Virtual Environmental Site Assessment

The Chicago RPS office contacted the Training, Technical and Advisory Group in the Houston RPS office to strategize when and how they could deploy their drone fleet and a certified pilot to meet the client’s needs. In less than 24 hours, RPS was able to provide the Client with a service proposal including timeframe for the work. Only a few days afterward, a Houston-based drone pilot met a Chicago-based project manager at the subject property in a Chicago suburb. The project manager provided the pilot with direction on property features to be captured and assisted as visual observer during the various drone flights.

Over 30 gigabytes of videos and pictures were acquired by two drones in a span of just over two hours. The smaller drone was used to capture footage inside the subject building’s warehouse, which required careful operation due to confined spaces. This same drone was also used to record footage of the building’s roof. The larger drone was used to capture video around the building’s perimeter and overflights that provided the client with a bird’s eye view of the entire property, including paved parking and landscaped areas.