Testing Concrete or Earthen Dams & Dikes

Inspections of concrete and earthen dams, dikes and spillways often require testing to evaluate for leakage paths, soil settlement/voiding, or weakened deteriorated concrete. NDT uses electrical geophysical testing methods (Ground Penetrating Radar -- GPR, electrical resistivity or EM) to identify potential leakage paths under earthen dams, dikes and concrete spillways. Tracer can be used to determine leakage paths and rates. Sonic/ultrasonic impact echo and GPR nondestructive testing methods are used to identify voided areas under spillways. Sonic/ultrasonic pulse velocity and impact-echo measurements are also used to determine the condition and integrity of dam and spillway concrete. Many dams and spillways have a shotcrete coating that hides internal deteriorated weakened concrete from view. In these cases NDT can use sonic/ultrasonic tomographic data to contour the interior of the structure to locate internal weakness.

Projects

  • Detection of Soil Settlement
    Lake Louise Marie Dam
    New York
  • Locate Buried Drainage Pipes
    Rocky River Dam Main Dike
    Connecticut
  • Concrete Integrity
    Rainbow Dam
  • Top of Rock Profiling and Leakage Detection
    Earth Embankment
    Bulls Bridge, CT

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