Important Information About Concrete Scanning & Is It Safe?

Concrete scanning is a non-destructive concrete evaluation technology that employs ground penetrating radar, or GPR, to analyze the structural integrity and find buried utilities before concrete cutting, scoring, drilling, and so on. Because GPR employs reflected radio waves, it is a safer, non-invasive, and more effective and adaptable concrete imaging approach than X-ray for assessing columns, slabs, and walls.

WHY IS CONCRETE SCANNING IMPORTANT?

Ground-penetrating radar is critical to worker safety and the success of new and current concrete construction, utility installation, traffic management, and underground utility maintenance, to mention a few applications. GPR scans identify embedded electrical conduits, rebar, wires, and other dangers that would be invisible otherwise. Cutting or destroying these items might weaken the concrete's strength and performance, cause costly damage to utilities, and threaten the health and safety of employees and the public.

Even better, ground-penetrating radar scan data can provide your leadership team with more information, faster and more safely than X-ray. It allows you to plan for CCTV pipe inspection, remediation, invasive testing, and repairs such as pipe vacuum excavation and slab cutting, coring, and drilling operations with greater ease.

HOW DO I KNOW IF WE NEED A CONCRETE SCANNER FOR MY CONSTRUCTION JOB?

If your project includes existing concrete with structural or utility aspects, such as previous concrete floors, you must prepare for GPR on the job site. Suppose you're planning subsurface utility engineering, installation, video pipe inspection, or maintenance. In that case, you should have GPR on hand to assist you to avoid unpleasant surprises like unknown or unregistered utilities, which is a widespread concern in older building locations.

IS GPR CONCRETE SCANNING SAFE?

You're surely aware that radio waves move about and through us, as well as everything we see and touch, at all times of the day! Radar operates on the premise that certain materials, such as dense metals will predictably reflect radio waves. This feature of radio waves enables GPR to detect structural reinforcing elements, electrical conduits, gas, and plumbing lines encased in PVC and other objects. Unlike concrete X-ray scanners, which employ radioactive chemicals and need total test area shutdown, ground-penetrating radar has no known dangers to bystander health. Most of the hazards that exist are the consequence of incorrectly utilizing or transporting the concrete scanner, which a technician with expertise and good training will avoid.

Conclusion:

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