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Technology

FAA issues warning as number of drones getting too close to aircraft increases dramatically

Though drones hold a ton of potential for the advancement of the construction industry and $100 billion worth of growth potential for the U.S. economy, that unfortunately doesn’t mean that morons can’t fly them. In fact, the amount of morons flying drones has “increased dramatically over the past year,” according to the Federal Aviation […]

August 20, 2015

Technology

How Rogers-O’Brien Construction deployed a drone fleet throughout its workflow (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

How many drones does it take to fix a leak? As Blake Potts tells it, just one. During a recent presentation at a conference for construction IT professionals in Chicago, Potts, a virtual design and construction specialist for Texas-based general contractor Rogers-O’Brien Construction (ROB), recounted the warranty call that would alter his company’s workflow, marking […]

August 14, 2015

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

Drones, on-demand: DroneBase pilot rentals let construction firms reap benefits of aerial imaging without risk

If the momentum of unmanned aircraft and the subsequent uptick of interest in the technology seen from the construction industry in the last few years are any indication, skilled drone pilots might soon become as valuable on jobsites as skilled dozer and excavator operators are now. In fact, Dan Burton is banking on that very […]

June 26, 2015

Roadbuilding

How DOTs could use drones to assess infrastructure damage from natural disasters

Researchers from the University of New Mexico (UNM), San Diego State University, and BAE Systems are working on a prototype drone system that could be used to detect and map transportation infrastructure damage as a result of natural disasters. The benefit is the speed at which these machines can reach a disaster area, which many […]

March 31, 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

Construction Equipment

With drones and driverless dozers, Komatsu to begin leasing automated construction fleets

With consecutive showings on our annual Innovations awards, the Equipment World staff has talked pretty extensively about Komatsu’s Intelligent Machine Control (iMC) technology. Unveiled in 2013 alongside the D61i-23, iMC is now available on four Komatsu dozers and one excavator, the PC210LCi-10. The technology delivers automatic control from rough dozing through finish grading on dozers while […]

January 26, 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

GoPro to begin selling its own drones

The company that pretty much invented the market for compact, action cameras is about to enter another market in which it is currently a supporting player: drones. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, GoPro is currently developing a line of multirotor helicopters outfitted with the brand’s popular HD cameras. Up until this point, […]

December 1, 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

Construction Equipment

How to fly a drone for surveying: Expert advice from an Icelandic firm who does it in a dark, windy climate

While drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have generated quite a bit of interest in the construction industry, most professionals who see the value of the technology are treading softly due to a lack of federal regulation over such aircraft and the Federal Aviation Administration’s running ban on commercial flights until such regulations can be put […]

November 13, 2014