Helping Construction From Above – Unmanned Systems Pave the Way for Renewable Energy Progression

Brian Soliday

Brian Soliday Juniper Unmanned

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The problem with unforgiving schedules is that it allows little to no room for error.
Unfortunately, when errors do occur it can be catastrophic to a project. As was the case
with Juniper Unmanned’s client, a global renewable energy company that develops, constructs, and operates wind farms, solar fields, and energy storage facilities.

In March of 2018, Juniper’s client found themselves in a predicament that began with defective land surveys and compounded into a compressed project schedule, deployed personnel, expensive heavy machinery sitting idle. The defective surveys, forty-four in total, were for access roads and pad sites for a wind farm development in Kansas. Logically, the surveys needed to be re-done immediately. Traditional survey methods would take three to four weeks to complete, which didn’t solve the immediate problem of deployed personnel, heavy machinery, dissolving budgets, and diminishing schedules.

The client looked for a remote sensing solution that would quickly and accurately provide the
information they required. The client contacted the Colorado-based sensing and analytics firm, Juniper Unmanned, to see if Juniper’s LiDAR solutions could solve their problems.

Juniper Unmanned rapidly deployed its field operations team, equipped with DJI Matrice 600 Pro unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), YellowScan’s Surveyor LiDAR sensors and R8 Trimble GPS base stations. Four days and over 30 UAS flights later, the LiDAR data acquisition was complete. The client was delivered an AutoCAD formatted 1’ contour map and accompanying topographic surface the following week. These deliverables enabled the client’s excavators and personnel to begin cutting in new access roads and pad sites for the wind farm project. The use of Juniper’s UAS LiDAR sensing and analytics solutions helped the client get the project back on track with minimal scheduling and budgeting impacts.

NOTE: Client name will be disclosed upon Abstract being accepted. Client will co-present with Juniper Unmanned.

13:45 Helping Construction From Above – Unmanned Systems Pave the Way for Renewable Energy Progression, Brian Soliday

January 29 @ 13:45
13:45 — 14:00 (15′)

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