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Concrete ScanningBendigo

Find out what is inside the slab before the blade does. Rebar, tendons, conduit and voids to 300mm deep.

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The cheapest part of the job, by a long way

A Hilti PS-1000 sends radar into the slab and maps what is in there: reinforcing bar, post tension tendons, metal and plastic conduit, live cables, water pipe and voids, down to 300mm. We mark it on the surface, so the cut or the core gets set out around the things you cannot afford to hit.

The maths on this is not complicated. Scanning a slab costs a fraction of a day rate. Cutting a post tension tendon can mean structural remediation and an engineer. Cutting a live cable means an electrician, a shutdown and an incident report. Cutting a water main in a finished building means everything below it gets wet.

It also finds what is not there. Voids under a slab, missing reinforcement and thinner sections than the drawings claim all show up, which changes how a job gets priced and sequenced before anybody has committed to it.

What turns up

Equipment
Hilti PS-1000
Depth
To 300mm
Finds
Rebar and tendons
Also finds
Conduit and voids
Output
Marked on the slab
Availability
24/7, 365

Scan before you commit

Any time the concrete is structural, occupied or full of services, and any time the drawings are older than the building.

  • Post tension slabs

    Locating tendons before coring or cutting. Hitting one is the single most expensive mistake available on a concrete job.

  • Live services

    Finding conduit, cabling and pipework cast into slabs and walls before a barrel or a blade finds it instead.

  • Structural slabs

    Mapping reinforcement so an opening can be set out between the bars rather than through the middle of them.

  • Set out verification

    Checking what is actually in the slab against what the drawings say, on buildings where the two parted ways years ago.

  • Void detection

    Finding voids and honeycombing under a slab before a load goes on it or a core goes through it.

  • Thickness checks

    Confirming slab depth before pricing a cut, so nobody discovers an extra hundred millimetres halfway through the job.

Hilti PS-1000 concrete scanner mapping reinforcement across a slab surface

Concrete scanning in Bendigo before anybody cuts

Concrete scanning is the cheapest insurance available on a Bendigo site. A PS-1000 pass over a slab costs a fraction of a day rate, and it is the only thing standing between a set out and a post tension tendon, a live sub main or a charged water line.

Most of the work comes off commercial and civil jobs where the drawings and the building parted company decades ago. On an older Bendigo building the as built information is often wrong, occasionally missing, and never worth betting a structural slab on.

We will also scan for somebody else to cut. A lot of the work is a builder finding out whether an opening is even feasible before it goes into a program. Either way you get the marks on the slab and an honest read of what is in there.

Often on the same job

Concrete Scanning across the region

Bendigo is the base, but the truck is on the road most days. Same gear, same crew, same hours, right across central Victoria and southern New South Wales.

  • Bendigo

    VIC

    Eaglehawk, Kangaroo Flat, Strathfieldsaye, Huntly, Epsom

  • Echuca

    VIC

    Moama, Rochester, Kyabram, Lockington

  • Swan Hill

    VIC

    Kerang, Cohuna, Robinvale, Nyah

  • Shepparton

    VIC

    Mooroopna, Tatura, Numurkah, Nagambie

  • Seymour

    VIC

    Nagambie, Broadford, Euroa, Kilmore, Heathcote, Puckapunyal

  • Deniliquin

    NSW

    Finley, Barham, Tocumwal, Jerilderie, Hay

What Bendigo customers say

4.9 out of 5From 16 Google reviews
  • “Fast and efficient nothing is ever a dramma no matter the complexity of the job”
    Jack HealeyGoogle review
  • “Highly professional, efficient, and cost-effective service. The whole process is always handled smoothly and professionally from start to finish. Would highly recommend.”
    Connor MaymanGoogle review
  • “Reliable, honest with knowledge and experience, accompanied with the correct machinery for each of the projects and,”
    Paul GrechGoogle review
  • “Darren and his team were communicative, honest, and professional. Cannot ask for more than that. We were very appreciative of their work.”
    Terry DoddsGoogle review

Asked often

Is concrete scanning the same as concrete X-ray?

People use the words interchangeably and this is what they mean. True X-ray needs access to both sides of the slab and a radiation exclusion zone. Ground penetrating radar like the PS-1000 works from one side, with nobody cleared off the floor.

How deep can you scan?

To 300mm. That covers the overwhelming majority of slabs, walls and footings we are asked to cut into.

What can it actually find?

Reinforcing bar, post tension tendons, metal and plastic conduit, live cabling, pipework and voids. We mark the lot on the surface so the set out can be adjusted before anyone cuts.

Do I need scanning on a house slab?

Not always. On a plain residential slab with no services in the area we will tell you it is not worth the money. On post tension, structural, commercial or occupied work, it is not really optional.

Can you scan without cutting?

Yes. Plenty of scanning work is for someone else to cut, or for a builder deciding whether a job is even feasible. We will scan, mark it up and leave you with what is in there.

What happens if the scan shows a problem?

We tell you before the blade goes in, not after. Usually the fix is shifting the set out a couple of hundred millimetres. Occasionally it means the opening needs an engineer to look at it, which is far better found on day one.

Do not guess what is in there

Tell us the slab, the building and what you are planning to cut. Scanning it first costs a fraction of finding out the hard way.

0427 158 583