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How are drones being used on construction projects?

Drones can help with pre-construction site inspections, aerial surveying and mapping, measurement of excavation depths and material stockpiles, monitoring and documenting jobsite progress, productivity, safety, and security, and inspecting work that is difficult or dangerous for human inspectors to reach on a construction site. Drones provide you a bird's eye view of large project sites that you can't get from the ground. Drone data can aid a design team in gaining a better understanding of the project site, orienting structures, and finding utilities. Owners and contractors can use drones to inspect both lengthy horizontal structures like power lines, pipelines, and rail lines, as well as big vertical structures like bridges and skyscrapers. Contractors and owners may view the progress of work, monitor the whereabouts of personnel and equipment, and assess and document the impact of weather, or accidents on the project site using imagery and data acquired by drones over a period of time.

Drone software solutions can enable convenient and time-saving access to job site conditions from a desktop or mobile device, allowing for rapid assessment and response to changes in the field. Users can incorporate imagery and data into CAD, BIM, or other 3D models with the correct software, or utilize drones in conjunction with other technologies like land-based 3-D laser scanning and inventory tracking devices.
The picture can be valuable to investors in post-project dispute resolution and to owners to promote sales and leasing of the completed project once it is completed.
Drones give construction crews a bird's-eye perspective of work areas, materials, machinery, and people. Contractors are recording photos and videos to help optimize anything from grading plans and operations to finding variations between as-designed and as-built site plans.
Drones have become one of the most appealing construction innovations in recent years. Drone use has increased by nearly 240% year over year in the industry, outpacing that of any other business sector. They are a useful tool because of their aerial vantage point and data collection capabilities, which provide benefits ranging from on-site safety to remote monitoring.

Drones in construction will continue to gain in popularity as the industry matures and construction projects get more sophisticated.

How Are Drones Used in Construction?

1. Topographic Mapping and Land Surveys
When planning large-scale, complex building projects, topographic maps are crucial. They can show costly mistakes in designs that aren't suited to the terrain. Although topographic maps are useful, they are costly and time-consuming to create without the use of drone technology. As a result, maps are not always updated at the start of a project.
Drones can drastically reduce the time it takes to visualize a site's topography because of their capacity to survey large areas of land. This would ensure not only that the project is completed on time and under budget, but also that the information is accurate prior to the start of the project.

2. Remote Monitoring and Progress Reports
Another advantage of drones in construction is the increased visibility they provide to clients. Drones may create stunning overhead views and provide clients with a better understanding of the project's progress, especially when they are unable to be personally present on site. This gives them confidence that their money is being spent wisely.
Drones can boost internal cooperation with your company in addition to client communications. A drone can deliver data to your program during a flyover. Design teams, engineers, construction managers, employees, owners, and investors may all see the data at the same time, keeping track of the process and catching any errors.

3. Security Surveillance
If you've ever had equipment stolen from a job site, you understand how damaging it can be. You could lose tens of thousands of dollars if your boom lift or excavator is stolen. Every year, over $300 million worth of construction equipment or materials is stolen from project sites, according to Capterra, with less than 25% of it being recovered. As a result, equipment security is a critical aspect of task management.
A drone operator can perform a flyover to swiftly determine whether or not a piece of equipment is in a safe area. The surveillance camera might also be used to check for unwanted visitors on the premises. This will stop damage or theft before it happens.

4. Personnel Safety
Many construction companies place a high priority on worker safety. Falls, in example, account for 39% of worker fatalities. Workers must frequently climb to shaky heights and navigate around hazardous circumstances when conducting manual measurements. Drones can take the place of workers in certain scenarios, reducing the risk to construction workers on the job.
Drone video cameras can also be used by construction managers to monitor the project site for safety problems, such as ensuring that workers are correctly balanced and that no structures or equipment are loose or unstable, which could damage workers.

5. Structure Inspection and Photography
Drones can perform critical inspections in place of heavy machinery and large scaffolding. They may fly over structures to check for stability and minute features, as well as collect high-resolution photos for analysis. Heat leaks, cold spots, and electrical problems can all be detected with thermal sensors. In the long run, this level of quality assurance benefits client relationships.
Drones can also be used to do scheduled maintenance on larger buildings such as bridges, towers, roofs, and scaffolding. A work that would take an entire team of surveyors several days to complete would take a drone operator only a few hours.