Exploring the Application of Drone Technology in the Construction Sector

Authors

  • Balusamy Nachiappan Prologis, Denver, Colorado 80202 USA Author
  • Najmusher, H HKBK College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560045, India Author
  • G Nagarajan School of Computing, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnan Koil, Tamil Nadu, India Author
  • Rajkumar N Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Alliance College of Engineering and Design, Alliance University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Author
  • D Loganathan Department of Information Science & Engineering, Cambridge Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Author
  • Gobinath Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Tamilnadu, India Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56294/sctconf2024713

Keywords:

Construction, Drone, Monitoring, Safety, Surveying and Mapping

Abstract

Drone Technology is being used by an increasing number via the development area to improve some of the elements of its operations. Drones have unique competencies that can grow construction projects effectiveness, protection, and affordability. This study examines how drones are presently being used inside the construction zone and the way they could affect construction site online surveying, project control, development monitoring, and safety inspections. The study additionally addresses the difficulties and capacity benefits of incorporating the drone era into production methods. The drone era has a variety of capabilities to change traditional techniques inside the production industry and decorate challenge outcomes. Drone-era software creation has become a recreation-changing trend with many benefits, from more suitable productivity to safer and greater sustainable operations. Drones are being used for some purposes, which include environmental tracking, site online surveying, inspections, and development tracking. This study examines the several uses of drones within the construction sector and talks about how this technology may affect the sector going forward

 

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2024-01-01

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Nachiappan B, Najmusher H, Nagarajan G, Rajkumar N, Loganathan D, Gobinath G. Exploring the Application of Drone Technology in the Construction Sector. Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología - Serie de Conferencias [Internet]. 2024 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];3:713. Available from: https://conferencias.ageditor.ar/index.php/sctconf/article/view/1022