Industrial structures need a measurable record — for dimensional verification, condition assessment, retrofit design and digital- twin workflows. Drone LiDAR captures every member, fitting and equipment housing at engineering density in minutes, with no crew on rope and no plant shutdown.
Toggle through what a single high-density LiDAR pass produces for a structural inspection. The point cloud, the classified member graph, the dimensional report and the defect heatmap are all derived from the same captured geometry — no second mobilisation, no rope-access programme.
Classified. The same cloud, with members and equipment classified by category: steel (cyan), equipment (amber), concrete (grey). Drops directly into BIM / digital-twin workflows.
Rope access, EWPs, scaffolding, plant shutdowns and the time booked across multiple trades make condition inspection a disproportionately expensive activity. The data that comes out is often partial, hand-taped and stale before the next inspection is even scoped.
A rope crew on a conveyor gallery is a multi-day mobilisation — height-safety paperwork, permits, equipment, two-person teams. Inspection itself is hours; the rest is overhead.
Tape measurements at height capture a handful of dimensions per inspection. Whole-structure geometry, member-by-member, is impractical to measure — so design comparison and as-built validation rely on assumption.
Inspection reports rich with photos but vague on spatial location are common. Without geo-referenced defect mapping, repair planning, prioritisation and trending all suffer.
Conveyor galleries, processing structures and equipment housings get scanned during the few annual maintenance windows. Between windows, condition tracking goes dark — until something breaks.
Drone LiDAR captures industrial structures at density and accuracy sufficient for dimensional engineering and condition assessment. The output is a measurable digital record — not a slideshow.
Every member, fitting, equipment housing and surrounding ground captured to ±10 mm at member centreline — typically in 30 – 90 minutes of airtime.
Drone capture happens from above and around the structure in segregated airspace. Plant continues operating in most cases; rope access becomes a fix-only activity rather than an inspection activity.
Structure classified by category — steel members, equipment, concrete pads, cladding. The classified cloud drops into BIM (Revit, Tekla, BricsCAD) and digital-twin workflows directly.
Member spans, clearances, foundation positions, equipment locations and connection geometry all extractable from the cloud and comparable against design — for as-built validation and retrofit scoping.
Surface anomalies, deformation, cladding displacement and equipment offsets identified and located on the structure, with severity and recommended action — for repair planning and condition trending.
Re-capture each maintenance window, every quarter, or annually. Period-on-period geometry change reveals deflection, settlement and progressive damage before it's catastrophic.
Outputs format directly for Revit, Tekla, BricsCAD, AutoCAD, Maintenance Connection, IBM Maximo and the engineering / asset management tools your operations team already runs.
Full structure capture at 2,000+ points / m² — ready for ingestion into BIM, structural engineering and digital-twin platforms.
Members and equipment classified by category and identifier — drops directly into Revit / Tekla / BricsCAD with consistent naming.
Member spans, clearances, foundation positions and equipment locations extracted and compared to design with tolerance flags.
Geo-referenced defects with category (corrosion / deformation / cladding / fixings), severity, location reference and recommended action.
Textured 3D mesh for visualisation, reporting, briefings and digital-twin presentation — captured in the same flight pass.
Geometry change between captures — deflection, settlement, displacement — for condition trending and root-cause analysis.
Structure, deliverable scope and any specific inspection focus areas agreed with engineering and asset management teams.
Single-mobilisation drone flight around and above the structure. CASA permits, site SSE coordination, plant operations notified — no shutdown in most cases.
Classification, dimensional extraction, defect mapping and design comparison. Independent QA pass against control checks and member tolerances.
BIM-ready cloud + dimensional report + defect register landed with engineering, with optional digital-twin integration support.
We capture structural inspections for asset owners and engineering consultants across mining, ports, energy, water, manufacturing and commercial property. Tell us the asset, the inspection cycle and the BIM / engineering tools your team uses — we'll scope a capture programme that builds the record you need.