Aerial Drone Surveys on Wind Turbines

It is common knowledge that wind turbine rotor blades can suffer damage from variable weather conditions. When blades become damaged or faulty the total productivity of your turbine may be considerably reduced.

APT Aerial Surveys can work closely with your engineering and maintenance teams to provide high-quality dynamic real-time video and photographic images for each of your wind turbines reducing potential failures which result in down-time and associated costs.

Our UAV drones can analyse the blades and structure of each wind turbine asset in seconds up to 120metres high, rapidly moving to multiple locations throughout the wind farm allowing you to survey and analyse the resulting images much quicker than traditional manual inspection methods.

All we require is for you to provide an engineer during throughout the UAV aerial inspection; they can direct our drone pilot to fly to the required position. The engineer can look at the images coming back in real time so he can quickly identify any potential problems and request a more detailed survey of that particular region.

The resulting images and/or video will be recorded of the drone aerial survey. All subsequent findings will be documented within our report and forwarded within 24 hours.

If you would like more information on our drone aerial survey on wind turbines please contact us now at: info@aptsoundtsting.co.uk

DRONE AERIAL SURVEYS FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES

Drone Aerial Surveys for Construction Sites

Currently our most popular aerial surveys are for construction companies capturing images of the site during the main construction phase. We visit site and capture images of the project during the main milestones during the construction phase. This usually entails a 4-5 visit package encompassing visits during the following construction phases:

1. Prior to the commencement of works (as a Greenfield site).
2. During the major ground works
3. During the erection of the buildings steel/concrete frame
4. Upon completion of the building envelope
5. Upon completion of the building and the external works – just prior to building handover

There is nothing better than having an High Definition image of the whole site from the same elevated perspective, it show the ongoing progress of the whole site allowing for a unique perspective. 

The images can then be used by the construction company on their ‘ongoing contracts’ webpage as well as the client who can use the images to update their own website.

The aerial survey images can also be used to closely monitor progress against programme which can be used in the monthly progress meetings.

If you would like more information in regards to our drone aerial surveys for construction sites please contact us now at: info@aptsoundtesting.co.uk

THE BENEFITS OF USING DRONES FOR AERIAL SURVEYS & INSPECTIONS

The Benefits of Using Drones For Aerial Surveys & Inspections. 

We often get asked whats the biggest benefits of using APT to carry out drone aerial surveys. Here are a few of the reasons why our drone surveys can save you time and money:

1. A safer working environment - no working at height and or organising road closures
2. Personnel can remain on the ground instead of working at height, in most weathers reduced downtime.
3. Massive saving on cost often you need to allow for large access platforms and a qualified man to use it as well as a second man on the platform taking photos and notes.
4. Our drones can undertake an aerial survey in hours which may take a ground based site team days to complete at extra cost and time against programme. 
5. Our UAV drone can reach work heights (up to 120 meters) in less than a minute and begin producing results immediately.
6. Transmitting data back to the office and clients in real time during the aerial survey.
7. Rapidly provide evidence of structural damage for insurance claims to speed up the claim process.
8. Higher quality imagery – both video and photographs from any vantage point.
9. Our highly-skilled UAV operators can fly within 2 metres of the survey structure, producing unsurpassed image quality in great detail.
10. Making the inaccessible accessible instantly.
11. Our UAV drone can be directed to areas such as wind turbine blade tips or HV electrical   installations to perform a survey that would traditionally be dangerous and time-consuming in a matter of minutes.
12. Using real-time imagery streamed to the ground, our engineer can direct the drone to investigate any potential issues while the UAV is in the air allowing focused results in real time.
13. Our UAV drones have GPS-based autopilot that not only allows us to 'lock' the UAV in the air at a specific location while we video and photograph the required areas but also brings the UAV drone home automatically if radio contact is lost - increasing safety on-site.

If you would like more information on our drone aerial survey services please contact us now at: info@aptsoundtesting.co.uk