Unmanned aerial vehicles in the construction industry - Towards a protocol for safe preparation and flight of drones

PurposeUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), colloquially called drones, are widely applied in many sectors of the economy, including the construction industry. They are used for building inspections, damage assessment, land measurements, safety inspections, monitoring the progress of works, and others.De...

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Published inInternational journal of intelligent unmanned systems Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 296 - 316
Main Authors Szóstak, Mariusz, Nowobilski, Tomasz, Mahamadu, Abdul-Majeed, Pérez, David Caparrós
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley Emerald Publishing Limited 10.04.2023
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects
Building information modeling
Construction industry
Damage assessment
Drone aircraft
Drone vehicles
Drones
Flight operations
Heavy construction
Keywords
Literature reviews
New technology
Occupational health
Occupational safety
Photogrammetry
Planning
Systematic review
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Vehicles
Flight preparation
Unmanned aerial vehicles
UAV
Safety
Risk assessment
Construction industry
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Summary:PurposeUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), colloquially called drones, are widely applied in many sectors of the economy, including the construction industry. They are used for building inspections, damage assessment, land measurements, safety inspections, monitoring the progress of works, and others.Design/methodology/approachThe study notes that UAV pose new, and not yet present, risks in the construction industry. New threats arise, among others, from the development of new technologies, as well as from the continuous automation and robotization of the construction industry. Education regarding the safe use of UAV and the proper use of drones has a chance to improve the safety of work when using these devices.FindingsThe procedure (protocol) was developed for the correct and safe preparation and planning of an unmanned aerial vehicle flight during construction operations.Originality/valueBased on the analysis of available sources, no such complete procedure has yet been developed for the correct, i.e. compliant with applicable legal regulations and occupational health and safety issues, preparation for flying UAV. The verification and validation of the developed flight protocol was performed on a sample of over 100 different flight operations.
ISSN:2049-6427
2049-6427
DOI:10.1108/IJIUS-05-2022-0063