Robotic Engineering for Bridge Inspections

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ICS - International Construction Supplies Date: 10/5/2018 Slide No: 1 of 56

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In Association with
Infrastructure Preservation Corporation

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CONTENTS

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International Construction Supplies (“ICS”) is an Australian owned and operated
supplier to the construction industry supplying to over 20 countries from facilities
in the UAE, Australia, Malaysia and India.
The company was established in Brisbane, Australia in 1990 originally to service
the Pre-Stressing and Post-Tensioning sectors.
Today we are a multi-disciplinary company focused on cutting edge construction
technology and solutions which reflect our commitment to value engineering and
total customer support.
About International Construction Supplies ICS

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About International Construction Supplies ICS
Address:
Company located in Ras Al
Khor- Industrial Area II,
29th Street , Dubai, UAE
T: +971 4 320 5466
F: +971 4 333 74 66

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ICS Network Coverage
Australia
ICS Australia Pty
Email: inq-aus@icsglobe.net
Address: 99 Marine Parade, Redcliffe
Qld, 4020, Australia
UAE
International Construction
Supplies LLC
Email : inq-me@icsglobe.net
Address: Ras Al Khor Industrial 3,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
PO Box 73476
UK
ICS Europe LTD
Email : inq-eu@icsglobe.net
Address: Kemp House 160 Road,
London,EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom
ICS PT Components Supplies Pvt Ltd
Email : inq-in@icsglobe.net
Address: No. 3, 4th Avenue,
Ashoknagar, Brindavan Extension,
Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
600083, India
India
ICS Supplies Sdn Bhd
Email : inq-mly@icsglobe.net
Address: 3-1, Jalan Puteri 4/8, Bandar
Puteri, 47100 Puchong,Selangor D.E,
Malaysia
Malaysia
Bahrain
International Post Tension
Consumables Co. WWL
Email : inq-me@icsglobe.net
Address: Level 22, West Tower,
Bahrain Financial Harbour, King
Faisal Highway, Manama, Bahrain

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Group Organisation Chart – UAE Operations
David Chisholm
Executive Director
Daniel Chisholm
Managing Director
Cameron Postlewaight
Commercial Director
Commercial Dept.
Suhail Ahmed
Accounts Manager
Accountants
Malika Parveen
Senior Administrator
Quantity Surveyor
Documents Control
Administration /
Support Staff
Design Dept.
Hazem Mostafa
Design Manager
Ayman Saleh
Deputy Design Manage
Design
Engineers
Draftsmen
Luke Broadbent
Operations Director
Operations Dept.
Mohammed Haitham
Construction Manager
Site Engineers
Site Supervisors
/Technicians
Site Labour &
Operatives
Production Dept.
Francy Issac
Technical Manager
Sulthan Ibrahim
Operations Manager
William Florendo
Logistics Manager
Cheytan R.
Maintenance Manager
Technicians & Labour
Divisions
Mazen Abbas Sales
Manger NDT
Inspection Services
A. Abdallah Regional
BDM- Construction
Chemicals

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Main Executives
Executive Director
DAVID CHISHOLM
Company founder, over 40 years experience in the Post Tensioning
industry covering all disciplines of bridges, buildings and ground
anchoring.
Managing Director
DANIEL CHISHOLM
Over 17 years experience in the Post Tensioning industry covering all
disciplines of bridges, buildings and ground anchoring.
Managing Director of the StrongForce Group.
Commercial Director
CAMERON POSTLEWAIGHT
Over 15 years experience in contract & commercial management, joined
StrongForce over 6 years, experienced with Main Contractor’s and Clients
on major infrastructure projects in excess of USD$1B.

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Main Executives
UAE Bridges & Civil Division Manager at StrongForce
PIERRE PONTHUS
Former Sr. Project Manager and internal expert for Post Tensioning of
bridge projects since 2008, joined StrongForce in 2017 as the General
Manager of the Bridge Division.
Managing Director of Venus Engineering LLC.
MAHDI S. HANNA
Over 25 years experience in construction, concrete repairs, retrofitting
and rehabilitation for various structures. Managing director of VENUS
Engineering since 2007.
Regional Business Development & Sales Manager at CementAid
ABDALLAH ABDALLAH
Hold a Master of Business Administration in Supply Chain & Logistics,
bachelor’s in Civil Engineering, LEED GA, and PQP. Over 11 combined
years of experience in construction and business development.

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Main Executives
Sales Manager NDT Inspections Services at ICS
MAZEN ABBAS
Over 8 years experience in Non-Destructive Testing (MT, PT, ECT, UT and
advanced UT (Phased Array). Completed Ultrasonic Testing UT Level II PCN
qualification. Joined ICS in 2018.
CEO of Infrastructure Preservation Corporation IPC
BILL SEAVEY
Founder & CEO of IPC, over 31 years experience within technology sector.
Having an extensive knowledge of developing and building advanced NDT
and Robotic technologies to inspect the crumbling infrastructure.
Executive Vice President at IPC
DOUG THALER
Doug brings 24 years of business development experience, financial & risk
management and marketing. With a comprehensive of re-engineering
concepts and implementation to enhance bottom line performances.

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Our Group Resources (Middle East)
This experienced team executes a range of services including manufacturing and distribution of
construction accessories, design and build construction services, waterproofing, post tensioning,
structural strengthening and repair, structural assessment and inspection.
ICS currently has more than 200 Employees across several departments. Our highly skilled and
experienced team is broken down as follows:
 5 Senior Managers/Directors overseeing the business and all departments and divisions.
 Administration Department consisting of 6 employees.
 Finance Department consisting of 8 employees.
 Commercial Department consisting of 4 employees.
 Design Department has 30 Structural and Civil Design Engineers and Draftsmen.
 Operations Department consisting of 95 Site Engineers, Site Supervisors & Technicians and a
further 9 Drivers and Operational Support Staff.
 More than 50 Technicians and Operators are working in the Production Department.

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ICS - ISO Certification
ICS Quality Management Policy
The ICS Quality Management Policy is to achieve and maintain a high
standard of quality in all aspects of its operation and to continually
satisfy the expectations of our customers in respect of all the services
and products offered.
ICS aims to ensure that the needs of its customers are clearly
understood and met through close liaison at all stages of supply. ICS’s
service is conducted to a high professional standard with technical
and commercial integrity. As such all tasks are executed in the
following manner:
 All materials are manufactured in a controlled environment.
 Procedures and hold points are set in place to minimize the risk
of failure when manufacturing products.
 Regular training is provided to operatives to ensure safety and
quality.
 Personnel carry out full and final inspections before dispatch to
ensure only high-quality products are provided to customers.
ICS has been accredited with ISO 9001:2008 Management System for
“Supply and Manufacturing of Post Tension Materials” by a European
certified accreditation body.

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Our Partners
I- StrongForce Post Tension Systems:
Design & Construct Post Tensioning
StrongForce is a multi-national construction company specialising in post-
tensioning and engineering services.
With a strong focus on project delivery StrongForce’s highly skilled in-house
team offer design and construct structural solutions to both the public and
private sectors for both civil and building structures in over ten countries.
Recognised as a market leader, StrongForce brings over 30 years of specialist
experience to the construction industry.

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Our Partners
II- Venus Engineering:
Strengthening & Remedial:
VENUS Engineering is a multi-disciplinary Design & Construct strengthening &
remedial construction company that offers structural engineering solutions
throughout the MENA region.
With a fully integrated in-house team, Venus provide an “end to end” service
including structural design right through to site delivery for concrete repairs,
structural strengthening and rehabilitation works on a wide range of
structures in both the public and private sector.

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Our Services
I- Post Tension Service Division
ICS offers a one stop shop to the Post Tensioned and Pre-Stressed industry,
stocking all consumables and equipment including Anchor Systems, Bar Chairs,
and a range of installation, stressing and grouting equipments.
ICS specializes in the manufacturing of smooth and corrugated post-tensioning
duct/ sheaths for project specific requirements.
The company provides a specialist service and repair centre for all Post
Tensioning plant and equipment including grout pumps, hydraulic jacks and
stressing pumps.

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Our Services
II- Construction Chemical Division- Waterproofed Concrete
Cementaid International Group
ICS has partnered with Cementaid to bring their advanced concrete
admixtures and surface treatments to the MENA market.
As concrete specialists we are uniquely placed to help customers identify how
they can achieve time and cost savings while improving concrete quality,
durability and maintenance.
ICS ensures a total service offering by providing site monitoring assistance for
admixture application, superior logistical support and after-market concrete
rehabilitation/repair capabilities.

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Our Services
III- Non Destructive Testing & Robotic Engineering
Infrastructure Preservation Corporation (IPC) is a complex bridge inspection,
non-destructive testing (NDT) and robotic engineering company.
IPC utilizes advanced non-destructive testing and robotic technology to
produce condition assessment reports that determine the condition and
deterioration of today’s infrastructure.
IPC is working with the Transportation Research Board to introduce a new
wave of robotic inspection technology and practices that improves inspection
results by locating early stage deterioration for repairs.
By utilizing IPC’s proprietary and patented non-destructive evaluation (NDE)
services for infrastructure and bridge inspections, IPC is helping to extend the
life and safety of infrastructure assets worldwide.

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Infrastructure Preservation Corporation
A nondestructive testing & Infrastructure assessment firm.
Specialist in Bridge & Infrastructure Inspection

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Infrastructure Preservation Corporation IPC
IPC
Mission
IPC is a Professional Services
Nondestructive Testing and robotic
engineering company specializing in
Transportation and Infrastructure
Condition Assessments.
IPC’s mission is to bring advanced &
robotic nondestructive testing
technologies to the Transportation
inspection industry. This will allow
Asset owners to make better
investment decisions for the ultimate
benefit of public safety
Transportation
Infrastructure Inspections
Construction Materials
Testing
Nondestructive Testing
Infrastructure Assessments

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IPC Competitive Advantages
 Patented inspection systems providing technology
points in bid evaluation.
 Advanced inspection systems that lowers proposal
costs.
 NDT inspectors certified in accordance with ASNT
recommended practice.
 ASNT Nationally Certified Level III Audit Services.
 Certified bridge inspectors.

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IPC Technology Improves Efficiency
Efficiency
Improvement
Improved
safety
Reduction of
traffic closures
Eliminates
need for heavy
equipment
/Bucket Trucks
Project
execution

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Types of Inspection Services we offer
 Routine and Special Bridge Inspections (NBIS Inspections).
 Ancillary Structure Inspections.
 Civil Engineering Inspections.
 Construction Engineering Inspections.
 Nondestructive Testing.
 Advanced Robotic Inspections.
 Ground Penetrating Radar Inspections.

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Non-destructive Testing Inspection Services
Dam InspectionRoadway Inspections
Special Inspections Garage Inspections
Bridge Inspections
Construction Inspections
Infrastructure Inspections
ColumnScan® Inspections

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Advanced NDT Services
PoleScan® TendonScan® Cablescan® Crackscan® BridgeScan®
Tensile Load Suspender
Cable Inspections
ColumnScan® RopeScan™
High Mast Light Pole
Repair Robot

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BridgeScan® Inspection Services
 BridgeScan® provides a full deck and
approach roadway condition assessment
providing quantitative results that far
exceeds traditional and manual chain
dragging methods.
 Replaces Chain Dragging & visual
subjective methods.
 Inspections with 100% coverage.
 Conducted within the current DOT’s
budgets.
 Quantitative data prioritizing future
maintenance activities. OLD METHOD
CHAIN DRAGGING

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BridgeScan® Benefits
Locates delamination and debonding.
Maps reinforcement patterns.
Conducts approach slab deterioration assessment.
Locates voids under approach slab.
Fill density assessment under approach slabs.
Abutment water intrusion assessment through backwall.
Identifies 12 levels of deterioration.
Inspections are performed by bridge inspectors and reviewed by bridge engineers.

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BridgeScan®
Deck Condition Assessments
 Deterioration – Delamination throughout the deck

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BridgeScan®
 Deterioration – Delamination throughout the deck
Healthy Deck Damaged Deck End of Life Deck
Normal Reinforcement Delamination and debonding

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BridgeScan®
Delamination Concrete
Deterioration
 BridgeScan provides a more comprehensive deck assessment then traditional chain
dragging method.

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BridgeScan®
IPC’s BridgeScan® goes way beyond
traditional GPR.
This is a complete bridge deck and
approach roadway assessment.

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Bridge Inspection Services
 Complex Bridge Inspections:
 Full Structural & Fracture Critical Inspections.
 In Depth Truss, Gusset Plate & Thickness Inspections.
 Cable Stays, Post Tension (PT) System Inspections.
 Non-Destructive Testing and Advanced condition assessments with
reporting that far exceeds FHWA and AASHTO guidelines

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CableScan® Inspection Services
OLD METHOD
Cable Stay Bridge Robotic Inspection System
 8 minute mount / dismounts.
 Portable self contained.
 HD Video 1080i 60fps.
 Tracks linear and deck horizontal
distances.
 Real-time evaluation.
 360° viewing.
 Redundant power systems.
 Battery operated.
 Wireless control.
 Results are maintained for Future
comparison.
No Lane Closures Required
No Bucket Trucks Required

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CableScan® Benefits
No lane closures with daytime inspection.
Eliminates need for boom trucks.
More accurate than traditional inspection methods.
Safer for both the inspector and the public.
Uses LIDAR to measure length and width of cracks.
Double blind study of an inspection of 84 cables found 1 issue with traditional method.
Recorded video file to monitor deterioration progression over time.

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Magnification of
what was
detected
Sample of
laminar rust
beneath coating
Failed clear coat
/ UV coating
Painted-over
gouges due to
man lift damage
Damage due to
scaffolding
standoff bars
Digital images of elevations ranging between 150 to 1000 ft.
CableScan®
Click to watch the video

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CableScan®

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PoleScan® Inspection Services
High Mast Light Pole Robotic Inspection Services
 Complete Inspection of:
 Pole
 Seams
 Mast Arms
 Luminaries
 Anchor Bolts
 Foundation
 Can lower Luminaries if required
High Mast Light Pole Robotic Repair Services
 No lane closures or bucket truck
 Sands rust areas and paints OLD METHOD

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PoleScan® Benefits
Takes HD 360 degree video as well as 24mp stills of abnormalities
Takes 4K HD video of the pole, seams, mast arms, luminaries, etc.
Includes ultrasonic testing of anchor bolts.
Keeps video file for future reference. Track deterioration progression over time.
Two man crew per team.. Experienced inspectors using advanced robotic technology
Report reviewed by structural engineer.

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PoleScan®
Ultrasonic Testing of Anchor Bolts

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High Mast Light Pole Inspection Service
High Mast Light Pole Inspection Video –Field Inspection and Repair Services

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High Mast Light Pole Inspection Service

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Drone Inspection Services
 Hard To Reach Inspection Locations
 Utilizing Drones
 High profile structures
 Towers
 Windmills

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TendonScan® Inspection Services
 Magnetic Flux Leakage
 Locates and Quantifies Loss of Metallic Area in External PT Tendons Assessments
Robotic Post Tension Tendon Inspection
OLD METHOD

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TendonScan®
Post Tension Tendon Inspection Service
Locates Loss Of Metallic Area In External Post
Tension Tendons.
Bridge inspections and box girder roadways
contain millions of miles of post tension
tendons. These tendons can corrode or fail
over time if not inspected regularly. IPC’s Post
Tension Tendon Inspection service is
comprised of 2 patented devices.
Device 1. Locates Air, Water and Bleeding
Grout inside external post tension tendons.
Device 2. Locates Loss Of Metallic Area inside
external PT Tendons.
Features:
• Portable
• Light Weight
• Wireless
• Battery Operated
• Fast
• Accurate

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TendonScan®

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CrackScan® Inspection Services
 Scans for cracks from over 100 feet away.
 No Lane closures.
 No lifting trucks required.
 More efficient, less expensive and more accurate
than current inspection methods.
 Records X and Y coordinates of the cracks as well as
length and width. With advanced angle
compensation
 Future inspections allow the asset manager to track
crack progression over time.
 Provides 2D and 3D crack maps.
Double blind study of 2 bridges in Nevada where the engineering
firm showed no cracks on 1 bridge and none on another.
 IPC located 7 cracks on one and 6 cracks on the other
 Manual methods cannot compete with laser technology

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CrackScan®
2 D and 3D Crack Maps

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CrackScan®

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RopeScan™ Robotic Wire Rope Inspections Services
Robotic wire rope inspections. Find section loss without wedging a cable apart utilizing
modern technology and robotics for wire rope inspections & cable assessments. For just
about any cable from bridge suspender cables to mining cables, crane cables and more.
Crane Rope Inspections Wire Rope Inspections Bridge Suspender Cables Oil Rig & Mining Cables
Applications:

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RopeScan™
Benefits of IPC’s wire rope inspection includes:
 Lightweight & Portable.
 Quantitative Results.
 No Lane Closures.
 Detailed Reports.
 Locates Broken Wires.
 Fast Interpretation.
 No Bucket Trucks.
 Proven Results.

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RopeScan™

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Laser Vibrometry Inspection Service
 Measuring the tensile load of a cable from a distance.
 Post analysis software that can calculate the tensile
forces in real time.
 Eliminates lane closures and costly man lift devices
 Inspects
 Cable Stays
 Suspender Cables
 External Cables
 Other Wire Cable Structures

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ColumnScan® Inspection Service
 ColumnScan® is a robotic device that lowers
into bridge columns and performs:
 HD 4k video inspection of the column or
shaft and 24 Mp pictures of all anomaly’s.
 Visual & Infrared Technologies.
Applications:
 Bridge Column Inspections.
 Shaft Inspections.
 Mining Shaft Inspection Service.
 Hydro Electric Dam Inspections.
 Refineries.
 Transportation Infrastructure.

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ColumnScan® Inspection Service

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ColumnScan® benefits
Safer environment for inspectors.
No need to rent expensive equipment.
More comprehensive inspection data.
Full video inspection for future comparisons.
Articulating arms for full directional control.
Lighting system and Infrared Technology for comprehensive data.

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Advantages of using IPC’s Services
Provide remarkable details of
quantitative data.
Why
Choose
IPC ?
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Remarkable Quantitative Data
Action Plan For repairs
Extend Asset Life
Reduce lane closures
Cost Savings
Enable transportation agencies to make better
budgetary decisions.
Extend service life of critical infrastructure assets.
Allow for inspections to be conducted with
minimal lane closures or heavy equipment.
Services provided are within the agency’s
current maintenance budgets.
IPC Inspection services are safer for
both the inspector and traveling public
than any other Inspection method.
06 Conduct a safer inspectionSafety
First
07 Exceeds AASHTO & FHWA Requirements

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