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Why Bother with a Bay Area Concrete Scan?

Everyone has seen news stories about construction accidents that resulted in oil and gas leaks and explosions, fires, electrocutions, and major power outages.  Known as external force damage, these run-ins with underground utilities can cost lives as well as huge sums of money.  While avoiding such catastrophes is probably the best and most obvious reason to perform a Bay Area concrete scan before any excavation, it is not the only reason. Certainly, many excavation and construction accidents can be preempted by calling Underground Service Alert (USA) North 811, northern California’s utility location one call center.  811 is useful service provided...

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Los Angeles Utility Location Helps Construction Site Safety

Never known for its distinctive skyline, the profile of Los Angeles is undergoing a massive face-lift thanks to a number of downtown construction projects.  More than three-dozen major building projects are in the works, and Los Angeles utility location markers, cranes, and concrete trucks are everywhere.  Admittedly, the construction projects in the already congested downtown area cause a world of hassles for pedestrians and drivers trying to wind their way through the ever-changing maze, but the money and jobs pouring into the city are staggering.   Not since the “Roaring Twenties” has Los Angeles experienced such a building boom. The explosion...

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Concrete Scanning Reveals the Mysteries of the Subsurface

Many different professions rely on GPR for concrete scanning in order to conduct their work more safely and efficiently.  Since the mid-1980’s, ground penetrating radar has made it widely possible to locate utilities, measure the depth of a concrete slab, or “see” what lies inside a concrete wall.  Today, instead of going in blindly with a jack hammer or picking up a drill and making an educated guess, architects, builders, plumbers, and electricians can perform their work with confidence that they won’t put employees at an unnecessary risk or destroy something beneath the surface, causing expensive delays. Concrete scanning before...

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Structure Scanning with Ground Penetrating Radar

Concrete Structure Scanning with GPR How Does Ground Penetrating Radar Work? Before you start a construction project, it’s important to ensure there are no unexpected conflicts with reinforcing steel, post tensioned cables, or embedded conduits. SiteScan uses Ground Penetrating Radar to detect obstacles either buried underground or embedded in concrete structures. But just how does GPR work? GPR technology emits non-destructive radar waves throughout the ground or within concrete which bounces back when it comes into contact with an unseen object. The technology records these waves to map out the location of these objects on a grid, maximizing the area...

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