Bergelectric Company Winter Garden, FL

GPRS, Inc was contacted by Bergelectric Company about locating rebar and post tensioning cables in a concrete slab at the new Grande Palisades Resort being built in Winter Garden, FL. Berg had a few sleeve locations that had missed the proposed wall lines. They needed to drill new holes to adjust that would hide their electrical conduits in the walls. They contacted Chris Moore with GPRS, Inc to locate all of the reinforcing steel in the concrete prior to core drilling. Once on site GPRS was able to lay out the rebar and post-tensioning in the concrete so nothing will be damaged during the drilling process. Ground penetrating radar continues to be an excellent tool for locating all types of reinforcing steel (rebar, post tensioned cables, beams, etc) in concrete.

Chris begins the concrete scanning process to identify the location of the post-tensioning and rebar prior to core drilling for the sleeves that were misplaced prior to the pour.

Once the location of the steel was plotted on the surface Berg was able to continue with core drilling confident they would not have any hits. The speed and accuracy of radar impressed Berg and the stated they will contact GPRS, Inc with additional work at the Grande Palisades Resort.

An area of this size, approximately 48” square, can be scanned in 15-20 minutes

Concrete imaging for the purposes of rebar and post-tensioning lay out is the primary service performed by the technicians at GPRS. Chris Moore runs the operations of the GPRS branch in Florida. He is based in central Florida and he can be reached at (727)420-3292 or by email at chris.moore@gp-radar.com.

The marks plotted on the concrete surface indicate the location of rebar and post-tensioning.