Florida Tel-Con Concrete Scanning - Jupiter, FL

GPRS, Inc was contacted by Florida Tel-Con about locating electrical conduit embedded in and below the concrete floors of a Verizon Wireless building.  The building was constructed with 12-15 inch structural concrete slabs containing two mats of rebar.  The plans called for several areas to be cut and removed.  Florida Tel-Con started this process and in the first cut-out section struck a conduit that shut power down to the facility.  Power outages for phone companies are a very costly problem.  With the conduit repaired and the facility up and running again, Florida Tel-Con called GPRS to use ground penetrating radar to scan the other areas prior to the cutting where the concrete was to be removed

Chris Moore, who runs the Florida operations for GPRS, scanned all of the areas using ground penetrating radar as well as radio detection.  GPR and radio detection were able to locate several other conduits running directly in the path of where the additional saw cutting was to take place.  GPRS then marked the reactions on the surface so they conduits could be avoided during the saw cutting.

Concrete Scanning for the location of electrical conduits is one of the primary services performed by the technicians at GPRS.  Ground penetrating radar has proven to be a great method for locating electrical conduits in hospitals, universities, communications facilities, etc.  So the next time you plan to cut in a facility make sure you talk with GPRS first about checking for electrical conduit.  It could save you from a costly conduit strike.  Chris Moore is primarily responsible for all GPRS projects in Florida.  He can be reached via email at chris.moore@gprsinc.com or you can give him a call at (727)420-3292.