Actionable insights to optimize roadway investments.
From data collection to capital improvement planning, ESP offers a comprehensive, data-driven approach to pavement design and asset management – delivering accurate data, insightful tools, and actionable plans for improving the long-term performance of roadway infrastructure.
Partnering with local governments and transportation agencies, we develop flexible, efficient, and proactive Pavement Management Systems (PMS) that help prioritize investments, reduce long-term repair costs, and extend pavement life. Our approach begins with the collection of comprehensive, highly accurate data and high-resolution imagery for entire roadway networks, including curbs, gutters, sidewalks, ADA ramps, signage, and other assets within the right-of-way.
Our team transforms this data into insightful tools like GIS-based maps, Pavement Condition Index (PCI) evaluations, interactive online dashboards, and predictive models. By analyzing key factors like pavement structure, soil type, traffic, and functional classification, our performance models are optimized to accurately project deterioration trends based on local conditions. Ranging from crack sealing to full reconstruction, our team then identifies and defines appropriate treatments.
Equipped with these tools, we analyze the impact of various funding levels to identify the most cost-effective, long-term Maintenance & Rehabilitation (M&R) strategies – from maintaining current conditions to achieving target PCI levels. To create a clear and practical plan for immediate and future needs, we work with clients to develop Capital Improvement Plans (CIP), including considerations for other CIP projects that may impact road conditions and treatment options.
To combine PMS tools into an accessible, engaging, and user-friendly resource, our team develops customized, interactive online dashboards that allow users to visualize, explore, and collaborate on pavement data and maintenance activities. To view area-specific or network-wide data, users can navigate within the GIS map to dynamically update the dashboard’s table, chart, and graph widgets. For fast and efficient access to data, the map and widgets are also filterable by street, PCI level, year, treatment type, and functional classification.
Our state-of-the-art IrisPRO Pave van is equipped with pavement collection and survey-grade mapping sensors to capture synchronized, georeferenced data and high-resolution imagery for entire road networks in a single mobilization – providing our clients with highly accurate, efficient, and comprehensive pavement and asset data that adheres to ASTM and AASHTO standards. The result is a detailed, defensible dataset that enables tailored pavement condition assessments and informed maintenance planning.
