Inspections before Cutting or Core Drilling

 

We specialise in providing inspections to locate Services and Structural Elements up to 1.0m depth inside Concrete before Cutting and Core Drilling such as;

 

  • Post Tension Cables
  • Structural Reinforcement
  • The location of Structural Beams
  • Power, Data & Lighting Circiuts (including C-Bus Systems)
  • Emergency Speakers and Fire Control Circiuts
  • PVC and Metal Pipes

 

Targets marked out on the surface using High Frequency Impulse Radar and Electronic Detection Techniques

 

 

PT Cables marked out ready for coring

 

 

 

 

Scan showing Post Tension Cables in a Suspended Slab

 

 

 

Let us make sure you have a safe place to Cut, Core or Drill.

 

 

Ground Penetrating Radar ( GPR ) is completely safe and is more Cost Effective than radiography methods. A Ground Penetrating Radar Inspection can be performed during normal working hours with no need for costly disruptions to your worksite.

 

Radiography methods involve the use of Radioactive Isotopes (Iridium192) which gives off Harmful Radiation, not just during the radiographic process, but constantly, the whole time the radioactive isotope is in your worksite. This also requires the set up of safety perimeters, which requires the removal of all affected personnel in the work area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Side By Side Comparison

 

 

Radiography

 

Ground Penetrating Radar

 

Cost

 

High – Minimum 2 man crew

 

Low – 1 Technician

 

Access Required

 

2 Sides

 

1 Side

 

Data Collection Process

1 Film at a time

600mm x 600mm area completed in 5 -10 min

Large Area Process

 

1 Area at a time

 

Continuous Data Collection

 

Determination of Depth

 

No

 

Yes – Direct Readout

 

Hazards

 

Harmful Radiation

 

None