We scan slabs and walls with a Proceq GP8000 and survey the ground with a Proceq GS8000, mark what we find on site, and send the report within 24 hours. Quotes on WhatsApp within 1 hour during working hours.
The GP8000 images the inside of concrete. The GS8000 images the ground. We run both, so the right radar goes to each job instead of one machine being stretched across the two.
In a slab, rebar reads as a row of small, shallow arches at even spacing.
Before core cutting, drilling or anchoring into slabs, walls, beams and columns.
In the ground, services read as wider arches under the soil layers.
Before excavation, trenching or piling on roads, plots, yards and compounds.
You get a price before we mobilise, and the markings go on the surface the same day we scan.
Address and floor, roughly how much area, what the element is, whether the building is occupied, and your date.
GP8000 on concrete, GS8000 on ground. Scanning is non-destructive, so it can be done in live buildings and on live sites.
Positions are painted where your crew needs them. Anything uncertain is flagged as a hand-dig or no-cut zone, not shown as clear.
A PDF with the marked-up positions and depths within 24 hours of the site visit, suitable for contractor QA files.
We stop and tell you before anything is cut. Usually the position can shift a little to clear it, and we mark the nearest safe alternative on the surface so your crew can carry on the same visit. Where it cannot move, that becomes a conversation with your engineer, not something we cut through and report afterwards.
After a concrete scan
After a ground survey
Four GS8000 surveys, July to October 2026. Every figure is taken from the report issued to the client. Clients are named where they have agreed to be, and described where they have not. Open a row for the scope, a scan section and the limits the report stated.
Overlapping GS8000 passes over a 22 m × 16 m asphalt area in Abu Dhabi: 394 m of scan, 24 numbered indications, report the next day.
Limitation stated in the reportThe last 12 m of the first scan path was noisy and was marked as not cleared.
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An 18 m × 32 m garden scanned with the GS8000 in two directions before a pool dig in Abu Dhabi: 384 m of scan, report issued the next day.
Limitation stated in the reportThe scan images represent the recorded data only. The presence and position of any buried service must be confirmed by trial pits or hand excavation before mechanical digging.
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755 m of GS8000 ground scanning on asphalt and interlock service roads at an Abu Dhabi airport: 39 points marked on site, more found on whole-line review.
Limitation stated in the reportSome deeper readings were reported as weak and to be treated with caution, not as confirmed services.
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GS8000 ground scanning of a car park area at an Abu Dhabi airport before excavation at several locations, reported in 10 commented scan images.
Limitation stated in the reportGround with high clay or salt content, or a shallow water table, can absorb the radar signal. The report states this limit openly.
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Sites we have worked on include
We work in all seven emirates. The emirates below have their own pages for concrete scanning and ground surveys, covering the buildings, ground and site rules we meet there.
Post-tensioned towers, trading malls and congested service corridors. Same day or next morning.
Concrete scanning in DubaiCore cutting in DubaiGround scanning in Dubai
Permit-to-work sites, Mussafah and ICAD slabs, sabkha ground. Usually next day.
Concrete scanning in Abu DhabiCore cutting in Abu DhabiGround scanning in Abu Dhabi
Occupied institutional buildings and the best radar ground in the country. Planned visit.
Industrial Areas 1 to 18, older buildings with no drawings, good radar ground. Same day or next morning.
Concrete scanning in SharjahCore cutting in SharjahGround scanning in Sharjah
Corniche tower coring, Al Jurf industrial floors and plots, saline ground near the Creek. Planned visit.
Concrete scanning and ground surveys on request. Planned visit.
Plant structures in the north, resort decks and reclaimed ground on the coast. Planned visit.
Concrete scanning in Ras Al KhaimahGround scanning in Ras Al Khaimah
Port, terminal and tank farm concrete; wadi gravel ground. Planned visit.
The scan takes less time than most crews expect, and most of the delay on the day comes from things nobody prepared. What to have ready, what happens, and what you get back.
Tendons do not sit at one depth, they bunch along column lines, and they look a lot like rebar to a careless reader. How post-tension scanning actually works.
NOCs tell you what the service owners know about. A survey tells you what is in the ground. Why a Dubai excavation needs both, and in what order.
Not sure whether your job needs a scan? Ask us. We will tell you straight, even when the answer is no.
GPR (ground penetrating radar) scanning sends low-power radio pulses into concrete or ground and records what reflects back, so you can see what is inside before you cut or dig. You need it before coring, drilling or saw cutting concrete, to find rebar, post-tension tendons and conduits, and before excavation, to find buried cables, pipes and ducts. We scan concrete with a Proceq GP8000 and survey the ground with a Proceq GS8000.
They are two instruments for two jobs. The Proceq GP8000 scans inside concrete slabs, walls, beams and columns for rebar, post-tension tendons, conduits and voids, up to 1.5 m deep. We use it before core cutting or drilling. The Proceq GS8000 is a ground radar on a survey cart that maps buried services in soil, up to 10 m depending on the ground. We use it before excavation. We own both, so each job gets the right instrument.
In concrete the GP8000 reads up to 1.5 m, and bars and tendons in a normal slab sit in the first 300 mm, where positions are typically within about ±10 mm. In the ground the GS8000 reaches up to 10 m, usually 5 to 10 m in UAE soil: dry inland sand reads deep, saline sabkha and reclaimed coastal ground can pull it below 5 m. Congested reinforcement, wet concrete and saturated ground all reduce what radar can resolve, and we tell you on site when that applies.
On the day, findings are marked on the concrete or painted on the ground, with the safe positions shown for your crew. Within 24 hours you receive a PDF report with a marked-up layout, the position and depth of what we found, the positions we cleared, and any limits that affected the scan. For larger ground surveys we provide a drawing over your site plan, and GP8000 3D data is available on request.
Dubai and Sharjah: usually the same day or the next morning, subject to site access. Abu Dhabi: usually next day, longer where a permit to work has to be raised first. Al Ain, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah: planned visits with a day's notice. We reply to WhatsApp quote requests within 1 hour during working hours, Sunday to Thursday 8 AM to 6 PM and Saturday 9 AM to 3 PM. Friday is closed. Night and weekend work in occupied buildings is arranged in advance.
It is priced mainly on the area scanned and the time on site, not the number of holes, because clearing one position still means scanning a zone around it. Twenty penetrations in one bay cost far less per hole than one isolated core in a large floor. Access, working hours and the report you need also move the price. Send the address and floor, roughly how much area, what the element is, whether the building is occupied and your date, and we will give you a fixed price before we come.
Always. Most UAE high-rise slabs are post-tensioned, and each strand carries roughly 140 to 200 kN. Cutting one releases that force at once and takes the tendon out of service along its full length; it cannot be repaired by filling the hole. We scan the zone around every position with the GP8000, mark the tendons and clear positions, and only then core. We do not core an unscanned post-tensioned slab.
Yes. Every excavation we do starts with a GS8000 survey of the dig area. We paint buried power cables, water and sewer lines, telecom ducts, plastic pipes, tanks and voids on the ground with estimated depths, and agree the safe dig limits before any machine breaks ground. Authority drawings and NOCs are still needed; the survey checks them against what is actually in the ground.
For most UAE jobs, yes, but not always. GPR works from one face, uses no radiation, needs no exclusion zone and shows results during the visit, so it works on occupied floors, ground slabs, rafts and walls against earth. X-ray needs access to both faces and the area cleared on both sides, but gives a sharper image in very congested reinforcement and separates objects stacked directly above one another. If you can reach both faces, clear the area and need that detail, X-ray is the better tool.
Yes. GPR emits low-power radio pulses and no ionising radiation, so there is no exclusion zone, no shielding and no need to clear the floor below. It is non-destructive: the antenna rolls over the surface and the only thing left behind is marker. That is why it suits trading malls, hotels, hospitals and occupied offices.
We stop and tell you before anything is cut. Usually the position can move a short distance, and we mark the nearest clear alternative so your crew can carry on the same visit. Where it cannot move, such as a fixed MEP penetration or a structural opening, that becomes a decision for your engineer or consultant, not something we cut through and report afterwards.
All seven: Dubai, Abu Dhabi (including Al Ain), Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah. We are based in Al Khabeesi, Deira, Dubai, where both instruments are kept, and bring everything needed to scan, mark and report on the same visit. Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah each have their own page for concrete scanning and for ground surveys.
Yes. A large share of our Dubai work is in trading malls, live hotels and occupied offices where the work happens at night or in shutdown windows. GPR needs no exclusion zone, so adjacent areas stay open. For core cutting in occupied buildings we contain the slurry and hand the area back clean. Where the building requires a permit or an escort for out-of-hours access, we work to its process.
From 12 mm to 500 mm diameter, in concrete, block and masonry, vertically, horizontally or overhead. Every hole is scanned with the GP8000 first, so it goes into a cleared position.
Yes, as secondary services that follow the scan. We excavate to our own GS8000 survey, lay and re-level interlock paving and site roads, and provide route survey and escort support for oversized loads. Scanning is the core of what we do; these services exist so one contractor can carry the job from the survey to the finished work.
Tell us who to call. We reply within 1 hour during working hours, or message us directly.
Name and number are enough. Add the site and the job if you have them.
