Concrete scanning · Utility locating · Geophysics · US · UK · AU · International

The bid is due Friday. Write the proposal tonight.

Terradocs turns project details into a sendable proposal, scope, or safety document — standards-referenced, priced from your own rate table, and carrying the limitations language that protects your firm.

Free to try — build a full document before you pay. $99 single, or $149/month unlimited.

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Pick a service, fill in the job, watch the document write itself. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.

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Four document sets, one engine

Each service carries its own scope language, standards references, deliverables, assumptions, and limitations. Switch services and the document rebuilds — your letterhead, rates, and terms stay put. Set your region — North America, UK & Ireland, Australia & NZ, or International — and the standards, quality levels, colour codes, units, and currency change with it.

01 — Concrete scanning

GPR concrete scanning

Core and anchor clearance on post-tensioned and conventionally reinforced slabs. Marking legend and tendon-strike language switch with the structure type.

ASTM D6432 · ACI 228.2R
02 — Locating & SUE

Utility investigation

Designating and locating scoped to a defined quality level. Choose QL-D through QL-A and the tasks, quality level table, and depth disclaimers rewrite themselves.

ASCE 38-22 · PAS 128 · AS 5488 · International
03 — Geophysics

Surface geophysical survey

Seismic refraction, MASW, resistivity imaging, magnetometry, and EM. Includes the non-uniqueness clause every geophysical report needs.

ASTM D5777 · D6431 · D4428
04 — Field safety

Job hazard analysis

Task-step hazard table that adapts to the work environment — active site, occupied building, roadway, industrial, or confined space — with stop-work authority and crew sign-off.

OSHA 1926 · MUTCD where applicable

Expert service · Not software

Send us the data. Get back a finished report.

Some jobs need more than a template. If you collected GPR data and you're not certain what it shows — or you have findings and no time to write them up — we do that work directly. Twenty-six years of subsurface interpretation, named on the deliverable.

01

Send the file

Raw data, photos, sketch, and what the client intends to do. The free field guide tells you exactly what to include.

02

We review

If the data can't support a conclusion, you hear that first — before you've paid for an interpretation that doesn't hold.

03

Interpretation

Targets identified, depths assessed against your calibration, conflicts flagged, and the uncertainty stated plainly.

04

Finished report

A complete, formatted report on your letterhead, with the interpretation attributed to us as consultant of record.

What we take on

  • GPR concrete scanning data interpretation
  • Post-tension versus rebar discrimination
  • Utility locating and SUE data review
  • Scanning summary letters and field reports
  • Utility investigation reports to ASCE 38
  • Second opinion on a contested scan
  • Report production from your own findings
  • Pre-scan planning for unusual structures

Non-intrusive work only. We don't take intrusive geotechnical investigations, and anything requiring an engineering seal stays with a licensed professional in your jurisdiction.

Step one

Submit your data

Fill this out and upload your files. You'll have a quote the same day. The panel on the right tracks whether your submission is complete — incomplete data is the biggest cause of delay and rescans.

Files go to the upload link, not email. Raw GPR data is usually too large to email. Use the upload button on the right, then complete this form so we know what we're looking at.
Contact
The job
Core diameter, depth, and purpose. This determines how much clearance margin the interpretation needs.
Acquisition
If you didn't calibrate, say so. Depths can't be reported without it, and we'd rather know now.
What you're sending
Tick what's actually in the upload. Anything missing slows the interpretation or makes it impossible.
Copy this into your email or message

Submission completeness

Based on what an interpretation actually requires

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    Upload your files Field guide (free)

    Non-intrusive work only. We don't take intrusive geotechnical investigations or anything requiring an engineering seal.

    A general AI writes a proposal that reads well and exposes you.

    It doesn't know that a post-tensioned slab changes the marking convention, that QL-B doesn't determine depth, or that a geophysical inversion is non-unique. And it won't write the limitations section, because it doesn't know that section is the reason the document exists.

    The time

    Three hours you billed to nobody

    Most firms write proposals at night, from the last one they sent, editing around whatever didn't apply. The old scope survives into the new job more often than anyone admits.

    The risk

    The paragraph that wasn't there

    Scope creep, a strike outside a clear zone, a client who thought a designation was a guarantee. The protection is a few paragraphs of standard language — and it's the first thing dropped when you're rushing.

    The signal

    What the reviewer reads

    An owner comparing three bids can't judge your antenna or your rig. They judge the document. A proposal that cites the standard and states its own limits reads like a firm that knows the work.

    Built for the firms that do the work

    Small and midsize outfits where the person writing the proposal is also the person running the crew.

    Concrete scanning & coring contractorsClear the slab, send the proposal the same night, keep the exclusions consistent job to job.
    Utility locating & SUE providersScope to a quality level the client can hold you to — and one you can defend when a bore goes wrong.
    Geophysical consultantsMethod-specific standards and interpretation limits written in, so the caveat isn't an afterthought.
    Concrete cutting & coring firmsClearance scopes and safety documentation that hold up when a client disputes a strike.
    Damage prevention & 811 contractorsDesignating scopes with the tolerance-zone and one-call language stated where it protects you.
    General contractors & CM firmsWrite the scope you want bid, so three proposals come back comparable instead of three different scopes.
    Agencies, DOTs & municipalitiesConsistent scoping language across districts and consultants, with quality levels stated up front.
    Civil & design engineering firmsSubconsultant scopes and RFQ responses that match how the work is actually performed in the field.

    Public work has its own paperwork

    Agency and DOT pursuits are won on responsiveness as much as price. Terradocs keeps the scoping language consistent across submittals so a reviewer sees the same firm every time.

    • Quality levels stated up front — ASCE 38 language a reviewer already knows
    • Consistent scope across districts — the same exclusions every submittal
    • Prequalification packages — safety documentation that survives review
    • Unit-rate pricing — per boring, per test hole, per lane mile
    • Traffic control referenced — MUTCD and governing authority called out
    • Defensible limitations — the record you want if a claim follows

    Three steps, four minutes

    Set your firm profile once. Every document after that starts with your letterhead, your rates, and your standard terms already in place.

    Pick the service, enter the job

    Client, site, structure or method, quantities, days. Most fields are dropdowns, and the scope adapts to what you choose.

    Adjust the language

    Toggle deliverables, assumptions, and limitation clauses. The document rewrites as you go — no blank page, no leftovers from the last job.

    Send it

    Download as Word to edit, or PDF to send as-is. Your logo, your signature block, your terms.

    Pricing

    A subscription costs about one billable hour a month. If you bid twice, it has paid for itself. Expert services are priced per job.

    Single document
    $99
    one document
    • Any one of the four services
    • PDF export, licensed for that project
    • Your letterhead and rates
    • No account needed
    Buy one document — $99
    Professional
    $149
    per month
    • Unlimited documents
    • Editable Word export
    • All four services
    • Saved firm profile and rate table
    • Custom clause additions
    Start Professional
    Business
    $399
    per month
    • Everything in Professional
    • Up to 10 users
    • Shared company templates
    • Firm-wide clause library
    • Branded output
    Start Business
    Enterprise
    Talk to us
    multi-office and agency
    • Unlimited users and admin roles
    • Locked standard language and rates
    • Approval workflow before release
    • SSO and audit trail
    • Onboarding and named contact
    Talk to us

    Expert services

    Priced per job, not per seat.

    Interpretation
    From $650
    typical job $900–1,500
    • GPR data interpretation
    • Post-tension versus rebar discrimination
    • Second opinions on contested scans
    • Named consultant of record
    • Typical turnaround 2–3 days
    Submit your data
    Report production
    From $850
    typical report $1,200–2,200
    • Written from your findings
    • Scanning summary letters
    • Utility investigation reports to ASCE 38
    • Formatted on your letterhead
    • Non-intrusive work only
    Submit your findings

    Annual billing at two months free. The first fifty firms keep these launch rates permanently, including any future increase. Rush turnaround on expert services carries a 50% surcharge.

    Questions

    Is this engineering work?

    No. The software produces commercial and administrative documents — proposals, scopes, safety forms, and report frameworks. Everything here covers non-intrusive subsurface methods, where sealing is not customary. We do not cover intrusive geotechnical investigation or environmental site assessment, and anything requiring an engineering seal stays with a licensed professional in your jurisdiction.

    What do I send for an interpretation?

    Raw data files in native format, equipment and settings, your calibration value and how you obtained it, slab thickness and structure type, a field sketch dimensioned from two permanent features, photos with a scale in frame, and a plain statement of what the client intends to do. The free field guide covers all of it.

    What if my data isn't good enough?

    You'll hear that before you're charged for an interpretation. A scan that can't support a conclusion is common and usually fixable with a rescan — and that answer is worth far more than a confident reading of inadequate data.

    Why not just use a general AI chatbot?

    You can, and for a cover email you probably should. The difference shows up where risk lives: which limitation clauses belong in a post-tensioned scope, why depth cannot be reported at QL-B, why a geophysical model is never unique, and what a rate table needs so a change order is enforceable.

    Does it work outside North America?

    Yes. Choose North America, UK & Ireland, or Australia & New Zealand and the document rebuilds around that framework — ASCE 38-22, PAS 128, or AS 5488 for utility investigation, with the matching colour code, dig-notification service, traffic control reference, safety regulations, units, and currency. There is also an International setting for territories with no governing national standard, which cites recognised reference practice, uses metric units, and lets you set your own currency. Documents are in English throughout; the standards change, not just the wording.

    Can I use my own standard language?

    Yes. Everything exports to Word, and Professional and above let you add your own clauses to the library. Most firms send the first document nearly as-is, then shape it over the next few jobs until it reads like theirs.

    Does it handle public agency and DOT work?

    Yes. Unit-rate pricing, quality level scoping, traffic control references, and prequalification-grade safety documentation are all supported. It does not fill agency-specific forms or submit through procurement portals.

    What about my project data?

    Your firm profile — letterhead, rates, standard terms — is saved so you don't re-enter it. Project details are yours. We don't share client information or use your documents to train anything.

    Your next proposal is due sooner than you'd like.

    Write it in four minutes and get your evening back.