Ensuring that the concrete surrounding your construction site is safe is critical before you start your next big construction project. Since you might not be able to see underground utilities or confined areas that may be present as well, you may miss them. If there are things embedded in the concrete, this can be a …
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If you’re wondering about the safety of drilling into concrete slabs and other structures, what you need to get peace of mind is concrete scanning and imaging. This is a series of non-destructive tests (NDT) for detecting and measuring flaws or imperfections beneath concrete surfaces. In the past few decades, numerous imaging and scanning technologies …
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Before a renovation or construction project begins, concrete scanning is essential. This is the process of evaluating concrete slabs or columns before core drilling. Typically, technology like Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is used to spot buried and embedded objects. However, this method is ideal because it’s completely safe and nondestructive. If you think that you …
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Utility locating not only requires years of experience, but you also need the right tools or equipment to do it successfully. This is true whether you’re a beginner or a veteran searching for utility locations before you dig. While you’ll probably hire professional utility locators to unearth buried utilities for you, it’s still worth learning …
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Before an excavation or construction project begins, it is necessary to perform potholing for utilities. Professional utility potholing is a non-destructive method of determining the exact placement of all underground utility lines. This utility location method is usually carried out by excavating carefully-planned areas around and above utility wires using a portable vacuum excavator that …
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Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, also known as ground probing radar, is used in geological surveying like utility mapping. What is a GPR? The GPR technology is a very important set of equipment for those who are working in non-invasive surveying, especially during utility mapping. A GPR system allows underground utilities to be found as well …
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