Drone technology played a key role in two of the four proposals that earned overall awards in the ASCE Innovation Contest. The first ASCE Innovation Contest drew entries from around the world, with practitioners, project managers, educators, researchers, and…

Turner Construction Uses Drones to Monitor Construction at Sacramento Kings New Arena
A University of Illinois team has developed predictive visual data analytics tools, called "Flying Superintendent" to automate and streamline today’s…

Flying Robots Inspect and Maintain Inspection Robots
Mobile inspection robots crawl over pipelines on magnetic wheels and identify critical points using special sensors. What sounds like science fiction…

Kespry Announces Woolpert as Latest Commercial Drone System Customer
MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016– Kespry Inc., which designs automated drone systems for commercial use, today announced that it has been selected by Woolpert to provide commercial drone systems to support the company’s site surveying and mapping needs.…

Drones Used to Monitor Bausch + Lomb Factory Expansion
The Building Information Modelling Collective (BIMC) Research Group in WIT’s Department of Architecture is collaborating with Bausch + Lomb’s expansion works in Waterford city. “The BIMC Research Group are utilizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/Drones…

Caterpillar and Redbird Advance Work Site Intelligence
As part of our innovation and technology strategy, Caterpillar continues to work with key industry players to help our dealers and customers benefit from significant advancements in the fields of data analytics and drone technology. Today, we are pleased to…

Drones Help Pave a New Path to the Golden Gate Bridge
Five years ago construction began on San Francisco’s billion-dollar Presidio Parkway project. This weekend, following a monumental effort by construction crews that included shutting down a critical stretch of freeway, and lots of commuter grumbling, the…