When a general contractor needed to core-drill through multiple post-tension slabs to install new ice machines, Wade Vickers of GPRS-Oklahoma was contacted to mark out the post tension cables and reinforcing steel within the drilling areas at the Hard Rock Casino & Resort in Tulsa, OK. The work consisted of scanning each drilling location on floors 4-10. After a thorough GPR investigation was performed, the precise location and depths of the PT cables and reinforcing steel were marked directly onto the surface using orange marking paint. The markings gave a clear indication of what lies beneath the surface. During the drilling process, the customer was able to avoid any post tension cables and reinforcing steel within each slab. Unlike x-ray/gamma ray, Ground Penetrating Radar is time efficient, non-hazardous and able to show real time results. The energy emitted is equivalent to 1% of a cell phone, therefore, the production of the construction site can continue without any radiation hazards.

For concrete scanning in Tulsa, Catoosa, Tahlequah, Broken Arrow, Miami, Bixby, Sapulpa, Muskogee, Sand Springs, Bartlesville, or Broken Arrow please call 918.779.8323 or email wade.vickers@gp-radar.com. For concrete scanning in Oklahoma City, Lawton, Ardmore, Altus, Elk City, Norman, Durant, Duncan, Chickasha, Enid, Stillwater, Yukon, and Guthrie please call 405.815.7415 or email wade.vickers@gp-radar.com.