Aerial Photography and Surveying from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Mott MacDonald Bentley
Topographic surveys are widely used across the civil engineering and construction industries – on sites where it’s important to get a clear understanding of shape and contour. However, the traditional approach – using teams of surveyors to locate hundreds or thousands of points on a chart – presents a number of challenges that modern UAVs can address. Continue reading “Topographic Surveys Using UAV:”
Kier
City centre building inspections present their own special challenges. Busy roads and pavements, together with the close proximity of other buildings, mean that erecting scaffolding or mast-climbers can be inconvenient and obstructive; sometimes impossible. In such circumstances, the use of UAVs can represent a safe, quick and low cost alternative. Continue reading “Building Survey: 24 Mount St., Manchester”
Eric Wright Civil Engineering for Cumbria County Council & Mott MacDonald
In December 2015, large parts of the Lake District were badly damaged by flooding, as Storm Desmond followed a succession of other downpours to dump unprecedented volumes of rain into Cumbria’s becks, streams and rivers. Many towns and villages were inundated as centuries-old watercourses burst their banks – releasing floodwaters that did extensive damage to homes and businesses alike. Continue reading “Construction, Progress Photos: Cumbria”
Wessex Archaeology for Murphy
55 miles off the coast of Grimsby, Hornsea Project Two is creating the world’s largest offshore wind-farm. The multibillion-pound scheme will see the installation of 300 turbines over an area five times the size of the city of Hull. Funded by a Danish energy company, the site will eventually deliver clean, sustainable power to around 1.8 million British homes. Continue reading “Archaeological Survey: Grimsby”
Urban Regen
Winnington is a residential district of Northwich in Cheshire and is perhaps most notable for having been the home of the Brunner Mond chemical works, which was established there in 1874. The facility was set up to produce soda ash (sodium carbonate), which is used in the food industry, as well as in the manufacture of glass, paper and detergents, and in the chemicals industry more generally. Continue reading “Construction, Progress Photos: Cheshire”