Akron Children’s Hospital

When The Akron Children’s Hospital needed to make a 1 inch diameter penetration through a concrete roof without hitting post-tensioned cables, they called GPRS, Inc. We were able to scan the roof from the underside of the slab and mark all reinforcing steel on the surface of the ceiling. The post-tensioned cables were previously marked on the surface during construction but the hospital could not afford to trust those marks and risk drilling through the reinforcing. The Akron Children’s Hospital chose to use GPR rather than X-Ray because of the safety of our equipment. GPR is so safe that this job was performed approximately 30 feet from an operating room where a heart surgery was being performed on an infant at that time. There is no radiation safety hazard with Ground Penetrating Radar when working around building occupants or around sensitive equipment.

GPRS works at Akron Children’s hospital on a regular basis, due to its post-tensioned concrete design. Concrete scanning for the location of Post-tensioning reinforcing is one of the primary services our company provides.

Jamie Althauser is the Regional Director for our operations in the Akron, OH area. He can be reached at (330) 352-1045 or by e-mail at jamie.althauser@gp-radar.com.