Project overview
Why choose Trendspek for the White Bay Power Station project?
Initially we were engaged to complete a constructability report for the remedial works at the White Bay Power Station and reached out to Trendspek for its drone capture management.
During procurement, it was an added bonus that Trendspek could host the footage within a 3D model, and having had previous experience with LiDAR and BIM technologies, we immediately acknowledged the benefit Trendspek could provide.
What began as a need for a traditional report and photos, led to the ability to virtually fly around to look at different aspects of the asset that we were unable to physically reach and inspect.
On a site that requires such extensive conservation works, having the ability to easily inspect out of the way areas was invaluable.
Services
Precision Reality Twins (PRT), Precision Asset Intelligence (PAI), Data Acquisition (Drones), Reporting and Project Management.
Project team
CBRE, Placemaking NSW, Trendspek, Hoverscape
Key outcomes
2 days
Capture time
Versus the traditional capture time of weeks
24 hours
3D model creation
vs traditional “No model, photos only”
20 million+
Data points
vs traditional data points of up to 50
Interactive
High-res 3D model output
vs the traditional output of photos and report
60%+
Cost savings
vs manual labour high costs
Low risk
Safety
vs the traditional high-risk manual rope inspection
“There were many hard-to-reach areas that required repair and certain locations that were physically inaccessible. Using drones and Trendspek minimised the need to bring in mobile plant equipment and mitigated the associated risks.”
What made Trendspek the best option for your inspection?
On this site, there were many hard-to-reach areas that require repair and as a result, certain locations were physically inaccessible. The use of the drones and Trendspek’s model minimised the need to bring in mobile plant equipment and mitigated the associated risks.
We could minimise the risks associated with mobile plant and equipment, while also giving our architect, structural engineer and contractors access to areas of the asset they needed to see, in full context. Our next step after preliminary scoping works was to go out to tender for the remedial works. We gave access to Trendspek’s model to each contractor intending to respond to the RFQ. This enabled them to virtually fly around the asset, and inspect physically inaccessible areas virtually.
What was the speed of adoption for Trendspek's software?
A lot of people working on the project had some experience with modelling technology, so actually using the software was easy – there were no issues at all.
Using the geospatial data in the model, the team’s Quantity Surveyor was impressed with the ability to measure to a high degree of accuracy. This allowed them to complete take-offs of the required work to build up a project budget.
Contractors logged into Trendspek to inspect the asset, using it to support the development of their methodologies for the proposed work. It was used to measure the height of various parts of the asset, allowing them to analyse what type of access methodology they may need to adopt to complete the conservation works.
Additional stakeholders were also interested in the project, so, with our permission, the team at Trendspek gave them access to, and supported them in extracting the data from, the model, to use in their own investigations.
Trendspek’s interface was user friendly, those that had access were incredibly quick to take it up.
For Placemaking NSW, the models and detailed images also provide an opportunity to enhance stakeholder communication about an asset that is highly visible and of interest to the community.
“After giving login access to contractors, we could use Trendspek to measure the height of various parts of the asset, allowing them to analyse what type of access methodology they may need to adopt to complete the conservation works.”
What were previous challenges for a project like this?
For this piece of work, we haven’t used a platform like this one before.
Previously, when we have completed dilapidation surveys, the supplier would provide us with a long detailed report, requiring detailed knowledge of the site and how the report was compiled. The report generally took multiple weeks to compile. Without context, trying to understand where each picture came from is a challenge, so having the geo-data from Trendspek stitched into a model for this project was really useful.
How did the Trendspek process compare?
Capturing the asset by drone and using Trendspek to process the very high-resolution model was smooth, fast and comparatively more cost-effective.
In this instance, utilising a traditional approach would have taken a longer time to produce a result that could have been completed more efficiently. When we used Trendspek, we came to the realisation that scoping up the works through drone capture and modelling gave us the information that we required.
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