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An environmental company in Newport News, Virginia hired GPRS to assist at the site of a former gas station to locate unknown subsurface utilities prior to constructing a new structure on the site. All too...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems of Oklahoma works extensively with Drilling Contractors to locate underground subsurface utilities. Jay Tate-GPRS Oklahoma was contacted by a local Drilling Company, to locate any subsurface utilities with in proposed area at local college in Tulsa, Oklahoma....

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A general contractor was working on a project at a residential home which required core drilling so that several pipes could be installed the house foundation. To install these pipes, the contractor had to core drill through multiple locations, and it was essential that the contractor would be...

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This GPR scan took place on a property located at Love Field Airport in Dallas, TX. The customer needed to identify the underground utilities and any obstructions running through the area so they could safely drill and collect soil samples. The reason for collecting the samples is to determine...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems of Wichita was called to do a pre-construction investigation for underground utilities at a site in Pratt, Kansas. The site was going to have all new underground utilities ditched in a large section of farm land two miles in length by twenty five feet in width....

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems of Nebraska was contacted by a general contractor in Omaha to locate utilities around a cell tower prior to excavation, for the purpose of pouring a concrete pad for a generator. The client had already done his due diligence and called “811” or “call before you...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems - Oklahoma worked extensively with a Land Survey Company to locate underground utilities at a shopping center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. GPRS Project Manager Jay Tate - GPRS Oklahoma was contacted to locate underground lines and depths of both private and public...

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This GPR scan took place on a concrete tennis court in Dallas, TX. The customer needed to identify the locations of the post tensioned cables running through the slab, so they could safely demo sections of it for repair. Concrete reinforced with post tensioned (PT) cables can cause serious...

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This GPR scan took place on a property located at the corner of Good Latimer Expressway and Pacific Avenue in The City Center District in Dallas, TX. The customer needed to identify the underground utilities and any obstructions running through the area so they could safely drill and collect...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. of Colorado was contacted by a pipeline company to locate known and unknown utilities along a proposed pipeline. The customer was looking to excavate to install a new pipeline and was looking to avoid striking any unknown lines. GPRS, LLC. arrived on site...

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Ground Penetrating Radar used to locate and confirm gas and water lines in the remote Four-Corners area of Rockpoint, Arizona.

Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC., serving the entire state of Arizona as well as nationwide, was contacted by a major contractor to conduct a one acre survey...

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Ground Penetrating Radar used to locate underground water line in Phoenix, Arizona.

Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. - GPRS - of Arizona was contacted by a local resident in Flagstaff, Arizona to locate an underground water utility line. The resident had a critical need to locate the...

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GPRS Locates Utility Lines Prior to the Installation of Monitoring Wells in Southern New Mexico

Prior to digging, trenching, or excavating it is very important to know where underground utilities are located. Ground Penetrating Radar Systems of New Mexico was hired by an Environmental...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems was called to locate underground utilities at a site in Wichita before the client took any soil samples. The technician was able to locate both a sewer and an electric line that could’ve been struck during the drilling process. The technician used a combination...

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A construction contractor is currently working on building an addition on to private residence in the Syracuse area. The project will involve excavating around the house on in order to lay the foundation for the addition. Prior to beginning any excavation on the site they were required to hire a...

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An environmental consulting company recently needed help determining if one of their client’s properties had any underground storage tanks (UST’s) located on the premises. The purpose of the search was to determine if there was a tank present, and if so, where it was located so it could be...

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A private contracting company contacted Ground Penetrating Radar Systems of Portland to map out underground pipes and utilities prior to excavation and construction of new buildings. The area in question contained a large number of existing pipelines that needed to be avoided during the...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. - GPRS - of California was contacted by a surveying company to locate all utilities within their designated cell tower location. We scanned an area near an existing cell tower in a lemon orchard and while scanning we were able to find a conduit that ran...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. (GPRS) was contacted by a contractor in order to locate any anomalies such as electrical lines, water lines & septic lines at a recycling center in Sarasota, FL. The contractor needed to make certain of where anomalies were in order to clear areas where...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems’ Arkansas office worked with an Arkansas based general contractor to locate utilities prior to excavation at a central Arkansas lumber mill. GPRS marked location and depth of underground water, drainage, electrical and natural gas lines in the facility. GPRS uses...

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GPRS was contacted by an environmental company to locate underground utilities at a property in Chicago, IL. The customer was to drill 20 feet into the ground to take soil samples. The technician on site, Brian Cox, used GPR to locate and mark out the underground utilities. The customer could...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. of Denver, CO was contacted by a contractor to locate utilities at the Denver International Airport. Utility locates were requested prior to saw cutting and hydrovacing. GPRS was able to use a 400 MHz GPR antenna to locate a UFER ground wire and help the...

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GPRS was contacted by an environmental company to locate underground utilities at a property in Chicago, IL. The customer was to drill 30 feet into the ground to take soil samples. The technician on site, Brian Cox, used GPR to locate and mark out the underground utilities. The customer could...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems of Texas works extensively with General Contractors. Prior to excavating for a new foundation, Brandon Campos-GPRS Texas was contacted to locate underground utilities within the proposed excavation path in San Antonio, Texas. Multiple lines were located using...

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A metal fabrication shop in Abilene, TX was scheduled to install an additional rotating table, which would be anchored to the ground below the concrete slab. This installation process would require the contractor to saw cut the slab and drill roughly three feet down to secure the anchors. This...

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A general construction company was in the beginning stages of renovating several areas on a plant property in Sumter, South Carolina. They recently contacted GPRS to help locate utilities in order to install fencing in the ground. Grid scans with the 400 MHz ground penetrating radar antenna were...

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No need for destructive testing, call Ground Penetrating Radar Systems of Wisconsin! GPRS, LLC. can locate voids! GPRS, LLC. was contacted by a testing corporation to scan for voids underneath both stadium decks of a football stadium for a private university in Appleton, WI. GPRS scanned all the...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. (GPRS) was contacted by a company in order to locate any anomalies such as gas lines, sanitary lines, drainage lines, electrical lines, water lines, communications lines and fiber optic lines at a location in St. Petersburg, FL. The company wanted to know...

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Justin Womack of GPRS surveyed a chemical plant in the East St. Louis area. The chemical plant called because a water pipe had burst, so Sam surveyed in order to find other utility lines or obstructions prior to their dig and repair. Having just snowed the night before, sight conditions were not...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. was contacted by a contractor to locate underground utilities along their proposed trench path. The ground penetrating radar unit detected multiple underground utilities within the proposed trench path. As seen in the picture above a water line and two...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. was contacted by a large surveying firm to use Ground Penetrating Radar to locate the underground utilities at a subject property near Sacramento, CA. The Ground Penetrating Radar was successful in locating many underground utilities. As seen in the picture...

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Peter Kessinger of GPRS Massachusetts was contacted to perform private utility locating and concrete investigation at a Temple in Winthrop, MA that was undergoing renovation. The investigation resulted in locating and mapping the presence of over (18) potential electrical conduits and shallow...

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Peter Kessinger of GPRS of Massachusetts was contacted to perform an underground utilities investigation prior to excavation and digging operations for new test pits. The investigation resulted in locating multiple underground utilities such as the high voltage electrical lines and gas lines....

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems of Illinois is the only scanning company around Chicago area that is qualified to do any scanning at this facility. It takes a good track record along with well trained GPR technicians to do work at a site like this. Before any excavations take place at this...

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GPRS was contacted by a general contractor to mobilize to a site in Bismarck, North Dakota to perform an underground utility locate. The contractor had plans to put on an addition to a small building at the Bismarck Airport. Prior to the excavation process they contacted Ground Penetrating Radar...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems was requested on site at a Motiva Fuel Terminal in Atlanta, GA. The terminal was installing a new pipe system, and needed to be able to excavate a trench without damaging existing pipelines and utilities. GPRS was able to locate underground obstructions along the...

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When a general contractor had questions regarding the location and depth of the 8” PVC water main running through an area planned for further development, they contacted Ground Penetrating Radar Systems to provide assistance. Although, based on site plans, the survey crew showed the lines...

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This scan was performed inside a vacant store of a strip mall in Chicago, llinois. A hydrologist needed to drill several soil borings for analysis. David Hagenmayer, with Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC., was called out to identify any underground utilities and obstructions prior to...

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This scan was performed on the premises of a Marathon terminal in Griffith, Indiana. An environmental engineer needed to drill several soil borings throughout the site for analysis so David Hagenmayer, with Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC., was called out to identify any underground...

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Ground Penetrating Radar used to locate underground utilities outside the city of Camp Verde, Arizona.

Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. (GPRS) of Arizona was contacted by a large mining company to locate all underground electrical utilities in a large renovation / upgrade project...

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Ground Penetrating Radar used to locate underground gas and water lines in remote and rural, Northern Arizona.

Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. of Arizona was contacted by the local Game and Fish Department of Arizona to locate a network of multiple underground water and gas utility...

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Ground Penetrating Radar used for utility locating cell tower site upgrade, in Page, Arizona.

Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. of Arizona was contacted by a major cell tower contractor to locate all underground utilities for installation of new upgrades to an existing cell tower....

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GPRS was contacted by an environmental firm to scan several areas prior to soil boring at a shopping center in Louisville, Kentucky. The environmental firm had several areas laid out for boring, and was concerned of possible utilities in the area.

The RD 7000 and 400 MHz antenna were used...

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GPRS was contacted by an engineering firm to locate utilities at a gas station in Bowling Green, Kentucky. There were several areas planned for soil borings and the firm wanted to know the areas were clear to bore.

Upon arriving on site, the firm marked the boring locations. These areas...

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GPRS was contacted by Spectro Alloys of Rosemount, Minnesota to locate private utilities at their foundry in preparation for an upcoming construction project. Troy Bartlett, Project Manager with GPRS, was called upon to locate and determine the depths of the utilities that were in the...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems of Virginia was utilized to detect underground utilities in a major airport in Richmond, VA. A runway lighting installation company needed assistance in locating underground utilities before trenching for new conduits. They called Ground Penetrating Radar...

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Terra-Com Environmental of Newberry hired GPRS to locate gas tanks, gas lines and power lines at local Kissimmee gas station in order to safely bore for new monitoring wells and soil samples. Multiple lines and underground storage tanks (USTs) were located using ground penetrating radar and...

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A client was installing a chilled water system at a university in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. This called for approximately 2.5 linear miles of trenching that would be 8 foot wide and 10 feet deep. Before trenching, the client wanted to be aware of any underground utilities before excavating....

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A former lumber yard located in Lubbock, Texas was on the market, and the realtor needed to gain knowledge of the soil contents prior to selling the property. An environmental engineering company was called out to perform several soil borings to test the soil. They needed to take six samples...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. (GPRS) was contacted by a contractor in order to locate post-tension (PT) cables and other anomalies in Naples, Florida. The company needed to core-drill a 4" hole through the floor inside of the white cabinets (shown below) to run cables to the condo unit...

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Environmental firms appreciate the expertise of GPRS of Central Texas whenever they need to drill for soil samples. By using cutting edge GPR technology, as well as other utility locating tools, GPRS helps drillers stay clear of underground obstructions.

Before you drill contact Corey...

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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC. (GPRS) was contacted by a real estate developer in order to determine the construction methods used in constructing an apartment building in Tampa, Florida. The company needed to determine how the building was originally constructed in order to determine...

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