Special Services: Forensic Investigations
PRI’s forensic-investigation services can support litigation efforts and/or help resolve conflicts for material producers/suppliers, product manufacturers, and system builders (contractors). These investigations often focus on material, product, and/or system underperformance. Typically the goal is to identify the underlying problem and provide clients with a suitable solution.
- Our extensive knowledge of asphalt, paving, roofing and associated material
- Our broad experience in asphalt technology: including processes, production, research and development, quality control/assurance, and performance
- Our full complement of accreditations. PRI was the first fully accredited SUPERPAVETM laboratory in the nation, and it’s one of the only private laboratories in the United States to hold both AASHTO R 18 and ISO 17025 accreditations.
- Our strong knowledge of all specifications and properties for a wide range of products
Contact us to discuss how we can help with your Forensic Investigative needs.
Some of the products and materials that we have investigated include:
| Asphalt Binders - Conventional and PMA’s | Micro-Surfacing – slow cure / tender |
| Fillers for Roofing | Pavements - raveling, cracking, premature aging, lack of density |
| Polymers for PMA’s and MB Compounds | Crack Sealants - failure to adhere / dis-bonding |
| Asphalt Binders – Crude related | Stripping Paints – failure to adhere, discoloration |
| PMAs - compatibility, performance | Pavement Sealers – slow cure, wear resistance, fuel resistances |
| Roofing Flux Oxidation – process times, coating properties | Pavements – reflective crack resistance, geotextile related |
| Asphalt Emulsions – stability, performance | Asphalt Shingles – cracking, granules adhesion, aging |
| RAP –in pavement formulations | Roof Coatings– adhesion, separation, reflectivity |
| Ground Tire Rubber – in binders, quantity | Peel-n-Stick Membranes – lack of substrate adhesion |
| Recycled Asphalt Shingles (RAS) | |
