bim from a diStanCe RESEARCH SUPPORTED By THE SCSI IS SHOWING HOW SATELLITES CAN BECOME A VITAL PART OF CONSTRUCTION SITE MONITORING. PART I OF A TWO-PART ARTICLE.
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uilding information modelling (BIM) standards and construction best practice stress the need for timely, accurate mapping updates to ensure efficient monitoring
of progress on site. These updates are traditionally provided by established survey technologies such as total station, laser scanner or, more recently,
photogrammetry, using imagery captured by remotely piloted airborne
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systems (RPAS, aka drones). These techniques provide high-accuracy
surveys, but they require personnel or hardware on site (or in the sky
overhead) and operations can be restricted in busy, isolated, hazardous or
sensitive areas. Satellite remote sensing offers an alternative, rapid, non-
contact approach that is exportable and repeatable for any site worldwide, and has been demonstrated recently in developing countries via the World
Bank. In this SCSI-funded study, we developed and tested an automated approach using a Dublin coastal site as a test case, demonstrating the
suitability of recent advances in satellite technology for a 3D and 4D BIM process in Ireland.
Satellite remote SenSing offerS an alternative approaCh that iS exportable and repeatable for any Site worldwide
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aidan Magee Doctoral candidate at Maynooth
Stephen Purcell FSCSI, FRICS, MIPI
dr Conor Cahalane FSCSI, FRICS
University
Director, Future Analytics Consulting Ltd
Department of Geography, Maynooth University
dr avril Behan FSCSI FRICS
Eimear Mcnerney FSCSI, FRICS
darragh Murphy
Lecturer and Assistant Head of the School of
GIS and Mapping Specialist, Planning and Asset
GIS and EO Analyst at Mallon Technology
Multidisciplinary Technologies, TUD
Management, ESB.
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