Boudreau Engineering's President, Rick Boudreau, has extensive experience in design and evaluation of pavement structures. He is recognized as one of the nation's leading experts in pavement and transportation engineering, also having an internationally significant reputation in resilient modulus testing. Boudreau recently served as the Principal Investigator for the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) and Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) research efforts that have subsequently produced the AASHTO Test Method T-307, Resilient Modulus of Soils and Aggregate Materials (AASHTO T-274, T-292, T-294 and SHRP P46 were predecessors). This test is replacing the CBR/Hveem methods previously used for material characterization for pavement design (see AASHTO 1993 Guide for Design of Pavement Structures, Chapter II, Section 2.3), just as SuperPave has replaced the Marshall method for asphalt concrete mix design.

Evaluation programs typically consist of the quantification of existing conditions and prediction of future performance. This is accomplished through the utilization of non-destructive techniques such as Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) or Benkleman Beam testing to evaluate structural capacity of pavement systems, and destructive testing to determine layer types, thickness, and material characteristics. Boudreau has worked extensively with the public and private sector economies throughout the U.S. and worldwide in design and evaluation programs similar to these scopes. Working as an independent consultant for over four years, he has contributed to numerous pavement projects, most notably the design for the proposed new Norfolk Southern multimodal facility in Marietta, Georgia, and international airports in Barbados, West Indies, and Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport.