By Tom Simon If you want to see how the $505-million Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center-Riverside in Rockford, Illinois is being built, just look to the sky. In a first for Mortenson, the builder is using drones to map, plan and manage complex site utilization faster and better than traditional methods make possible. Unlike the unmanned aerial vehicles used to produce those entertaining novice videos on YouTube, these drones are delivering precision video and images with dimensional data of the 65-acre construction site in near real time. The builder integrates the drone-captured data and images with the project’s BIM and … Read more
Using Drones to Streamline Work, Cut Costs and Manage the Jobsite
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