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Thursday, February 28, 2019
To get the most out of drones, start with 'low-hanging fruit'
Construction Dive: Starting a drone program is daunting for general contractors both large and small, but there’s never been a better time than now to take the plunge, says William Pryor, enterprise solutions manager at Skycatch, a drone data and analytics firm.
1 comment:
Chase Trumbull
said...
I both love and hate the ideas presented here. I love the capabilities of drones, and I appreciate that proper utilization can improve time and money savings, as well as keeping workers from having to enter potentially hazardous locations. I am uneasy about the fact that the surveying programming on a drone could replace the need for a skilled worker. It seems like, as technology advances, there is less use for people who have hard skills and more use for managers. I think we are not far from the point where the majority of construction is automated. It is certainly a cool idea, but first of all, what happens to all the people who are replaced by machines? Secondly, machines can provide data, but not intuition and instinct. Perhaps in big steel construction, that is less important, but I think the human element is vital in most circumstances. It is conceivable that the human element could operate from behind the lens of data, but I am dubious.
1 comment:
I both love and hate the ideas presented here. I love the capabilities of drones, and I appreciate that proper utilization can improve time and money savings, as well as keeping workers from having to enter potentially hazardous locations. I am uneasy about the fact that the surveying programming on a drone could replace the need for a skilled worker. It seems like, as technology advances, there is less use for people who have hard skills and more use for managers. I think we are not far from the point where the majority of construction is automated. It is certainly a cool idea, but first of all, what happens to all the people who are replaced by machines? Secondly, machines can provide data, but not intuition and instinct. Perhaps in big steel construction, that is less important, but I think the human element is vital in most circumstances. It is conceivable that the human element could operate from behind the lens of data, but I am dubious.
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