Role of drones in the construction industry, how data and analytics is used in the construction industry and managing drone projects
On Today’s podcast, we have a special guest, Joshua Marriott, Director of VDC and Field Solutions at the Weitz company, talking to us about the role of drones in the drone industry.
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We invite our special guest, Joshua Marriott, to our studio today to discuss about drones in the construction industry. Joshua comes with many years of managing challenging projects in the construction industry and is an expert at managing drone programs and projects. We discuss very important of construction industry and the role drones and drone data plays in ensuring the operational efficiency of the industry is maintained. We discuss about data, technology, use cases, data analytics, hard lessons learnt, GCP use and also the potential impact of DJI ban on the drone industry.
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Tune in to this comprehensive episode to learn valuable insights from Joshua and understand better about the role of drones in the construction industry. Tune in today !!
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Timestamps:
[00:45] What does VDC stand for and Learn more about our Dec Mapping class
[06:55] Why VDC is valid for the entire lifecycle of the project as against specific phases of a project
[13:27] How does bedrock mapping avoid expensive additional work and time in industries such as solar
[14:26] How is data being used in the construction industry for savings, legalities and many more use cases
[18:43] How do companies determine the value of using a drone vs deploying traditional project practices and costs and technology involved
[32:21] How difficult is it for companies like Skydio to bring out data analytics solutions
[37:25] What are the some of the hardest lessons learnt in managing drone projects and teams
[51:57] Is there a list of when to use and not use GCPs on projects
[55:03] How does a DJI, Autel Ban impact the role of drones in the drone industry?
