How do drones help in construction?

Posted by Candrone on March 20th, 2020

Drones have emerged as an important asset in the construction industry.

With the use of high-resolution cameras on drones, construction site monitoring and inspectionshave become an easy task.

In the past few years, drones have gained tremendous popularity in the construction industry. As per research, the industry has experienced a 239% of growth in the utilization of drones.

From scouting the sites to the finishing touches, drones play a big part of any construction project. Besides this, there are many more ways in which drones are helpful in the construction industry.

In this blog, we’re telling you how drones have already changed the industry and how these trends will impact construction operations in the coming days:-

• Surveying Land

Drones are used to quickly survey job sites and build maps. Unlike traditional land surveying methods that utilize human resourcesand expensive tools, construction drones do the same work in half the time and money, with precision and accuracy.

Project managers make use of 3D laser scanners such as lidarondrones to get quality point clouddata of what the terrain looks like. Other than this, they make use of drones to reach high-risk areas that are hazardous for crew.

• Progress reporting

When the client needs to know the progress of the job but cannot manage to come to the site, drones can capture high definition imagery from an overlooking perspective.

Construction drone works as an innovative way to show clients the progress of buildings, renovations or inspections.

Other than this, drones do a great job of giving designers and architects a modelof what a structure will look like, and how the aesthetics will change.

• Monitoring Job Sites

When you’re a project manager and areassignedto more than one construction project and want to know the progress, work and safety standards of the site on which you're currently unavailable, then a construction drone can work best for you. 

Being a project manager you may want your workers to keep delivering productive results. For this, you need to be watchful towards them.  With the help of construction drones, you may check if the workers are working efficiently, if any equipment shows up missing, or if other areas may need more than the designated workers.

• Inspecting Structures

Nowadays construction dronesare playing a vital role in building inspection. As a replacement for entering hazardous zones, construction drones can be used for building inspection.

With the availability of High-Zoom cameras such as the Z30 on drones, the inspection process isrelatively easy. You may find out the condition of your structure, identify any problem areas, and create actionable reports.

Images captured during the inspection can be used to document the problem, and the cost and time to hire a drone pilot is less than what you can anticipate paying to assure the person who would have had to physicallytraverse the building or site.

Structures like bridges are tough to examine. However, with the use of drones, bridge inspection is no more a tough process. Here are a few reasons that depict how bridge inspection has become easy with the help of drones:-

o   Take less time as compared to conventional methods.

o   Reduce safety risks and ensures the safety of people and the inspection team.

o   Attain more accurate data based on provided safety protocols.

o   Underneath elements of the bridge are inspected easily.

o   Data can be analysed in real-time and stored for later use.

• Stakeholder Presentations

Without input from key stakeholder groups, it is less likely to attain great progress. However, attracting stakeholders and getting them active in the industry is a tough task.   To engage, attract and motivate them to take action you need a strong presentation of your construction business.

You can do this by creating stunning presentations from a different perspective with high-definition video and photo captured from a drone.

Researches indicate that investment spending into drone technology is in excess of Billion from the architectural, engineering and construction industry. This figure is likely to escalate in the coming years as more and more companies involved in construction are understanding and appreciating the benefits of drones and are stepping ahead to employ this tool in their jobs.

From the above blog you now know that drones have emerged as a tool for architects that focus on precision construction. Since architects and builders have a hectic and hardworking job, the adoption of drones for performing regular activities can decrease their workload to an extreme extent.