A Review on Potential Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Construction Industry

  • Mahsa Asnafi MSc. Graduated
  • Soroush Dastgheibifard
Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Real-time Data, Data Capturing Technology, Construction Industry, Aerial Image

Abstract

In the recent years, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been greatly used for different construction and operation applications of various types of construction projects. The main purpose of this paper is briefly reviewing the UAVs in the construction industry. In the building and construction industry, sustainable construction involves different issues among them, the design and management of projects can be named. In recent years, different types of technologies helped improve the management of projects; one of them is the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). As a real-time capturing of data technology, UAV is used in the construction industry.

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Published
2018-07-09
How to Cite
Asnafi, M., & Dastgheibifard, S. (2018, July 9). A Review on Potential Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Construction Industry. Sustainable Structures and Materials, An International Journal, 1(2), 44-53. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.26392/SSM.2018.01.02.044