Commercial UAV Drone Flight Services & Solutions

Building Design & ConstructionUses of Drones Throughout the Construction LifecycleA drone program is a terrific investment for construction companies right now. They can be used through the entire construction lifecycle, from feasibility and bidding to handover and maintenance.

Feasibility and Bidding: Drones can be equipped with cameras, geo-location sensors, infrared sensors, and more. The data can then be imported into survey software to create 3D models of existing conditions. This helps with determining feasibility, understanding constructability, and helping owners visualize what the project will look like in the end. It can also be used to identify areas of risk.

Design and Pre-Construction: Drone surveys help inject real-world conditions into design and constructability conversations. The ability to easily capture site information also improves the rate at which the design can be iterated on.

Construction: During the construction phase, drones have many current and potential uses. They help to track and communicate progress, track and manage materials and assets, reduce theft, improve owner visibility, increase safety, and provide valuable information for improving design changes. They also create a valuable documentation trail in case of problems.

Handover and Maintenance: Drone data also has a practical value in property management and maintenance, providing owners and managers with visual data regarding the as-built condition of the building. Additionally, drones equipped with thermal imaging capability can detect heat leaks in a building envelope or along a long run of underground utility piping.

What Problems Are We Solving:

Dramatically Improved Project Monitoring (Real-Time and/or Cloud)

Improved Business Process and Workflow

More Accurate and Diverse Methods for Measurements

Faster Tracking of Monitoring Assets

More Collaborative and Faster Method of Communicating Progress

Catch Conflicts Sooner and Dramatically Reducing Downtime

Identifying Hazards and Remediation

Dramatic Enhancement to Safety and Protocol

Identifying Project Impacting Trends (Good or Bad)

What Data Are We Capturing and Services Offered:

Project Management / Mission Planning

Site survey / Post Project Processing

Data File Management (Managed Services)

Project Based Construction Progress Monitoring

Earthwork Volumetrics / Stockpile & Inventory Management

Orthorectified Imagery & Photogrammetry

Aerial View Studies (planning phase, construction phase, or pre-selling and marketing phase)

3D Point Cloud & Topographical Mapping

Inspection Report / Post Project Processing (stitching)

Tower / Energy / Telecommunications Asset Inspections

Drones are perfect for cataloging infrastructure over distances and vertical heights, delivering high-resolution imagery and thermal mapping of equipment status. Technical installations and buildings,

e.g. bridges or embankment dams are subject to strict inspection and safety regulations, which is why they require regular inspections. Data acquisition for these inspections are often associated with great

time and financial expenditures. Tower climbing is one of the most dangerous jobs and telecommunication operators can avoid risks using drones for telecommunications tower inspection.

Commercial drones are changing the way operators are auditing and inspecting wireless infrastructure by enabling a safer collection of high-resolution imagery and video of tower structures and equipment.

By deploying Drones, the industry will greatly improve the operational efficiencies by having reliable, accurate aerial data of their assets. Drones also reduce the need for workers to climb towers, high tension

arrays, and poles to perform routine audits and inspections. Drones used for tower inspection also allow operators to quickly identify and verify tower equipment specifications and damage. Transmitting live,

high resolution photography which management can see on the ground or from the desktop, any urgent decision making regarding follow up maintenance or repair procedures can be taken without delay.

Data can be stored and compared with each inspection, allowing for maintenance scheduling and budgeting.

Rapid Audit:

Basic Site Survey Overview / Installation Verification

Unlimited Aerial Images / Unlimited Aerial Video

Project Management / Mission Planning

Vegetation Encroachment / FAA Marking / Lighting

Identify Severe Weather Damage

Climber Optimization / Identify Birds’ Nests / Port Plug / Coax Routing Assessment

Inspection Report / Post Project Processing (stitching)

Detailed Audit:

Includes any or all items from Rapid Audit PLUS:

Rust / Corrosion Analysis / Coax Weatherproofing Analysis

Antenna Labels Verified / Guyed Wire Health

Equipment Status Checks Verified

Missing Bolts / Hardware and Mounts Analysis

Complete System Wide Audit:

3D Point Cloud (data points in some coordinate system. In a three-dimensional coordinate system, these points are usually defined by X, Y, and Z coordinates, and often are intended to represent the external surface of an object)

Tower Mapping / Antenna Level Heights, Measurements / Azimuth Plumb, Tilt Angles

Industrial Infrastructure Inspections | MonitoringEnergy, Utilities, and Critical Infrastructure organizations are beginning to see the vast potential for drones to reduce costs, improve safety, increase reliability and more quickly analyze anomalies and

malfunctions. While utilities currently conduct most maintenance operations by visual inspection, new developments within the FAA have helped to pave the way toward more cost-effective UAV-based

infrastructure maintenance. Utilities industries regularly perform activities such as maintenance and inspection. Traditionally, these tasks have been performed by helicopters and third-party inspection

services. Today, with tight profit margins and safety an utmost concern, UAS technology, or drones, ensure efficiency, situational awareness and much more. Consequently, interest in drone technology by

utilities industries is growing at a rapid pace. Recent developments from the FAA have helped to pave the way toward more cost-effective UAS-based infrastructure maintenance, allowing utilities to

significantly benefit from commercial drone technology.

COST EFFECTIVE INSPECTIONS: Until recently, methods of surveying, detecting and locating leaks and repair issues have been inefficient and costly to conduct. Drones can help reduce the expense of carrying out inspections, especially in the case of hard to reach equipment, power lines, gas lines, railroads and highways. It has been estimated that drones could cut aerial inspections costs up to 50 percent.

WORKER SAFETY: UAV applications allow for safe 3D mapping of drill sites, gas pipelines, landfills and other hazardous municipal operations. Researchers have concluded that the use of drones could improve worker safety for routine inspections ranging from remote areas to dense cities, and for surveying damage to energy networks after natural disasters, etc.

IMPROVED INSPECTIONS: Drone functions like orthomosaic imagery, mapping and LIDAR, a surveying technology that uses a laser light to measure distances, could help reduce the difficulty of inspecting hard-to-reach areas. UAV equipped with cameras can access difficult to reach areas for closer visual inspections than humans have been able to previously, due to visual line of sight and safety reasons.

Utilities industries regularly perform activities such as maintenance and inspection. Traditionally, these tasks have been performed by helicopters and third-party inspection services. Today, with tight profit margins and safety an utmost concern, UAS technology, or drones, ensure efficiency, situational awareness and much more.

DATA COLLECTION EFFICIENCY: Drones offer speedier data retrieval than traditional ground or air (i.e. helicopter) observation. A single drone provides a much quicker way to capture the same type of data and photos that two or three workers would take several hours to produce. Moreover, drones can digitize that data and turn it into something operators on the ground can analyze and take-action almost instantly.

ACCURATE DATA: The innovative things that utilities do with the data they capture will create a competitive advantage for their organization. Drones can glide over rugged terrain, where it’s hard for utility workers to get around, and send back images showing the condition of power lines and pipelines to flag major issues to the ground team. Drones can also obtain more detailed images because they’re able to hover in the air longer than standard helicopter fly-bys.

Public Safety / Security / SurveillanceAERIAL PATROL- A NEW DIMENSION TO SECURITY AND RESPONSE

Industrial operators face constant safety and security threats, which require response solutions that offer rapid, precise and reliable situational awareness. Given these challenges, the ConnexiCore Cloud platform provides security officers and emergency responders with a tool for collecting unlimited aerial data, and gaining real-time visibility into security threats and emergency situations. Monitoring an active situation, finding objects of interest, and gathering evidence requires speed and accuracy. (UAV) better known as drones can be deployed in minutes, to immediately and reliably capture high-resolution aerial imagery and data in problematic and hazardous situations.

Drones reduce operations and maintenance demands around mission planning, system operations, and can seamlessly integrate with your public safety operations and infrastructure so you can easily manage your information mission workflow. With a Search and Rescue mission underway, the faster search efforts commence, the better the chance of a successful outcome. Pre-planned flight paths enable the operator to systematically perform a grid search in a given area to ensure no area is overlooked. Drone videos and high-resolution imagery are automatically saved and geo-tagged for further analysis and potential evidence.

ConnexiCore helps Public Safety professionals quickly respond to security threats and emergency situations:

Aerial drones are one of the most promising and powerful new technologies to improve disaster response and relief operations. Drones naturally complement traditional manned relief operations by helping to ensure that operations can be conducted safer, faster, and more efficiently.

Select from pre-planned aerial patrols or deploy on-demand drones in emergencies

Automatically capture real-time visual and infrared data for immediate analysis

Translate valuable insights collected into action to make rapid and precise decisions

Quick Response

On-Demand Monitoring

Facility Situational Awareness

Safer Emergency Handling

Perimeter Patrol

Routine Surveillance

Risk Tracking & Monitoring

Threat Assessment

Intruder Detection

Facial Biometric Recognition

EMERGENCY RESPONSE / SECURITY: ConnexiCore simplifies security operations with pre-defined missions, automatically deploying and landing the drone, analyzing aerial data, and providing secure and interoperable real-time aerial video feed to personnel on the ground. The invaluable insight collected and analyzed by the platform provides a foundation for more controlled protection of critical assets, precise intelligence gathering, and real-time situational awareness, all supporting more informed decision making.

Commercial Roofing ManagementCOMMERCIAL ROOFING PROJECT MANAGEMENT / INSPECTIONS

What Problems Are We Solving:

The visual intelligence of ConnexiCore Cloud imagery, combined with the measuring and analytical tools provided leads to an efficient and accurate inspection and assessment all in a web browser.

Time and cost savings- What’s a typical roofer’s workflow like without

drone technology? A roofer gets a call and schedules an appointment with

the homeowner. That roofer then drives to the job site, measures the

property, and then does the math to work out area, pitch, and other details.

If they bid too high, they risk losing the customer, and if they bid too low,

they lose profits and have to deal with setbacks like material shortages

later on. Using measurement data in ConnexiCore Cloud report, however,

there’s no math to do on the job site or back at the office. Roofers can

show up with measurements—and a bid—in hand when they first meet

with the homeowner. ConnexiCore Cloud reports help roofers save time

and get the accuracy they need to place the right bid. By bidding just right,

they can win more jobs and boost their overall profit.

Improved job safety- Climbing up onto an unfamiliar roof can be risky

for even the most experienced roofers. With aerial imagery included in

every ConnexiCore Cloud report, roofers can see a roof before they even

set foot on the property. Aerial measurements can help roofers limit their

time on the roof, so there’s less risk before a job can even begin.

Faster, more versatile bids- Roofers don’t have to be on the computer

to see highly detailed property measurements. The ConnexiCore Cloud

App enables roofers access drone roof data on the go. The new dashboard

on the app helps roofers keep jobs organized and increase their efficiency.

ConnexiCore users can view the most pertinent property measurements in

a summary or see the entire report within the app.

ConnexiCore Cloud™ - Integrated Asset Management SolutionsConnexiCore Cloud™In the world of large infrastructures, “industrial” assets are being connected to “information” assets at an alarming rate. Information rather than huge amounts of data is the key in every industry we work within…whether it is world health to helping large information companies understand their world better …so they can make better decisions. The only way to keep up is to make the new amounts of data provide additional insight and information without companies having to do more. ConnexiCore creates value by delivering data efficiently and effectively through a secure cloud-based data management platform called ConnexiCore Cloud. Through ConnexiCore Cloud we provide an end-to-end solution by managing the entire data acquisition and management process for you: from mission planning and development, piloting the UAV, analyzing the data, extracting insights from that data, and delivering measurable and actionable tasks to support decision making.

Further enhancing the acquisition of the mission data, ConnexiCore provides “Total Asset and Data Management” solutions and storage for Asset Managers, Property Managers, and Industrial Clients. ConnexiCore Asset and Data Management solutions are built around spatial analytics, big data intelligence, artificial intelligence, and decision support systems.

Data Acquisition

Data Attribution MGT Data Insight

Data MGT Field MGT

Data Visualization

-3D-LIDAR-PHOTO-SURVEY-PHYSICAL COUNT

-ASSET ID-ASSET MGT-PROJECT MGT

-INTELLIGENT DECISION SUPPORT-SINGLE TRUTH-ONTOLOGY

-TCO VISUALIZED-ENHANCED WORK ORDER MGT-FINANCIAL MGT

-MOBILE INTEL-WORK ORDER MGT-COST SAVINGS EFFICIENCY

Secure Cloud Enabled-Web Based:

Many of the customers we work with have data that is in hand written form all the way up to and including 3D images and videos…all of which needs to be indexed, attributed and placed into a single analytics database for ongoing decision support. Many clients that have large amounts of data have this placed in many different data silos and therefore does not lend itself to having a single capability for decision support. We do this by indexing all structured and unstructured data, performing data gap analysis necessary for future generation of analytics decision support.