Ace Plus site services include Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), vacuum excavation, and concrete scanning and assessment services. Our advanced technologies are designed to deliver precise, efficient, and non-invasive solutions for all your site assessment needs. Ace Plus offers reliable and expert services to support your projects. Trust our experienced team to enhance your site planning and safety.
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
Cost-effective and non-disruptive geo radar penetration
Inaccurate records of underground utilities can lead to engineering challenges, safety hazards, and increased costs. Ace Plus’s 3D Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) uses advanced, non-invasive technology with four multi-frequency antennas to see into the ground with high precision. This helps avoid utility positioning errors and enhances the safety, accuracy, and efficiency of your projects.
GPR works by emitting radar pulses that penetrate the subsurface, reflecting off embedded objects. This scanning method is essential for quickly, easily, and safely inspecting, locating, and identifying targets before drilling, cutting, or coring begins.
Benefits of GPR:
- Speeds up risk reduction and decision-making with precise, detailed subsurface data
- Ensures a safe, non-destructive process with no damage or mess
- Accelerates project timelines by rapidly covering large areas
- Cost-effective and non-disruptive, thanks to quiet and compact equipment
- Delivers more accurate, on-site results that can be easily integrated into CAD/GIS systems compared to standard methods
To ensure successful operations, Ace Plus utilises a refined management system. This approach is crucial for accurately gathering data and clearly mapping underground utilities. Our system requires a comprehensive analysis of geological, climatic, and project-specific information before conducting any GPR investigation to ensure full compliance and safety.
At Ace Plus, for a successful GPR investigation, we ensure that only highly qualified and experienced personnel operate our GPR systems.
Non-Destructive Vacuum Excavation
A cost-effective proactive solution
Unlike traditional mechanical excavation methods that risk damaging utilities and disrupting essential services, vacuum excavation ensures efficient soil and debris removal without causing damage.
Vacuum excavation operates by creating a small and precise opening to access the excavation site. A powerful vacuum system extracts soil and debris through this opening, transferring it into a vehicle’s storage tank. This method safely exposes underground utilities without damaging the pipes, cables, or their coatings.
Our team’s vacuum excavation capabilities and service offerings include:
- Potholing for utilities
- Slot trenching
- Pipeline tie-ins and maintenance
- Exposing utilities for precise depth and survey recording
- Preparing sites for sign, bollard and power pole installation
- Non-destructive excavation for utility installation
- Excavation beneath existing structures
- Excavation across conflicting services
- Assisting with geotechnical excavation
Vacuum excavation eliminates the need for hand digging or probing and lowers the potential for personal injuries, providing a proactive solution that helps your project meet safety standards and requirements.
Ace Plus offers fast and efficient vacuum excavation, ideal for high-traffic areas, our vacuum excavation units minimise disruptions and are cost-effective. With extensive experience and top-of-the-line equipment, Ace Plus’ team delivers reliable and professional excavation services.
Concrete Scanning
Structure assessment and concrete scanning services
Before initiating any cutting, drilling, or coring operations, it’s increasingly mandatory to ensure that all structures, including concrete, are thoroughly evaluated and cleared.
Considering the significant costs associated with repairing damaged embedded post-tension cables, utility conduits, and structural reinforcing steel, our concrete scanning services are not only cost-effective but also essential for ensuring the integrity of construction projects.
In addition, GPR is used to evaluate the condition of reinforced steel within concrete structures. This includes verifying the spacing between rebar, and measuring the depth from the surface to the top and bottom of the slab.
Using concrete scanning significantly reduces strike risk by detecting and mapping hidden objects. This non-destructive method provides precise information about the location and depth of these embedded elements.
Our concrete scanning service will:
- Locate safe areas to drill, cut or demolish
- Establish the location and depth of steel reinforcement, post-tension cables, and embedded metallic or plastic conduits in concrete slabs, walls or structures
- Determine concrete thickness
- Assess the condition and identify any defects or damage within the concrete (fractures, voids)
The structure scan, equipped with a 1600MHz antenna, streamlines on-site data collection. Our scans provide clear data acquisition, display, and analysis, offering a reliable, faster, safer, and more cost-effective solution compared to traditional testing methods. Additionally, we can accurately locate targets in real time, even when only single-sided access is possible.
With our advanced 3D GPR technology and extensive expertise, Ace Plus provides insights for effective decision-making on survey design, frequency selection, realistic depth penetration, and data interpretation.
For any commercial site service work, get in contact with our specialist team today!