Company Introduction

PRESENTED BY
Chris Hawekotte

We provide the highest quality

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
Equipment on the market.

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Agenda

Who are we

What do we make

What markets do we serve

What problems do we solve

Why GSSI

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 Who are we

GSSI is the world’s largest commercial manufacturer of

ground penetrating radar systems

Our products are used to image the subsurface in

a completely non-destructive manner

The technology is based on transmitting low energy radar

signals that are completely safe around humans and
animals

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 History
1970 1973 1990
Geophysical Survey GSSI introduces the Acquired in 1990 by
Systems, Inc. (GSSI) first commercial OYO Corporation,
founded in 1970, ground penetrating integrated into the
incorporated in radar (GPR) system OYO Group
Massachusetts to the market Companies
 GSSI Today

Corporate headquarters relocated in April 2015 to a new

70,000ft2 facility in Nashua, NH with 90 employees

HQ houses all key aspects of our business:

Administration, Engineering, Service, Operations,
Sales & Marketing

For nearly 50 years, GSSI has been the leading

manufacturer of commercial GPR systems with
over 11,000 radar systems sold worldwide

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 We see pioneering ways in which our
equipment is in use every day and we are
proud to be at the forefront of this
exciting technology to help our
customers get the information they need.

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Utility
Inspection
LOCATE
Utility Lines
Underground Storage Tanks
Steel Reinforcement
Voids

BENEFIT
Safe excavation (e.g., Dig Safe)
UtilityScan®
Verification of engineering
drawings
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) reports that over a
20 year period, utility hits have resulted in $1.7 billion
in property damage, 1,906 injuries, and 421 deaths.*
* As of 2015
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Concrete
Inspection
LOCATE
Rebar
Post Tension
Wire Mesh
Voids

BENEFIT
Compliance with StructureScan™ Mini XT
construction standards
Verification
The damage caused by hitting a single post-tension
cable can exceed tens of thousands of dollars, not
including the potential cost to litigate the claim.

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Transportation
Infrastructure
Pavement Thickness Analysis
Asphalt Quality Assurance/
Quality Control
Bridge Deck Deterioration
Mapping

BENEFIT
Early remediation of road
issues before these become
hazards RoadScan™

Safety According to the ASCE, “One out of every five miles

of highway pavement is in poor condition and our
roads have a significant and increasing backlog of
rehabilitation needs.”

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 GSSI Around the World
Concrete Inspection Utility Locating Archaeology

Transportation Geology Search & Rescue

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 We serve our industry and customers
with technical expertise, unsurpassed
customer support and training facilities,
and superior products.

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Innovation Lab
PaveScan RDM
®

Measure the uniformity

of newly applied asphalt

Disruptive technology that

displaces potentially
dangerous nuclear gauges

No need for secure

storage, no license
required for operation

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 LGPR
LOCALIZING GROUND
PENETRATING RADAR

Above-surface localizing methods are

subject to common failure modes:
seasonal variations, surface feature
changes, obscuring conditions

LGPR relies on subsurface profiles, less

prone to the changing environmental
conditions that plague other modalities

Agreement with MIT Lincoln Labs to develop a localizing ground

penetrating radar (LGPR) system for autonomous vehicle navigation
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Appendix
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Anatomy of a GPR Profile
Distance

Direct Wave

Top of object
Time (ns)

1st Strongest

(-) amplitude (+) amplitude

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