UAV Technology Captures Invaluable Data for ZS Clients
Posted by: ZS on September 17, 2020
The ability to perform remote work efficiently and accurately is crucial for architects and engineers in the current conditions, and will continue to be vital in a post-Covid world. Teams are designing new projects in an online collaborative environment, in which gathering accurate site data is crucial but is also difficult to accomplish safely and efficiently. ZS maintains a fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) with several FAA-licensed pilots. With the use of drones alone or in conjunction with three-dimensional laser scanning, we can generate accurate color point clouds of existing buildings or building sites with minimal turnaround time. These point clouds can be used as the basis of a BIM model, allowing a design team to work remotely from the same three-dimensional data, and delivers data that is more accurate and complete than hand-measuring or most existing drawing sets.
ZS maintains a fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) with several FAA-licensed pilots. With the use of drones alone or in conjunction with three-dimensional laser scanning, we can generate accurate color point clouds of existing buildings or building sites with minimal turnaround time. These point clouds can be used as the basis of a BIM model, allowing a design team to work remotely from the same three-dimensional data. This approach allows us to send a single operator to the site, does not require access to the building or roofs, and delivers data that is more accurate and complete than hand-measuring or most existing drawing sets. This data can be used from initial site design and design development all the way through construction documents and planning, significantly reducing changes from unforeseen circumstances or inaccurate data. As an added bonus, the drone data can capture three-dimensional site context, enabling the design team to produce compelling project images and renderings with less Photoshop time.
