Maintaining social distancing is important in reducing the spread of COVID-19 but it will restrict our ability to carry out ‘business as usual’ activities. Leveraging innovative data capture methods made possible by drones will be key for businesses in the construction, infrastructure and real estate industries, where work usually involves face to face or onsite interactions. Drone technology and the digital data produced can really help in these challenging times. Drone tech

Kier has turned to ProDroneWorx to produce accurate 2D/3D digital or reality capture outputs using drone technology for the entire length of a new prison it is constructing at Wellingborough. This vast, 36-acre project will deliver a £253m modern prison with approximately 60,000 sq m of built accommodation, providing 1,680 category C resettlement prison places. Construction is due to complete in late 2021. Using the latest development in RTK/PPK drone technology, ProDroneWorx

Global warming is the most immediate threat to global sustainability and achieving optimum thermal design of buildings can achieve large cuts in CO2 emissions. Thermal imaging cameras combined with drone technology are an ideal solution for detecting heat loss on residential, industrial or commercial roofs for pre-acquisition surveys, due diligence surveys, planned maintenance programs (PMP), dilapidation surveys or schedule of conditions. This survey method is starting to re

80 hectare (200 acre) site surveyed by drone in one day with the 2D/3D digital outputs ready in two days for monitoring the as build vs design Using the latest developments in RTK/PPK drone technology, ProDroneWorx provided its client with survey grade accurate 2D and 3D digital data outputs with global accuracies of approx. 30mm on this large project. The digital data is being used to understand the volume of material onsite or earthworks, compare the as-build vs design whil