Rebar Locating for Lincoln Property Co. – GPR Project, Orlando, FL

When Lincoln Property Company of Orlando, FL needed to add parking loops to the entrance and exit of a parking garage without hitting any post tensioned cables they contacted GPRS, Inc of Orlando, FL. The parking loop inserts are imbedded nearly 1” into the concrete and this was cause for concern as they were told that post tensioned cables can be buried as shallow as ½”. Thus they contacted ground penetrating radar specialists, GPRS. This is an ideal application for ground penetrating radar as PT Cable and rebar locating are GPR specialties. GPRS, LLC. from Orlando, FL took the call and mobilized to the site.

On site GPRS was able to identify all of the post tensioning cables and rebar quickly and accurately. They marked all of them on the surface with depth indications to the top of the rebar or cable. GPRS then collaborated with Lincoln Properties as to the best places to install the parking loops to avoid striking a cable. The project was a success and radar once again proved its usefulness on concrete for locating rebars and post tensioned cables.

Chris Moore runs GPRS operations in the South Eastern United States. He is based in Orlando, FL and he can be reached at (727)420.3292 or by email at chris.moore@gprsinc.com. Concrete scanning for the purposes of identifying the location of rebar and post-tensioning is the most frequent service performed by the GPR technicians at GPRS.

Chris is performing a GPR concrete scan to double check his marks and ensure they are indeed correct.