Construction Dive: Frequently used to capture images and video to show clients and use in marketing materials, drones are becoming more commonplace on jobsites, with 57% of respondents to a recent JBKnowledge 2018 ConTech report indicating their firms use the technology. Beyond capturing images and video footage, however, drones have tremendous data-collecting capability.
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I think this companies use of a drone is really smart. I think they used something that is more so portrayed as a toy and turned into something that is practical, easy, and saves money. Since drones are a fairly new invention, everyone has been using it. Most people use it for videos or photos typically of a landscape or any kind of wide range that needs to be shot from a bird's eye view. This article said that the company used a drone as an alternative to using a helicopter which is very expensive so get updates on sight footage. The drone not only saves them money but does multiple this at once. For example the drone is also helpful in terms of security surveillance which also in term helps with the budget as well as the safety cameras also monitor the safety of onsite personalize, the article states. Overall I feel like drones could be used in many different way other than captures pictures, it can be very practical and time efficient.
I have always been super interested in drones and drone technology as a whole. When DJI, a consumer drone company, released their first consumer drone, I had to have it. In the end I did end up buying and for a while use it all the time. The drone I got was built for the purpose of allowing consumers to film using drones. This gave consumers a chance to make professional quality videos at home. This is exactly what I started using my drone for. While this is an important and very viable use for a drone, i thing it is awesome that new industries are starting to use drones for other things. For a real life example, my local fire department not owns a few drones to help them a couple ways. First, they use them to track the progression of wildfires by live streaming what the drone is seeing to a computer for evaluation. Second, they are now using it for search and rescue when I may be dangerous to send a rescuer somewhere to look for a patient.
The world of drones seems to be ever expanding and I stand behind that industry 100%. Drones in the construction industry really make sense if you think about it. With a live view that cannot be achieved otherwise, this makes roofing surveys more accessible and thus making homes safer. I really liked the idea of live streaming videos or sending high-resolution photographs to clients that cannot be at the build site often but “want to stay in the loop.” I also admire how the article touches on the potential problems this would have, especially in dense urban environments because drones and overhead power lines do not mix well. The technology that is beginning to be fit on drones for topographic map surveying is really interesting and could revolutionize the way construction begins on any project. I am really excited to see where the world of drones takes us in the coming years and how these advancements benefit our lives in the future.
Drones have taken over many industries that once required human interaction. Overall I think the technology has been adopted very well into the workflow of many job sites. It allows inspections to happen at a much fast rate and more frequently. What was once seen as a dangerous task is now something that can be performed from the ground.
As technology continues to improve and become more readily available I can imagine that many industries will continue to adopt the technology into their process. Take theatre, for example, performance spaces that are supposed to be inspected every 1-5 years have gone years without the proper inspection. With the use of drone technology accessibility will become a lot easier and inspectors will have a much easier time meeting the necessary inspection parameters. Whether or not the theater industry chooses to adopt this technology is a whole other story given the training and cost associated with it.
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