Joe Kuhlenbeck, from the Public Works Department, says the company has been doing this work all over the country, for 35 years.
"One of the main reasons we decided to do this is just the sheer volume of our network, our road network is large and we don't get through the evaluation annually. So our evaluation is sporadic as far as the time frame when it was collected."
Kuhlenbeck says IMS will give the city a "snapshot" of road conditions every 15 feet, instead of every block, and what he calls an "inventory" of asphalt, concrete, and seal coat streets.
"We think it's a tool that's going to take some of the discretion away from staff, and it's going to help staff and it's going to give the council a tool that's going to be very useful for them to budget for future years."
The company will do its survey in the spring, taking just a couple of weeks, then its analysis of road conditions in Moline should be completed by next fall.
The city has about 240 miles of streets and alleys.