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Why Environmental Engineers Use GPR Before Soil Borings
A soil boring may disturb only a small area of ground, but getting there often requires more preparation than people outside the environmental industry realize. Before a drilling crew advances a boring, environmental engineers need to consider what may already be...
What’s Hidden Inside Concrete? A Look Below the Surface
At first glance, most concrete slabs don't look very complicated. They're flat, solid, and ready to be cut, drilled, or cored. What you can't see is everything that may be hidden beneath the surface. Reinforcing steel, post-tension tendons, electrical conduit,...
Do You Need Concrete Scanning Before Cutting or Coring?
Before anyone starts cutting concrete, there should be a clear understanding of what's inside. Rebar, post-tension cables, electrical conduits, plumbing lines, and other embedded systems aren't visible from the surface. Finding them before work starts is a lot better...
GPR Concrete Scanning or X-Ray: What’s the Difference and Which Is Better?
Why This Matters Before You Cut or Drill Before you drill or cut a slab, your job is to know what’s inside. That’s where this question usually comes up: Do you go with GPR concrete scanning or X-ray? Both are used to see inside concrete. But on a real job site, they...