How drones will change the construction sector
Summary
With companies like Google, UPS and Uber investing billions into the autonomous urban aircraft field (likely because Morgan Stanley estimates the industry will be worth $1.5 trillion by 2040 - source), these quick deliveries of unique items are becoming more and more commonplace. Not only may these items arrive quicker, but the aerial capabilities of the drones mean that they can be delivered to a point hundreds of feet into the air - no need to worry about awkwardly manoeuvring materials up the stairs of a building site. Even outside of deliveries from exterior locations/companies, the simple act of transporting an item from one spot in the construction site to another will be made drastically safer and could have a notable impact on the on-site injury numbers. Instead, drones boasting high definition cameras will be able to capture the area from different angles and even use these images to create a 3D rendering that can be imported into construction and design software. While the early experiments haven’t been focused on construction tasks, we can take a cue from what Scott Price (Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer for UPS) recently said.