DRONE AERIAL SURVEYS ON LARGE HERITAGE BUILDINGS

Drone Aerial Survey on Large Heritage Buildings

We have carried out drone aerial surveys and inspections on the roof and building  facades on large heritage buildings.  The logistical problems facing the client were huge. Firstly, they couldn’t find a cheery picker large enough to reach across the roof to access all the hidden roof valleys and chimneys. They then tried to source a large crane which had the dimensions to reach the areas but it meant placing piling mats on the pristine grass lawns and the chance of damage to the listed walls and statues was raised considerably.

The other problem with using large cranes is the massive weight and the subsequent loads it places on the local ground strata. This can easy damage buried services and culverts.  

The client confirmed that the large plant supplier had informed him it would take 1 week to survey the windows and building façade and 1 week for the roof – an overall time frame of 2 weeks. The other downside to using a large crane was the visual downside of a large unsightly unit, right outside the guest windows.

The cost for undertaking the crane survey was escalating fast with 2 weeks of crane hire, plus 3 men and the secondary piling mats plus the requirement of a stone surveyor to go up in the crane basket to inspect the façade of the building. 

One week later the client approached APT Aerial Surveys see if it was possible to undertake an aerial survey using one of our drones. We subsequently undertook the drone aerial survey whilst the live video feed was sent to the surveyor who directed us to the suspect areas on the building facade. A full photographic survey with highly detailed images was undertaken of the existing building façade and hidden roof valleys which the client used to target the problem areas.

The entire drone aerial survey took two days - one day for the façade survey and one day for the roof survey, in comparison to two weeks!  The other plus point was the massive savings; the drone aerial survey cost 15-20% of the original projected costs. Also just as important there wasn’t any damage or inconvenience caused to the hotel and its guests.

If you are requiring drone aerial surveys or inspections on your building/s please contact us 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

CONSTRUCTION SITE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Construction Site Aerial Photography

We can capture your on-images and video of your ongoing Construction project – from Greenfield sites to completed projects. This is usually for planning reasons, time line appraisals or as a record of the build for developers and/or architects. 

Using the latest software we can place our flying droids in the exact place for each on-going construction site aerial survey to repeat and capture the same image as the project progresses capturing the whole build from start to completion.

If you require aerial surveys on your construction site please don’t hesitate to contact us now at: info@aptsoundtesting.co.uk 

AERIAL SURVEY ON CHIMNEY STACKS

Aerial Survey on Chimney Stacks

Visually inspecting tall or otherwise difficult to reach structures has traditionally been an expensive exercise requiring large cranes, helicopters or rope access work.

Using our aerial drones to survey large chimney stacks you can now get high-resolution, high-quality photos and video of these structures in an economical manner as well as negating the risk elements associated with working at height. Our UAV sends a live video feed of what the drone is seeing and we can email the images across to our clients within minutes.

Also, because they are unmanned our UAV drones are able to get into areas that would otherwise be too dangerous for live inspection, e.g. close-up on live flame stacks or in proximity to chemical leaks. Likewise, because of their small scale and quiet operation our drones can operate close to working sites without causing disruption.

If you require UAV aerial survey on a chimney stack please don’t hesitate to contact us now at: info@aptsoundtesting.co.uk