Value Chain Analysis | Construction

Economic Efficiency of UAV-based Surveying in the Construction Industry + Case Study

Drone Industry Insights | Value Chain Analysis | October 2016

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Rev. 1.0 | October2016 | ©2016 Drone Industry Insights, Hamburg, Germany, all rights reserved

Table of content 1 Executive summary 2 Introduction 2.1 General 2.2 The Geo-Information System – Market

and Technology 3 Requirements for UAV Operations 3.1 Legal Requirements 3.2 Make or Buy 3.3 Environment and Risk 4 The Mission 5 The Unmanned Aerial System 5.1 The Unmanned Aerial System and the

respective Components for Data Collection

5.1.1 Aerial-based Processes for Data Collection

5.1.2 The Payload 5.1.3 The Platform 5.2 Data and Software 5.2.1 Flight Planning Software 5.2.2 Data Collection, Storage and Transfer 5.2.3 Data Analysis and Processing 5.2.4 Overview of Photogrammetry Software

Suppliers 6 The Process 6.1 Conventional vs. UAV-based Process 6.2 Process Description 6.2.1 Role Description 6.2.2 Process Sequence 6.2.3 The Conventional Process – a

Comparison 6.3 Process Analysis 6.3.1 Time, Costs and Quality 6.3.2 The Result 7 Case Study 8 Future Perspectives 8.1 Legislation 8.2 Technology & Processes

Graphics Graphic 1: Degree of overlap Graphic 2: Process sequence of UAV-based data acquisition Graphic 3: Comparison of time saving per phase Graphic 4: Amortization period of initial investment Graphic 5: Decision-making, case-study

Tables Table1 Added value through UAV technology Table 2: Risk analysis Table 3: Inverse decision process Table 4: Comparison of different platforms Table 5: Selection of optical cameras Table 6: Selection of LiDAR sensors Table 7: Comparison of LiDAR and

photogrammetry Table 8: Comparison of different platform configurations Table 9: Data processing software Table 10: Comparison of process duration per number of missions Table 11: Cost comparison per number of missions

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Subject Matter Experts Sebastian Siebert UAS Application Specialist and Photogrammetry Expert, ConTech Construction Technologies GmbH, Chemnitz Benjamin Federmann Director Marketing, Communications & Product Management und UAS Application Expert, Aibotix GmbH, Kassel Prof. Thomas Kersten Professor for Photogrammetry & Laser-scanning at the HafenCity University (HCU) Hamburg Andreas Fröhlich Technical advisor and consulting, Luftwerk Hamburg.

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