Where the work has held up.
Selected engagements where applied sciences saved cost, time, or risk on UK construction work. Detailed write-ups arrive here as projects close out and clients clear publication.
Recent engagements.
Proving a machine-room slab for new lift motors
A City of London office was replacing its lift motors with new, smaller units. Before the machine-room slab could be signed off to carry them, Corvus mapped its reinforcement with GPR and Ferroscan — and rendered it in 3D over the slab — so the engineer could verify it on evidence, not assumption.
Proving a lift pit base for a hydraulic ram
A new hydraulic lift at a St Neots waterfront bar seats its ram in the pit — putting the whole load on the pit base. Corvus surveyed the pit slab and walls with GPR to locate the reinforcement and prove the base before installation, so the ram load could be signed off without drilling blind into a critical floor.
Scanning a suspended slab so a data centre could build up
Custodian Data Centres needed to add a mezzanine over a suspended, pile-supported slab. Corvus mapped the reinforcement with large-format GPR and Ferroscan so the structural engineer could design it — without drilling blind.
Programme of work in preparation
Corvus engagements are typically covered by site-specific NDAs while live. We are preparing redacted case studies that protect client identity while documenting method, finding, and outcome on representative projects across our six services.
Case studies in preparation cover:
- Pre-drill scanning that found unmarked post-tension cables on a London commercial fit-out.
- Large-scale GPR utility mapping for a Midlands logistics development that avoided a strike on a 33 kV cable.
- Heritage LiDAR capture of a listed façade in the South West that informed restoration design.
- Concrete testing on a residential transfer slab where rebound and pull-out testing avoided a redesign.
- Drone progress capture used as evidence in a programme dispute on a Scottish housing scheme.
If you'd like a more detailed conversation about previous work in your sector, get in touch — we'll talk through what we can share without breaking confidentiality.
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