A geophysical survey was needed to locate the water table on a property. Ground penetrating radar can be used to find the saturated soil which appears as a layer in the GPR data.
Scan the Wall
Sometimes corners are cut during construction. A structural engineer was notified that reinforcing steel was not placed in a cinder block wall when the wall was built. A GPR service provider was hired to scan the wall. The contractor identified which cells were hollow, which were filled and which cells had rebar in them.
Locate UST
Write Petroleum was selling a gas station property. During the financing process the bank found a record of a former underground storage tank (UST). Before the sale was completed, a ground penetrating radar survey had to be conducted to determine if the tank was still there or had been removed. After the inspection was complete,
Lost Pipe Found
Turner Construction needed to locate a lost water line. They contacted a GPR service provider to help find the hidden pipe underground. Using utility locating GPR the contractor found the pipe using a 400Mhz hi resolution Ground Penetrating Radar.
Rebar Located
An engineering firm in Manchester was hired to assess a concrete slab to identify is there was any reinforcing steel in the concrete. They used Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to locate and map the location of the rebar. The data was them captured and presented to their client.