Accurate and Trusted GPR Ferro Scanning in Ashford
Avoid potentially drilling through structural supports, important pipework or utility services by having first class GPR ferro scanning carried out by the professionals at Southern Drilling.
Working throughout Kent and the South East, including Ashford, we utilise the most accurate and effective Ground Penetrating Radar and Proceq scanning equipment on the market today, the GP8800 and GP8000, to ensure that you know every hidden aspect and detail of the structure before any design, coring or drilling work takes place.
Before carrying out any drilling or structural changes, it is incredibly important that you know exactly where important pipework reinforcements or structural features are located, along with utility services. Our high quality and accurate GPR Proceq scanning equipment will tell you exactly that. Able to quickly identify and locate all kinds of objects in cured concrete, pavements, bridge decks and natural ground, our GPR scanning equipment means you can be safe knowing that you are nowhere near important utility services, vital pipework or structural supports.
Regardless where you are based across Kent and the South East, including Ashford, arrange your FREE survey and no obligation ferro scan quotation at your convenience today; simply call our experienced GPR ferro scanning team on 01474 822785.
HOW WILL GPR FERRO SCANNING BENEFIT YOU?
Put simply, if you know exactly what is in the column, wall, slab or ground and where it is located, you will avoid hitting any structural supports, pipework, services or steel reinforcing. This prevention method is absolutely vital in ensuring that costs are kept to an absolute minimum and the health and safety of all involved is prioritised.
HOW DOES THE GPR FERRO SCAN WORK?
Utilising pulse technology, the GP8000 and GP8800, manufactured by industry experts Proceq, detects anything in the required slab, ground or wall area and provides expert report generation, data analysis and evaluation that is visible both in the field, including a 3D augmented reality view, a rotatable 3D image post scan on an iPad or raw data view. This will also include a fully generated report that is sent back to the office. Downloaded information can then be used to create detailed documents with diagrams and data for analysis by our GPR engineers in real time.
WHAT ARE GPR FERRO SCANS IDEAL FOR?
GPR scanning is frequently used in a wide range of different applications and for a wide variety of Ashford customers, including:
- Drilling and coring in concrete structures
- Marking the layout of embedded objects in structures required for drilling, including rebar and conduits
- Non-destructive inspection of bridges e.g. the location of tendons
- Locating objects in the floor, including heating pipes
- Nuclear Power Industry
- Excavation Works
- Highway Inspection
- Communications
- Power Networks

Working throughout the whole of Kent, the South East and the UK, including Ashford, we specialise in the use of the very latest and most effective Proceq Ground Penetrating Radar equipment to accurately and quickly analyse concrete and structural supports, along with service detection at residential, industrial and commercial properties across Ashford, Kent and the rest of the UK..
Contact us today to discuss your GPR analysis requirements with one of our experienced team.