Howdy, asim Most cores are small: 52mm for an AC drain, 152mm for a soil pipe. But towers, hospitals and malls also need big vertical routes for services. Main drainage stacks, chilled water risers, kitchen extract shafts and cable...
A pipe needs to cross a corridor and a beam is in the way. Someone suggests just coring through it. It’s only a small hole, after all. That’s when expensive mistakes start. Beams and columns carry the building, and...
Getting the core size wrong is a common and expensive mistake. Too small and the pipe won’t fit with its sleeve. Too big and you’ve removed more concrete than you need and left a large gap to fill. Use...
Some buildings never close. Hospitals treat patients around the clock, malls trade seven days a week, and hotels are full of guests trying to sleep. Dubai’s hotel sector alone had 158,700 rooms across 770 establishments at the end of...
Dubai villa owners are renovating rather than moving. Demand for luxury villa renovations has risen an estimated 35 to 50% over the past five years, and many buyers now purchase with a renovation already planned (Zawya, August 2026). Two...
Core cutting looks simple: set up the rig, drill a round hole, pull the core out. That’s why it’s often handed to whoever is free on site. But most slab damage from coring doesn’t come from the drill. It...
Not every concrete cut gets a big machine. Inside a villa bathroom, a riser cupboard, a plant room or a narrow corridor, there’s often no room to bolt on a wall saw track or wheel in a floor saw....
Some concrete is simply too big for a blade. A raft foundation more than a metre deep, a transfer beam, a massive column or a pile that needs cropping are all beyond the reach of wall saws and floor...
The scanning is done. The concrete is covered in paint marks and tape, and a PDF lands in your inbox. Now what? A GPR scan report is only useful if the people drilling, cutting and signing off the work...
Pre-Drilling Scan Checklist for Abu Dhabi Contractors Abu Dhabi is busy. In the first quarter of 2026 alone, work start notices rose 14.3% to 3,244 and site inspection requests climbed 24.5% to 34,391, according to the Department of Municipalities...
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