Articles Tagged with ''Drones''

At Esri’s Infrastructure Management and GIS conference, held in Palm Springs, Calif., Oct. 28-30, large utilities such as PG&E showed off how they were using geographic information systems when working with contractors and design firms as consultants to help them manage maintenance and asset needs.

OpenSpace Air is a platform for collection and analysis of reality capture data from drones, scans, site surveys and 360° images.

Drone pilots tested their skills at maneuvering drones to collect and report data at a drone competition sponsored by Oracle.  

Firms using the platform can fly drones that a pilot cannot see a full view of the site on large infrastructure projects

Contractor Brasfield & Gorrie is working to update its site maps to avoid utility strikes and other incidents by integrating drone flight data directly into their GIS maps using Esri’s Site Scan for ArcGIS Pro.

Drones, self-propelled modular transporters and a curtain wall that really does hang off the roof like a curtain are all notable technologies that made installing an 18-million-lb timber roof possible at Portland International Airport.

If contractors knew the best way to capture site data for each kind of job, whether it was using laser scans, drones or their own smartphones, it would certainly solve some problems up front.

Aerial reality capture SaaS platform DroneDeploy has agreed to acquire StructionSite in order to strengthen its ground game. 

As drone photography, reality capture and site scanning continue to grow in importance for contractors, so have the skills of the pilots.

In recent years contractors have seen the advantages of employing light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology with unmanned aerial systems (UAS), also known as drones.