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Colorado Construction & Utility Drone Services
As a licensed Civil EIT, I’m familiar with the need to evaluate sites and resources in all aspects of construction and utility work. Drones can be an excellent tool across many disciplines within these industries for planning, evaluating, and inspecting your project.
Check out the information below for some ideas on how drones can be used to improve the efficiency of your project or showcase your work quality!
What can drones do for me?
Vegetation.
Evaluate canopy density to identify utility access issues, plan vegetation clearing, evaluate disruption risk, etc.
Water Resources.
Assess irrigation system effectiveness, survey ditch and river systems, plan on-site water storage, etc.
Topography.
Plan build sites and determine direction of water flow.
Site Planning.
Generate an overhead map to visualize facilities and resources.
Access road planning, site resources organization, fencing and building sites, utility plans, etc.
Inspection.
Photos of hard-to-reach locations such as rooftops, utility towers, solar panels, power lines, wind turbines, etc.
Evaluate damage and leaks to target the source or provide legal documentation of repairs or track repair progress.
Project Tracking.
Timelapse or promotional photos for progress presentations, evaluations, scheduling, marketing, etc.
Calculate the volume of various resources including fill dirt, manure, sand, gravel, etc. to estimate your status and needs.
What types of imagery can we provide?
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Multispectral.
Multi-wavelength sensor that identifies the amount of light being reflected by an object at different wavelengths.
Most useful in identifying plant matter and evaluating plants for health or stress.
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Thermal.
Infrared sensor that is identifies the surface temperature of an object.
Useful for identifying water or animals and calculating the surface temperature of soil, buildings, or objects.
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RGB.
No different than the digital camera in your phone but at a high resolution.
Primarily for photos and videos. In downward view, many photos can be taken to create an overhead map of a large area.
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Topographic.
3D models are developed based on internal camera calculations and RTK-level positioning.
Models can be developed for ground surface, to calculate the height of objects, or to calculate the volume of an object.