The Inspection Challenge Across GCC Infrastructure Assets

Managing roads, bridges, and elevated structures throughout the GCC is balancing public safety with asset longevity. Infrastructure assets throughout the GCC are under constant stress as a result of traffic loads, extremes in temperature and exposure to the environment. Yet legacy methods for inspection are exorbitantly resource sapping, cause unnecessary hazards and even so leave critical blind spots – uncovered.

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Public Safety Risks

Rope crews and scaffolding place crews in unnecessary danger when checking something routine.

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Road Closures

Lane shutdowns are frustrating to commuters and hold up the movement of freight for days.

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Access Constraints

Deck undersides and column cap inspections require expensive specialized equipment.

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Fragmented Data

Pavement data, traffic counts and structural reports are in separate silos.

All round Drones Services for Infrastructure

Specialized inspections and surveys delivering engineering grade outputs for critical assets.

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UAV-Based Bridge Structural Inspection

Our UAVs capture detailed imagery of decks, support columns, joints, and load-bearing elements – revealing any defects that walkthroughs miss. 

  • Detects hairline cracks, corrosion and spalling in its early stages 
  • Reaches decks under without snooper trucks
  • Creates geotagged records to compare again 
  • Maintains data flow of traffic while collecting data
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Elevated Structure Visual Surveys

We document ramps, interchange connectors and elevated roadways from multiple angles, identifying fatigue zones and drainage faults in an efficient way. 

  • Covers superstructure and substructures in one mission 
  • Time stamp all images for trend tracking 
  • Operates in the airspace restrictions for the urban areas safely 
  • Dramatically cuts the number of ground crews by half
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High-Accuracy Road Mapping Services

Photogrammetry flights produce centimeter-accurate orthomosaics and terrain models, providing planners with accurate data they can use when rebuilding, widening or building to new alignments.

  • Returns survey grade length and volume outputs
  • Maps shoulders, medians and adjacent asset
  • Supports design validation and progress checks
  • Covers long corridors in less time than ground crews
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Drone-Based Traffic Data Collection

Overhead footage feeds analytics to extract vehicle counts, lane densities and turning movements – replacing temporary sensors and manual tallies.

  • Eliminates roadside sensor installation all together
  • Captures patterns of rush hour congestion in detail 
  • Exports measures ready for planning models
  • Deploys in hours, not days
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Gulfnet Insight® Turns Raw Footage into Clear Decisions

An intelligent, secure, cloud-hosted platform where inspection data gets organized and refined for action by your teams.

Gulfnet Insights stores all imagery in one location.
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Any defect or anomaly is tagged and tracked across inspections.
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Custom built reports in a format to support engineering workflows.
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Multiple role-based access for internal stakeholders.
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Oil & Gas and Marine
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Power & Utilities
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Construction
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Frequently Asked Questions

Most clients see a decrease of 30-50 percent as compared to snooper-truck or scaffolding approaches. The savings are from elimination of heavy equipment rentals, reduced crew size and the costs of traffic control that accompanies lane closures. Because our teams are quick to mobilize, you recover productive hours that are lost due to setup delays as well. We provide project specific quotes when we have scoped your asset portfolio.

Get in touch with us today to find out more about our drone inspection services and associated cost savings.

Yes, absolutely. Our pilots operate multirotor drones that are geared towards close proximity flight beneath elevated structures. This capability enables us to document girders, bearings and expansion joints that are often found in under bridge inspection of vehicles or rope access crews. Our inspections are unhindered by traffic, and we provide seamless inspection even when the traffic is running. During data capture, all our flights follow protocols of the GCC aviation authorities for controlled airspace.

Looking for accurate drone inspection services in GCC? Get in touch with our experts today and get a free consultation.

The deliverables are based on the service that you choose, the scope of inspection, and other factors specific to your business. Bridge and flyover inspections receive high resolution annotated imagery, defect maps that are mapped using GPS coordinates and condition summaries that are formatted for maintenance planning. Road surveys provide orthomosaic maps, digital elevation models and measure tables. Traffic Studies Including Vehicle Counts, Flow Rate Charts and Peak Period Analysis Everything is uploaded to Gulfnet Insight(r) for continual access.

Contact our experts today to discuss the scope of your project and the expected deliverables that you would receive.

The time required for each inspection varies by scope. A standard bridge deck can be captured in a few hours – much less time than multi-day scaffold setups. Road corridors that can be measured for a few kilometers often can be finished in one day in the field. During project scoping we provide a realistic schedule and collaborate with your operations team to ensure the least possible interruption to normal traffic or maintenance routines.

Get in touch with our experts today and get an estimate that best suits your needs.

Absolutely. We are certified as per GCAA (UAE) and GACA (Saudi Arabia) certifications and others of the region’s aviation authorities. Before the mission, we obtain all the necessary airspace permits and arrange for collaboration with local Traffic Management wherever necessary. This compliance first approach is our way of ensuring that your project does not get caught up in the regulatory delays and every flight meets the safety standards that are expected throughout the Gulf region.

When you partner with Gulfnet for drone inspection services for critical infrastructure, you get certified experts who understand the industry specific requirements and deliver excellent results.

We at Gulfnet select payloads according to the task. Our team uses high resolution RGB cameras with optical zoom for most of the visual inspections used to capture defects as fine as one millimeter range. For corridor surveys we add RTK-enabled GPS receivers to obtain centimeter-level positional accuracy. All of our equipment is rated for the challenging climate that industries operating in the GCC face, including heat, dust and humidity, while being regularly calibrated to ensure the quality of data throughout all projects.

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to receive a tailored scope and plan.

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