Ground Penetrating Radar - on the Road vs on the Grass

Do you want to see what we see when we are using Ground Penetrating Radar? Well, this is the video for you.
In this video, I take you onto a real job site where we have been using radar trying to locate the underground services in the area, before they come through and dig a new trench.
It's a quiet job site, with minimal traffic on the side road that we are working on, so I finally get the chance to show you exactly what underground services look like on the GPR monitor and how different they can look simply by moving from one soil type to another.

Also in the video, I make reference to Dan Bigman from Learn GPR. If you are interested in radar and would like to learn more about how it actually works and the science behind it all, then I highly recommend you check him out. Here is a link to his website - https://bigmangeo.com/


Side note - For those of you, that may watch this video who are already experts in Ground Penetrating Radar.
Before you jump in and start leaving comments about the inaccuracies of what I have said within this video, let me explain one thing first.
This video has not been made for you.
Yes, I am fully aware that some of the terminologies I have used in this video are not correct and the science behind what I am saying isn’t completely accurate.
This may disappoint you to know, but I don’t actually care.
I haven’t done it to deceive the viewer, instead, to make it relatable to them, so that they can understand what I am trying to show them.
You need to understand, the intended audience for this video is the construction worker.
The person that is working out on a job site and that might engage the services of a utility locating technician like myself to come out and locate services for them.
This video is particularly for the ones that think GPR is a silver bullet and that if we can find just one underground utility with the radar then we should be able to find all of them with it.
I deliberately don't get into the science or mathematical formulas of wave propagation or refraction or any of that sort of stuff, as let's face it, they don’t need to know any of that sort of stuff.
All I want them to see is what we see on the screen. What the underground pipe looks like when you go over it in one area, and how when you simply move over a couple of feet it can look so much different on the screen, despite the fact that the pipe material, size and depth have not changed at all. Many construction workers have a hard time getting their head around this, so I’m hoping that doing a video like this where they can see it with their own eyes, will help them understand it better. Hell, I even know a heap of locators that still can’t even get their heads around this, so maybe this will help them as well hahahahaha

And hey, if they are watching this video and they find that ground penetrating radar does actually interest them and they do want to know the science behind it all, then I have given them the details of the legend himself. Who best to answer any questions they have or for them to follow to learn more about GPR than Dan Bigman. That's why I mentioned it in the video and listed it in the description for the video.
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www.geelongcablelocations.com.au

Geelong Cable Locations are the experts to call when you need to know where underground cables and pipes are buried.

We service Geelong, Melbourne and Country Victoria.

We offer:
Electromagnetic Field Locating (also known as digital locating, or just cable locating)
Ground Penetrating Radar
Non-Destructive Digging (also known as hydro excavation, or vacuum excavation, or even just known as NDD)
Concrete scanning
Acoustic locating (perfect for locating poly water pipes)
Drafting
GPS plotting
Project management

We’ve been in business since 1998, making us one of the oldest and most experienced service locating companies in Victoria.

Our manager Ben Minutoli was the first in Victoria to obtain his Dial Before You Dig certification and, to date, we’re still the only company in Victoria to have multiple technicians within the company who are DBYD certified (if you don't know, that’s the highest level of certification for a locator in Australia).

Actually, if you don't know about the Dial Before You Dig certification you can find out more about it here, at a blog post Ben wrote when it first came out: https://geelongcablelocations.com.au/...

If you have a question about either of those blog posts or, better still, if we can be of any assistance to you with any of your locating needs—or even if you’d just like to discuss a project you’re working on—then feel free to call us toll-free on 1800 449 543.

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Music for this video sourced from www.bensound.com