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Ground Penetrating Radar Scanning (GPR)

Technical Environmental offers Ground Penetrating Radar Services. This allows us to “see” under the ground to look for obstacles and potential issues. TES offers GPR scanning services across the state of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.

WHAT IS GPR Scanning?

GPR scanning is a geophysical technique that uses radar pulses to non-destructively investigate concrete, earth, and other media. Also known as an industrial x-ray, is a nondestructive testing method that uses radar pulses to image the subsurface. This method uses electromagnetic radiation and detects the reflected signals from subsurface structures. Ground-penetrating radar can have applications in a variety of media, including rock, soil, ice, fresh water, pavements, and structures. In the right conditions, practitioners can use GPR to detect subsurface objects, changes in material properties, as well as voids and cracks.

Applications for GPR Scanning: 

One of the main uses of GPR is locating anomalies in concrete buildings, bridges, and other structures. For instance, post-tension cable, rebar, conduit, pipes, fiber optic cables, and air voids can all be identified using the 3D imaging capabilities of GPR. Determining the location and depth of these objects within concrete structures is crucial before cutting, drilling, or coring.

Ground penetrating radar can locate underground utilities that other only metal-detecting instruments cannot. GPR can locate plastic or PVC pipe and other types of nonconductive pipes such as concrete and terra cotta pipe in most conditions.

Technologically Advanced GPR Equipment:

A key safety asset to GPR concrete scanning is that it doesn’t use X-Ray technology, but electromagnetic waves. This allows surveying to take place without requiring work stoppages while scanning. At Technical Environmental Services, we use only the most up-to-date GPR scanning equipment. Our Ground Penetrating Radar systems provide the tangible data you need to make critical engineering judgments. Contact TES for all your ground penetrating radar needs today!