UAS and Bridges to Prosperity

In summer of 2018, eleven volunteers from Michael Baker International spent two weeks in Bolivia constructing a footbridge for the community of Kayarani.  This self-sustaining village was in need of a safe river crossing for children going to school.  Our team partnered with Bridges to Prosperity to complete this project.

Riley Conley, a Michael Baker UAS pilot, was able to capture the team working on the bridge and the surrounding community from the air.  Enjoy the video below that he put together!

Signature Magazine: Reaching New Heights

Check out the latest edition of Signature Magazine for a feature-length article about our UAS services.

Click on the above image or following link to view the Winter 2018/19 edition of Signature Magazine

Engineering.com puts a spotlight on UAS for bridge inspection

Checkout the latest edition of Engineering.com for an article on our collaboration with Intel for UAS bridge inspections.

UAS Solutions for Bridge Inspections

We recently collaborated with Intel Corporation and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to demonstrate drone technology to help inspect and analyze the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge. By leveraging Intel’s drone solutions, the bridge – which carries nearly 100,000 vehicles daily – remained open and fully functional during inspection. 

Check out the video featuring our UAS Lead Alicia McConnell, PE, and others from our bridge inspection team.

Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference

Michael Baker International recently participated in the 51st annual Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference held in Anchorage from February 13-17. As the premier geospatial conference in Alaska, Michael Baker enhanced our participation as a Silver Sponsor for the annual event. Building upon recent aerial missions in Alaska Michael Baker team members Dr. Srini Dharmapuri (LiDAR Scientist) and Con Sweeney (GIS Manger) delivered a presentation focusing on the “Challenges and professional solutions for UAS”.

Michael Baker was an early adopter of UAS technology nearly 3 years ago, and currently maintains one of the largest fleet of UAS aircraft including fixed wing (PrecisionHawk), numerous DJI VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircraft, and a Falcon 8 VTOL inspection configuration equipped with both high resolution imagery and Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) technology. Michael Baker’s clients capitalize on our national expertise at the local level by leveraging our pool of 24+ commercial and Part 107 pilots spread across the country, including those stationed in Alaska to meet local UAS demands.

Dr. Srini Dharmapuri is pictured in the Michael Baker International booth with Mireya Armesto of our Anchorage office.
 

In the News...

Michael Baker's very own Kevin Pomaski (UAS Services Director), is highlighted in a recent Nevada DOT video discussing the deployment of UAS to perform emergency assessments of road damage due to recent flooding.

 

The imagery captured during the collection was converted into colorized point clouds during post-processing. We have published them using Potree. (The interactive point cloud is supported in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.)

 

We're on Instagram

The Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) team is now on Instagram!  Our flight operations teams are going to post pictures to show off some of our work.

Multiple operators for safe flight operations. #michaelbakerinternational #uas

A photo posted by Michael Baker Intl UAS (@michaelbakeruas) on Dec 27, 2016 at 1:52pm PST