water management white paper
Savings with Aerial Surveying for Transmission Lines
Download this paper to learn how our client leverages aerial surveys to accelerate and shrink costs for water transmission infrastructure. A must read for water and wastewater management engineering and survey professionals.
Aerial surveying, combining LiDAR and photogrammetry with traditional ground methods, significantly reduced cost by 39% ($120,000) and time by 50% (6 weeks) for the 17-mile water pipeline project (part of a larger 90-mile program). This paper highlights the benefits of aerial surveying for large infrastructure projects, including access to difficult areas, minimal disruption, and comprehensive data collection. While weather and obscured areas pose challenges, LiDAR helps mitigate these. A combined approach, using aerial data for broad coverage and ground surveys for detail and verification, proved most efficient. This project received an Award of Merit in the 2024 Engineering News Record (ENR) Texas-Louisiana Best Projects awards. Enter your details below to access it.