Innovation & Technology Arm of Project Management Associates, LLC
Innovating the Future of Mobility for a Complex World
We turn pavement inspections, sensor feeds, and agency records into decisions that hold up for decades — through advanced analytics, asset management planning, and visualizations people actually use.
Who We Are
Built for the agencies that keep a nation moving
PMA-NEXT is the innovation and technology arm of Project Management Associates, LLC. We pair deep transportation engineering experience with modern data science, so that the models, dashboards, and asset plans we deliver are grounded in how roads actually behave — and in how agencies actually make decisions.
Evidence over instinct
Every recommendation traces back to inspection data, sensor records, or a calibrated model you can interrogate.
Built into your process
Tools that live inside agency workflows and reporting cycles, not alongside them as one more thing to maintain.
Clear enough to defend
Findings shaped so they hold up in front of leadership, legislators, and the public — not just in a technical appendix.
What We Do
Our Services
Six connected capabilities, from the pavement surface up to the statewide investment plan.
Pavement Analytics
Evaluating, designing, and constructing cost-effective roadways using inspection and sensor data — assessing conditions, predicting performance, selecting materials and layer thicknesses for traffic, climate, and soil, and carrying designs through placement, compaction, and quality control.
Data Visualization
Compelling visualizations, infographics, and dashboards that reveal the trends and patterns shaping our transportation world — and help agencies understand and share their own data.
Performance Management
Strategies that integrate data and analytics into agency processes and communication, achieving greater transparency and measurably better outcomes.
Transportation Asset Management Planning
Predictive model calibration, custom cross-asset decision tools, cost-efficient asset inventory development, and facilitation and documentation of risk-based TAM strategies — plus the work of integrating TAM into broader planning.
Performance-Based Planning and Programming
Empowering agencies to make data-informed investment decisions through a clear understanding of stakeholder priorities and the performance implications of different policy actions.
Advanced Analytics
Insights and predictions derived through artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced statistical analysis — informing decisions from planning and project development through maintenance and operations.
How We Work
From raw data to decisions that stick
A sequence we have run with state DOTs, MPOs, and federal research programs.
01
Frame the question
We start with the decision you need to make, then work backward to the data that can actually support it.
02
Build the foundation
Inventory, inspection, and sensor records are reconciled into one dataset you can trust and re-use.
03
Model and visualize
Calibrated performance models and clear visuals turn the dataset into scenarios leadership can weigh.
04
Embed and sustain
Documentation, training, and handover so the work keeps running long after the engagement closes.
Selected Publications
Our Work
Six of the thirty reports, standards, and peer-reviewed papers our team has authored for national programs, state agencies, and the research community.
Contact Us
Let’s talk about what comes next
Tell us the decision you are trying to make. We will tell you what the data can and cannot support.
Phone
Office
Project Management Associates, LLC
530 Bedford Rd, Suite 102
Bedford, TX 76022