Nowadays, drones are integral part of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) industries. Drones have made construction works more safe, efficient, and environment friendly. According to a report drones have improved the construction site communication up to 65%. In traditional construction works, the labors have to climb roofs and scaffolding for inspection purposes, but now drones have made this task easier and cost effective.Â
Now the construction works are 50% easier and faster with the combinations of drones services along with the construction estimating services. Read this article to know the importance of drones in the construction industry and how drones have made the construction site more safe and secure.
What Are Drones?
Drones are also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These drones have special cameras and sensors to collet visual information. These drones are controlled via remote. Drones can fly at a legal height of 400 meters and their speeds are different according to different brands in the market. They are used nowadays in almost every sector such as police, army, photographers, archeological departments, health department, education, and many more. In the construction industry the drones have a remarkable role which is discussed below.
Why are Drones Important for Construction Industry
The construction industry needs these basic ingredients; accuracy, speed, and safety. The drones are helping the construction industry by achieving these goals. With the help of drones, engineers can get accurate and clear site views that helps them in accurate project planning and management.Â
The manual data collection in the construction has many errors such as traditional site surveys and topographic mappings have high degree of human errors and uncertainties.Â
With the help of drone data the stakeholders can take important decisions for the project. These drones perform many valuable tasks in the construction industry.
- Data Collection
- Safety Inspection
- Cost Effective Project Monitoring
- Accurate Communications
- Advanced Surveys and Mapping
- Eco-Friendly Gadget
Data Collection
As we know that drones are invented to collect information. Drones collect the information with the help of cameras and sensors on them. These cameras and sensors are capable of collecting aerial data in high resolution which automatically minimizes the labor and survey time. So, in the modern era, drones are needed for an efficient and accurate construction project.Â
Safety Inspection
Drones have made the construction site safer and more reliable in front of the builders. These drones are capable of collecting data easily at hard to reach areas which are impossible for humans to do so. Moreover drones can detect the building’s structural anomalies such as defects, sirachas, or deformations in the building. This task is almost impossible to do by humans manually.Â
Cost Effective Project Monitoring
Now, smart contractors and builders are making more and more profits by acquiring drone services and construction cost estimating services. Because drone usage has minimized the operational and labor costs and cost estimating services are helping them on how to expand the project budget.Â
Accurate Communications
Drone above in the sky are capable of providing real time data to the viewers which promotes transparent and effective communications of precise data flow.Â
Advanced Surveys and Mapping
Manual surveys and mapping require weeks, even months, and these surveys are not 100% accurate. Because humans cannot reach some tough locations. But drones can do the same work more quickly. Drone surveys and mapping is 80% more fast as compared to humans.Â
Eco-Friendly Drones
Drones are safe and environmental friendly tool. There are no bad effects of drones over the environment. Drone are capable of carbon emission reductions, optimizing resource utilizations and facilitating waste management.Â
Conclusion
The construction industry is known for the tough labor work, dangerous, and has a lot of environmental concerns. But the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have removed almost all these concerns. Because drones are capable of performing site surveys, all kinds of inspections, progress monitoring, and detailed surveys. Now construction takeoff services are necessary for all the construction projects if they want to attain 65% more efficiency in the construction work along with the effective drone usage. These takeoff services are crucial because not only are drones inspections critical but also accurate and precise material takeoffs. By performing drone surveys and then implementing takeoff services, the contractor can achieve all the above mentioned benefits.
