Why Use GPR?

Why Have Scanning done First?

There are many reasons to have Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) completed before your project starts.

Just a few Examples of GPR use…

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.

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 400 MHz hi resolution Ground Penetrating Radar

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, no evidence of a UST was located on the site and the sale went through.

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

Find Water

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.