Pavement Friction Testing

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Why Pavement Friction Testing? Is your pavement safe?

Pavement friction testing is a critical component of a comprehensive pavement management system, essential for road, highway, and airport agencies. This systematic approach is indispensable for several reasons:

• Enhancing Road Safety: By reducing friction-related accidents through precise assessment and management.

• Innovation Evaluation: To evaluate the effectiveness of new paving materials, practices, and technologies and ensure the adoption of the most reliable solutions.

• Risk Mitigation: To minimize the risk and liability of inadequate pavement friction.

• Identifying High-Risk Areas: By pinpointing locations with low friction levels, proactive measures can be taken.

• Integration with Pavement Management Systems: Incorporating friction data into management systems for informed decision-making and resource allocation.

• Winter Road Maintenance: Improving strategies for winter maintenance by understanding pavement friction characteristics.

• Prioritizing Maintenance: Providing vital information to determine maintenance priorities effectively.

Where can I test pavement friction? Pavement friction testing is conducted across various locations and surfaces, including:

• Newly Paved Roads
• Weathered and Polished Aggregate Pavements
• Roads Utilizing New Surfacing Materials, such as SMA and micro-surfacing.
• High Accident Locations and Accident Investigations
• Approaches to Junctions, Horizontal Curves, Downhill Slopes, and Ramps
• Contaminated Pavement Surfaces
• Bridge Decks
• Industrial and Commercial Floors