Beaches Condo
on Singer Island, FL
 GPRS,
Inc was contacted by a condo owner in the Beaches Condo
Tower to survey the concrete floor and locate all reinforcing
steel. The customer was planning on doing a bathroom renovation
and needed to know where they could drill a 5” core
without hitting any rebar
or post tensioned cables
in the floor. Ground penetrating
radar proved to be the perfect technology
for the application.
 X-ray
(radiography) was an alternative method of testing; however,
it has some limitations that made GPR
the most attractive option. X-ray requires access to both
sides of the concrete as well as a 75’ sphere clear
of human presences as radiation can be harmful to health.
The condo unit beneath was occupied so that made ground
penetrating radar the clear and easy choice.
GPR has NO health complications and only
needs access to one side of the slab. The work took roughly
fifteen minutes to complete and all of the rebar
and post-tensioned cables
were located and marked on the surface. GPR was also able
to provide approximate depths to each steel reaction.
The clients were highly satisfied with not only the results
of the survey but with the professionalism exemplified
by the GPRS representative.
“I would like to thank-you for completing this
project for us. Your skills and expertise gave us the
confidence necessary to complete the task of drilling
safely. We wish all of our encounters, with professionals,
are pleasant as that which we experienced with you.”
Jerry Otten
 Customer
service and excellence in concrete locating are the primary
focus of the team at GPRS.
Make sure you contact us with you upcoming ground penetrating
radar needs. When it comes to locating rebar,
post tensioned cables,
and even conduits
in concrete, there is clearly only one choice; Ground
Penetrating Radar Systems, Inc.
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