Water dripping in a New Westminster parkade
A New Westminster tower's strata noticed staining and intermittent dripping in the underground parkade. With a post-tensioned structure overhead, any investigation had to avoid the embedded cables.
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Staining and dripping on the parkade ceiling
- GPR scanning to map post-tension cables and rebar before any work
- Moisture mapping of the slab
- Tracing the source up through the structure
A plumbing leak several floors up, surfacing at the parkade — the lowest point — well away from its origin.
Parkades are where building leaks reveal themselves. GPR ensured the slab work avoided post-tension cables, and tracing found the true source floors above.
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