Road condition and inventory services
Whether your need is for a large-scale network survey, a local road system survey or ride quality test, ARRB’s Services department offers quality data collection, using ARRB’s own Hawkeye platform.
ARRB has built up extensive network survey experience over its many years of operation. This experience translates into the provision of accurate, reliable and time data, in accordance with national and international standards.
ARRB Group maintains a fleet of over 10 dedicated survey vehicles, with various configurations to meet our clients’ requirements, that can be driven anywhere in Australia for various types of data collection. With trained survey operators located in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, ARRB Services has people on hand to provide quality data collection assistance for your next project.
Survey Capabilities:
- Automated pavement surface assessments
- Geometry and mapping surveys
- Roadside inventory and asset management
- Road safety assessment
- Airport runway maintenance
- Estimate speed and travel times
- Road construction quality testing
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Pavement strength testing
ARRB’s pavement strength testing services are carried out using a Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD), which is a non-destructive testing device that provides data on the bearing capacity of road and airport pavements.
Suitable for highways, local roads, railways and airport runways, FWD testing allows for more accurate and rapid measurement of pavement deflection under loads than traditional methods. The data can assist in applications such as pavement overlay design, pavement condition surveys and in the development and operation of a Pavement Management System (PMS).
A dynamic load is generated by the dropping of a mass, similar to that of a moving vehicle or aircraft wheel loads, from a pre-set height. The magnitude of the load and the pavement response are measured by a load cell and nine geophones.
The FWD is equipped with DGPS, thus providing location information up to an accuracy of 1 metre and all data collected is in accordance with International Standard ASTM D 4694-96 (2003).
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Other services
In partnership with our clients and our in-house development team, ARRB’s Services department has created a number of specialised vehicles designed to cater for the specific needs of our clients.
All-Terrain Survey Vehicle
The All-Terrain Survey Vehicle (ATSV) is a rugged and efficient system for data collection in areas where a normal sized vehicle cannot access. These include pathways, bike tracks, walkways, fire tracks, logging tracks and single or multi-level car parks.
The size and off-road capabilities of the vehicle allow for quality, automated data collection while utilising the state-ofthe- art Hawkeye technologies.
Applications:
- Inventory collection and classification
- Inventory condition assessment
- Surface condition assessment with mapping via route geometry and DGPS
Road construction quality testing
ARRB’s Services department offers independent assessments of the surface characteristics during the post construction of pavements. Our testing is undertaken in accordance with the prevailing jurisdiction’s test method.
ARRB also routinely undertakes pre and post construction dilapidation surveys related to the creation of major infrastructure so as to provide an independent assessment of the impact on public roads.
Applications:
- Post maintenance / construction ride quality testing
- Independent laser and imaging surveys for baseline data for infrastructure projects
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