-Situ California Bearing Ratio (CBR) Tests
- In-Situ Plate Bearing Tests
For more information on specific projects related to this topic, see the following MEA Technical Bulletins:
UPDATE #7: Soil Provides Poor Road Construction SupportUPDATE #12: Investigation of a Roadway Failure
UPDATE #15: Asphalt Quality Investigation
Design
- Modeling of Different Loading and Pavement Conditions
- Pavement/Subbase Systems
- Pavement Specifications
In-House Laboratory Testing
- Concrete Compression
- Subbase Properties
- Aggregate Properties
- CBR
- Compaction
- Lime/Soil Cement Treatment
Field Monitoring and Testing
- Concrete Slump
- In-Situ CBR Test
- FWD/HWD Tests
- Plate Load Test
- Compaction Tests
- Pavement Construction Inspection
