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CS2

CS2 needed high-quality roof images to conduct a remote roof condition survey. Offering a safer, quicker and cheaper workflow with our enterprise-level drone technology we helped out…

About CS2

Building Surveying and Cost Consultancy Experts

CS2 provides a full range of professional, multi-discipline property and construction consultancy services for all market sectors, across the UK and around the world. Construction Consultancy Building Surveying Dilapidations Cost Consultancy Energy and Sustainability Insurance Surveying

Their Challenge​

Lower-cost, high quality and safe roof inspection

Inaccessible roof inspection, especially in commercial and busy town and city centres can be challenging. Traditional techniques using cherry pickers are complex and costly when compared to drone imagery. We were chosen to work with CS2 since we have substantial experience in de-risking our operations through our bespoke flight planning systems and our extensive flying hours. We also carry £5 million in public legibility insurance and have a team of commercial drone pilots working under our Operational Authorisation which is regulated and annually audited by the CAA.

Outcomes

Saved time + money by using remote assessment and not having to send a surveyor

Fixed the communication and information gaps for remote assessment

Our 24hr turnaround of outputs meant that data could be quickly analysed

Enabled the creation of a detailed, evidenced client report at a lower cost

Cost-saving, safety and efficiency benefits

Hours/days capture time*

Versus the traditional ground/roof based data capture time of weeks or even months for large assets, saving days / weeks

De-risking data capture

Versus ground or roof top inspections with ropes, scaffold and towers our aerial capture tools are “zero-touch”

Up to 80% cost saving

Versus traditional manual inspection costs by removing the expense of prolonged capture time, travel time and repeated in-person site visits

Fully digital remote inspection

Versus the traditional survey which does not “see” all of the asset from all aspects and elevations

Millions of data points

Versus ground/roof based surveys with limited access and finite resolution, allowing pinpoint accuracy across whole digital twin

3D interactive outputs

Versus the traditional 2D paper based reports and images which have limited access, coverage and quality

*For areas up to 10,000 or 1ha – roof inspection image capture in one day. Larger areas of up to 100ha are for landscape photogrammetry in one day.

Getting close-up with remote inspection

Our drone technology is enterprise level which enables us to work in a wider range of more complex environments, whilst still being able to get the highest-quality and highest-resolution images. In fact it’s as good as being there. This means that we were able to operate independently without having to have a member of the CS2 team on site. Instead, we simply captured the data and sent the images, securely and geolocated, immediately after the agreed flight. CS2 was able to save on sending out a surveyor to the site and also pass on cost savings directly to the client

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