The Advantages of Concrete Scanning in Construction Planning and Execution
Concrete scanning is a critical resource in today’s construction industry, helping teams identify embedded hazards before work begins.
If you’re managing or working on a construction site, ensuring jobsite safety and proper project execution is a top priority. Workers need to feel confident when cutting, drilling, or demolishing concrete, and that’s where concrete scanning becomes essential. Concrete scanning is a critical resource in today’s construction industry, helping teams identify embedded hazards before work begins. Curious about the benefits? Keep reading to discover how concrete scanning can improve safety, reduce risk, and deliver peace of mind on your next project. Read on to learn more!
Assisting in Finding Structural Embeds
Usually reinforced, concrete is substantially more substantial. Certain components, such as rebar, post-tension cables, and steel beams, could be used to accomplish this reinforcement. Unfortunately, once concrete has been poured, these become invisible and may also reduce the lifespan of your tools, such as jackhammers or saws that are attempting to break through the hard concrete. Additionally, you will need to search your building for any embeds, such as plumbing pipes or electrical conduits. Ground-penetrating radar, or GPR for short, is necessary for appropriate concrete cutting or demolition in order to guarantee that the building’s structural integrity is preserved.
Concrete Scanning Helps Find MEP Embeds
The goal of concrete scanning is to find the important embeds in the cured concrete. Your team may be absolutely certain that they will know where these pipes and cables are before anything untoward occurs if they use GPR scanning. Cutting without a proper scan and layout could result in a “hit,” which could shut down a construction site due to water, structural integrity loss, power outages, and other issues. Preventing a “hit” can result in significant cost savings due to potential delays and back charges.
Give G&M Services a call to find out more about concrete scanning and how it might benefit your project site.
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G&M Services is proud of our employees and the dedication they have for safety in the workplace. We reward our employees for displaying positive safety practices. We incorporate weekly and monthly discussions and meetings to ensure that all involved know how to handle equipment and potentially risky situations during a project. We offer services in the way of concrete core-drilling and sawing, concrete scanning, Air Barriers, Firestop, and BIM Project Management and Coordination. To get started with us, call today at 410-787-8828 or visit our contact page. Follow the official company page today on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
