Hydrodemolition technology is almost strictly used for applications on sensitive structures. The robots used for removing the concrete can be used for the different surfaces described below as they are or modified with an attachment that can reach the surface needed to be removed.
Bridges
The bridge slab, side beams, pillars (round, square or rectangular), bridge joints, bridge bearings, and foundations for the structure.
Tunnels
The tunnel roof, the slab which is installed and exposed to deterioration, if it is a round tunnel done by a tunnel boring machine.
Parking decks
The slabs at different levels, pillars, and access driveways.
Dams
The dam crest when dams are required to be increased, spillways, inlet to the turbine and inside the turbine when turbine replacement is needed.
Ports
The slab, the front of the quay, underneath the quay and the pillars on which the quay is built are surfaces all subject to concrete removal when in bad shape.
Other applications
Airports, nuclear plants, dry docks, locks, canals, cooling towers, silos, light houses, etc.
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