Solutions

Digital inspection of infrastructure

Flight planning, on-site image acquisition, AI damage analysis and engineering deliverables for the assessment of existing structures.

01 / Planning

Drone flight planning and automation

Data collection with drones is planned based on the structure’s geometry and the inspection requirements.

Camera optics and image resolution defined from the project requirements.
Site constraints, no-fly areas and exclusion zones included in the flight plan.
Flight plans prepared for SwissInspect, your own teams or external drone operators.

Camera viewpoints around masonry bridge piers.

02 / Acquisition

On-site data collection

Experienced drone pilots collect inspection imagery with on site quality checks. Images acquired by your teams can also be transferred to SwissInspect for analysis.

Drone and ground-based acquisition adapted to access conditions.
On-site checks of image quality and surface coverage.
Acquisition parameters agreed before collection to support subsequent analysis.

Drone image acquisition beneath a concrete bridge.

03 / AI analysis

AI-assisted damage detection

Our AI models detect and classify structural defects, followed by an in-depth review by structural engineers.

Multi-class segmentation of cracks, corrosion, spalling and other damage.
Trained on millions of annotated pixels from real-world inspection data.
Active learning to improve models with newly reviewed data.

Examples of cracks, corrosion and spalling on concrete, masonry and steel.

04 / Deliverables

3D models, 2D damage plots and engineering data

A digital 3D model with localised damage information in PRIMA.
2D technical drawings and damage plots, with statistics for the whole structure or individual components.
Open data formats, including IFC, for integration with engineering workflows.
Validation of damage characteristics, such as crack width, against on-site measurements.