Utilizing Drone Technology for Efficient Plant Inspections and Reducing Confined Space Entries

Friday, April 12

8:50 AM - 9:40 AM

Location: Primrose C&D, Palm Springs Convention Center

CWEA: 1 Contact Hour

Practice Area: Operations & Maintenance

This session provides an overview of drone technology today, and how it can be best applied to plant inspections on infrastructure to reduce costs, save time, and increase safety, as well as to reduce confined space entries.

Learner Outcomes:

A background on drone technology and its trajectory over the next several years;.
The best use cases of drone technology for plant inspection on infrastructure.
Best practices to getting an ROI utilizing drone technology .

Level: Introduction to; limited knowledge of subject matter / entry level staff

Primary Speaker(s)

Dustin Gaessner

UAS Services Specialist
Dudek
Kailua, HI

Track Facilitator(s)

Hector Ruiz, PE

Asset Management Performance and Optimization
GHD
Irvine, CA