About BridgeGuard

BridgeGuard is a new infrared imaging service designed to safely identify and locate delaminations within concrete bridge decks and substructures. The BridgeGuard Service uses an infrared (IR) imaging sensor and sophisticated proprietary analysis software to identify the thermal indications of delamination. Delaminations interrupt the vertical conduction of heat through the concrete that occurs as temperatures rise and fall through a normal daily cycle. During periods of significant heat flow, delaminations become “visible” to the sensors used in the BridgeGuard system.  

BridgeGuard was developed by our engineers who specialize in the infrared detection of hidden objects; their experience includes military, environmental, security, and machine vision applications. It is licensed and distributed by Talon Research, Inc.

With BridgeGuard Services, inspection personnel are not exposed to the dangers of lane closures and working within the confined lane. Furthermore, traffic is not diverted or rerouted, which translates to a dramatic reduction in cost overruns.

Following the analysis process, a trained technician exports a condition report showing the exact position and size of each delamination. The report includes the number of delaminations and compiles all delamination sizes to provide a percentage of the entire deck area that is delaminated. Contact Jay Ruohonen at (866) 780-8722 for more information.

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