Drones in the AEC and Mining Landscapes
We at Latitude Geospatial are on the road to provide continual support and services to the AEC and mining industries. These blogs aim to offer useful insights on certain topics each month that are intended to reach workers at all levels throughout the industries.
Did you know that it is estimated that the annual spend due to errors is approximately 7x the total annual profit of the UK construction industry? A huge amount of these decisions are spatially influenced and can ultimately lead to time and money being saved if realised correctly.
As technology advances, it’s likely that remote sensing equipment and drones become a crucial part of any project. They offer fast mass-data collection that would more than likely take a team of surveyors/site engineers a few weeks to collect. These technologies also offer a vastly improved safety aspect to the work – safety being at the forefront of any project.
In this blog, we’re going to breakdown the benefits of utilising remote sensing technology and drones in to three sections. These are:
Surveying and Mapping: This is one of the most significant benefits of these technologies and rightly so; we have touched on it briefly in the introduction. The ability to map and collect mass-data quickly and efficiently not only reduces time, but also the risk of errors. This, in turn, allows managers at all levels to make more informed decisions
Inventory Management: Just like surveying and mapping, stockpile measuring is also a great benefit of utilising this technology. The outputs from these technologies are an obvious, and often vital role in the project planning/production phases. From a mining point of view, the systems can also help to contribute towards the measurement of ore quality too thus improving the efficiency of the mining process.
Environmental Monitoring: As most of the world pushes for a greener and cleaner environment, monitoring of worksites will become commonplace. Drones all aid with this and can assist with assessing the impact of construction and mining projects, land deformation, water and air quality, plus the impact on local habitats, amongst others.
At LAT°, we have over 16 years’ experience providing support and services throughout various sectors. We are also a veteran-owned business bringing a wealth of core skills and standards that may often be overlooked by larger organisations. We also have first-hand experience and exposure throughout the construction and mining industries, and understand what managers require to make decisions based on the most up to date and accurate data.
Next time you’re in the process of planning a project, or even if you know you need to implement these technologies throughout the project stages but not too sure where to start, get in touch with LAT°.
