Tag: FAA drone rules

Roadbuilding

USDOT Secretary Chao discusses drone regulations at TRB meeting in D.C.

Chao highlighted several drone-related regulatory efforts initiated by the FAA during a speech at the 2019 Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting.

January 28, 2019

Technology

FAA releases finalized commercial drone rules, tossing out need for special exemptions

The Federal Aviation Administration today announced that it has finalized regulations on the commercial use of drones in U.S. airspace. The official regulations, which will take effect in August, aren’t all that different from the restrictions businesses agreed to operate within as part of the Section 333 exemption formerly required for all commercial drone flights. The main difference […]

June 21, 2016

Technology

How to operate a drone for construction and not get sued

There is no longer a question as to whether or not drones will impact the future of the construction industry. It’s already happening. Unmanned aircraft are in use on jobsites all over the world, will likely assist in the full-automation of heavy equipment and have even spawned a rental service that sends a pilot and […]

August 14, 2015

Technology

More than 250 companies (and counting) have received FAA drone exemptions for construction and surveying

As late as last month, the full number of just how many companies had been granted permission to operate drones for commercial purposes by the Federal Aviation Administration was an unknown. The only way to really know when a company had been granted an exemption from the agency’s current rules, which bar any use of […]

July 16, 2015

Technology

Ohio’s Danis Building the second construction firm granted drone exemption by FAA

A large Ohio construction firm will soon begin to fly drones regularly over its jobsites with the good graces of the Federal Aviation Administration. Danis Building Construction of Miamisburg, Ohio, tells WKEF TV it applied for a commercial drone exemption from the FAA in October and was given the thumbs up by the agency in […]

June 15, 2015

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FAA drone rules OK most construction uses, but put a major one in question

On Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administration issued its proposed rules on the commercial use of small drones, otherwise known as unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). And while more lenient than previously expected, the regulations will require a written exam for drone operators and will make it difficult to use the aircraft […]

February 16, 2015

Technology

FAA won’t issue commercial drone regulations until 2017 or later

The Federal Aviation Administration is so far behind in creating regulations for commercial drone and unmanned aerial vehicle use that the agency will miss its 2015 deadline for issuing those rules by a full two years, and maybe even more. According to a report from the Washington Post, Peggy Gilligan, a top FAA safety official, told a […]

December 11, 2014

Construction Equipment

FAA expected to limit commercial drone operation to licensed pilots in daylight hours within sight of the aircraft

Construction companies that hope to one day use drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for surveying or to gather data on the jobsite, will likely have to go so far as making sure the pilots of those small aircraft have a license and have had considerable experience in the cockpit of a manned aircraft as […]

November 25, 2014