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Core Drilling
Core drilling techniques are used when precise circular cuts are needed. Holes of any diameter can be drilled to make openings for plumbing, electrical, material testing, manhole taps, and HVAC installations. Core drilling is also commonly used to create holes for routing cables or placing anchoring bolts, as well as thick concrete demolition. Other times they are used to install load-carrying devices such as dowel bars.
Turbo Concrete offers drill bit sizes from 3/8” up to 30”. Custom sizes are always available upon special request. Our drilling depths are virtually unlimited with the use of extensions.
Wall Sawing
Wall Sawing requires a circular blade on a track-mounted machine. The track is attached to horizontal walls or steep inclines that will not permit the use of flat saws. Wall saws make clean, precise cuts in reinforced concrete and masonry construction without the structural damage normally associated with jack hammering. Wall sawing is typically specified to cut precise openings in new construction or in structures being remodeled, such as doors, vent and window openings.
Turbo Concrete offers blade sizes from 27” to 52” deep in any material. Cutting can be performed from both sides of the wall to give a total depth of 104”.
Flat Sawing
Flat sawing is the most commonly used diamond cutting method. It is typically used to cut horizontal flat surfaces such as floors, bridge decks and pavement. Also known as slab saws, the flat saw features a diamond blade that is mounted on a walk-behind machine requiring only one operator. Cutting up to 21' deep, flat saws are typically used to provide expansion joints, remove damaged pavement sections clean and prepare cracks for repair, and remove concrete sections for demolition purposes.
Wire Sawing
Wire sawing is the safest, quickest, and most efficient method of modifying or dismantling mass reinforced concrete structures. A wire saw is a saw that uses a metal wire or cable for cutting. With minimal air pollution and noise during operation, this saw is environmentally friendly. The flexibility of wire saws, regarding their functionality, makes them ideal for small or limited access areas. Along with the ability to cut through not only concrete, but reinforced rebar and solid steel, there’s no depth limit to how deep wire saws can cut into any material.
Ground Penetrating Radar Scanning
GPR Scanning is a quick, safe and effective way to locate buried obstructions within the concrete slab such as rebar, post-tensions cables, PVC pipes, and conduits, prior to cutting or coring. GPR scanning is faster than radiography due to only single sided access being required. GPR Scanning is the latest application of subsurface radar to non-destructively inspect concrete structures.