Essay About Building Inspection

What I Wish I Knew a Year Ago About Building Inspection

Building inspections on large and complicated structures can at times be tough, expensive, and risky. More and more developers are nowadays building unique structures unlike the older buildings that had very simple designs. But regardless of the shape, complexity, or size, the developers and owners must comply with several building codes and regulations. These require that the structures adhere to the laid down standards that ensures safety for the occupants and people near the building.

Other than the owner and prospective buyers, the insurance companies, financing firms and banks as well as maintenance teams, will often require knowing the state of the building. The building inspections

In addition, sending a drone to perform inspections before climbing will also help identify the defects, including providing indications of faulty roofs so that the inspector will be more careful, in case there is still need to go up the building.

Unfortunately most of the people, me included, have been not very keen and therefore not taken advantage of the modern inspection technologies. Some of us are yet to adopt drone-based inspection technologies, either due to lack of awareness or knowledge of the so many benefits it has to offer.

Benefits of using modern technologies for building inspection

The following benefits of using drones are what I wish I knew a year ago about building inspections.

Provides safe building inspections

The drone eliminates most of the risks associated with conventional building inspection methods. The risks arise due to the nature and design of the buildings. Complex designs, great heights, deteriorated roofs and structures as well as hard to access areas can pose a lot risk to the workers, occupants of a building and those people around it. Collecting the data without putting the lives of the workers at risk is one of the major benefits of the using drones to inspect a wide range of