Pit & Quarry, August 2017

Want a look at some of the developments related to Hansons conveyor project Visit www newwindsor quarry com for some aerial footage of the project as well as other details project in New Windsor Rigler decided to share the videos of his drone flights on the website Since then the DJI Phantom has served as a communications tool for the producer When we developed a website the drone offered a way to communicate with community members on how the project was going he says Instead of just posting pictures and narratives you can watch a video and see the progress of the project Rigler flew the DJI Phantom along the conveyor path between New Windsor and Union Bridge most weeks over the past two years The producer also upgraded to a DJI Phantom 3 4K halfway through the project The drone videos have improved Lehigh Hansons outreach with the local community The videos also allow the company to inform parent company HeidelbergCement which is based in Germany of headway on the project This has been a tremendous tool for us Martin says We can post video updates on our website to let the community see the progress which keeps the community apprised Everyones been impressed with the content on our website and our social media posts The community members might not all like what were doing but if they understand the project better they accept it OTheR APPlIcATIOns Since Lehigh Hanson first purchased a DJI Phantom in 2015 it has gradually acquired a few more drones to aid with tasks At the New Windsor quarry the company has its DJI Phantom to record videos for social media a TuffWing UAV Mapper for 3 D mapping and a 3DR Iris for stockpiling measurements Lehigh Hanson has also been implementing the use of drones at a number of quarries across the country according to Greg Johnston quarry site supervisor at the Heidelberg Technology Center We got a push from our global mining group to utilize drones for quarry operational life he says Lehigh Hanson also uses drones in New Windsor to perform safety investigations on silos equipment and highwalls If a piece of equipment has an emissions leak in ducting the producer can f ly a drone up to the leak to inspect the issue Highwalls are dangerous to survey and drones take that danger away Johnston says They also keep your progress with stockpiles and are affordable I think drones will be used more and more everywhere in the future In particular the New Windsor quarry uses a drone to gauge how much work its contractors perform With the New Windsor quarry still in the pit development stage the producer hired Allan Lehigh Hanson uses drones at sites near New Windsor to help with 3 D mapping and to measure stockpiles Myers to prepare the pit for operation We use the drones to map and measure change in elevations at the new pit Rigler says It does a calculation and tells us that Allan Myers moved X tons of dirt this week so thats how much we pay them The producer also hired Joseph B Fay Co JB Fay to help with the construction of its overland conveyor between the new quarry and old cement plant The drones show progress on how much work JB Fay performs so that Lehigh Hanson knows what to pay the company The contractor also uses its own drone to confirm that Lehigh Hansons drone provided accurate results usually within a day or two of when Lehigh Hanson flies its drone Both drones were 100 percent accurate Rigler says JB Fay uses their drone just like us but they use it for billing while well use ours for payments They know its a good resource for them on future jobs and now theyll be able to invoice work based on drone measurements I think drones are a fantastic tool for our industry P Q Greg Johnston quarry site supervisor at the heidelberg Technology center uses this drone to perform 3 D mapping jobs at Lehigh Hansons New Windsor quarry pitandquarry com August 2017 PIT QUARRY S13