Pit & Quarry, August 2018

place twice a year With the integrated drone solution stockpiles can now be measured four times a year at about the same cost thanks to the flexibility and rapid deployment of the drone The fUTURe Using the eBee RTK drone as part of an integrated end to end approach Luck Stone is able to collect highly accurate professional aerial data for its sites quickly and easily helping to save valuable time and resources over the course of the year The quarterly results obtained from using UAVs are instrumental not only in sales planning but also in predicting future demands in the marketplace Luck Stones leadership team was curious about and receptive to the idea of investing in UAV technology to improve efficiency The company also has a mission thats centered on the potential in people so empowering a team to explore the possibilities UAV technology holds was directly aligned with the companys beliefs The investment has also led to further requests for the use of drones in other departments at Luck Stone such as during the inspection process or in thermal imaging In the future the company plans to invest in further eBee mapping drones for more frequent use and is exploring the potential of regional versions with automated landing helping to reduce the need for on site operators and improving operational efficiencies across the company P Q Eric Warinner is chief UAV pilot at Luck Companies KNOWLEDGE IS POWER Our technology and expertise generate the knowledge and power to grow your business increase productivity keep your employees safe and elevate your companys image Our job is to see the unseen to access the inaccessible and provide the perspective that captures it all from the big picture all the way down to the smallest detail THE BENEFITS OF 3D MAPPING THE ULTIMATE BIG PICTURE 3D mapping can cover hundreds of acres enabling you to interact with your property in a whole new way With our software hundreds of photos are consolidated in a seamless model for use to design measure plan or upload to your website CERTIFIED CREW Our flight crews are FAA certified under FAR 107 FLIR certified thermographers This helps the company streamline Using a UAV enables us to obtain up to 1200 images per location or more than 14000 pictures for every company wide inventory Blackmore says Plus in one year and three months we have clocked around 400 hours worth of footage on the eBee RTK a testament to the reliability of the solution These insights have been integral to informing wider aspects of the business beyond stockpiles to allow us to respond quickly to market demands In addition Luck Stone achieved significant cost savings as a result of adopting UAV technology in this sector For example using a manned aircraft across all 25 sites would cost around 50000 to perform each inventory with this taking ENVIRONMENTAL 3D mapping Wildlife surveys Crop inspections Grain storage processing inspections PETRO CHEMICAL Production Storage Transportation INDUSTRIAL Manufacturing facilities Building inspections Mining mineral processing Power generation transmission CONSTRUCTION 3D mapping Project tracking Stockpile volume calculations using a manned aircraft its processes in the long term CONTACT US 812 276 8256 1 6 S 300 W WASHINGTON INDIANA 47501 VISIT OUR WEBSITE WWW EPICIMAGINGCONSULTANTS COM pitandquarry com August 2018 PIT QUARRY 53