Understanding Pre-stressed Concrete Drilling

Pre-stressed concrete drilling can be a complex task, and is done well only when the dynamics of prestressed concrete are understood. Prestressing of concrete creates a compressive stress within concrete that will partially or wholly balance the tensile stresses that will occur in service. Concrete with a reservation of strength in compression is an ideal material for prestressing.

Use of prestressed/precast concrete can significantly improve the construction quality and achieve substantial savings through reduction in onsite construction time and costs.
Unexpected construction downtime due to weather condition is minimized. Furthermore, standardized fabrication of precast concrete elements in an industrial manufacture process can significantly improve quality of the concrete structures. All these factors emphasize the value of prefabrication and modular construction.

Using Subsurface Radar to Test Concrete

Understanding how prestressed concrete is manufactured and used to create structures is important in today's construction, engineering, and architectural market. As we have previously discussed, prestressed concrete can save time and money on the construction site. Pre-stressed concrete drilling done by professionals can move a project along with ease, thus reducing costs even further.

GPR can be used to test concrete for any voids in slabs, or to determine the exact location of utilities beneath a concrete surface. Putting technology to use in this manner really improves the overall quality of construction and engineering. It is a reliable, convenient, and cost-effect method of determining the location of all subsurface utilities.