
Why use drones?
- Advantages: Using drones is truly the future of many industries. They offer a ton of advantages compared to traditional methods. First, drones increase the speed of any project. Areas that would take a day using traditional methods now take mere hours and offer the same amount of detail and accuracy. They can cover large areas more efficiently, making project completion faster.
- Saves money: Using drones is cost effective. Hiring a company to physically walk your work site and do measurements for the completion of the project is costly. Using drones is cost effective as they only need a few hours to provide detailed images and progression of your work site. Statistics have shown that companies can save up to 40-70% using drones.
- Accuracy: Using drones is extremely accurate. Drones use state-of-the-art technology and software to make sure work site deliverables are precise. Using ground control points, NTRIP system, base/rover GNSS and drones equipped with RTK gives companies centimeter level accuracy both horizontally and vertically.
- Safety: Using drones is a safer option. Job sites present its own sets of challenges that companies need to be cautious of. Having someone get hurt while working on a site is a true concern for any company. Using drones takes away that concern. Drones fly 200-400ft above the work site to create a safe space from any type of mishap. It also is a faster option which keeps personnel off of the worksite and negates the possibility of injury which the company could be liable for.
- Accessibility: Using drones gets you to locations inaccessible to others. With the ability to fly above the terrain, drones are great to get you to those hard reaching locations, giving you a leg up on other companies.