I'm John Torek. And I'm Danny Sullivan. What once seemed like a mysterious technology of the future has become more and more common. On the next episode of speaking of design, we'll learn what it takes to become a drone pilot, how drones are being used in the AEC industry, and how they're enabling exciting advances in design. Just being able to get that bird's eye view, I guess, it's almost like it's almost like you are flying. It's almost like you
are a pilot yourself. That's what I enjoy most about it, getting perspectives that not everybody else can get. We can't fly an airplane, but we are pilots. We're controlling aircraft. We're controlling an FAA airspace. So we do treat it like we are pilots. We're looking at the wind and then precipitation. We're looking at just different things in the atmosphere. How are you gonna mitigate that? Where are you gonna take off and land? We always do a risk assessment before we start talking
about doing it. And so if it doesn't pass that test, if the risk is too high, then we don't even do it. There's so many ways it's being used from environmental missions to helping understand an area to wetland delineation, looking at inspections all the way to survey and mapping. You know, with all of these services within the AEC industry, they're all being very closely monitored and watched. And I think there's a big turning point right now
with technology and how things are changing. Coming up on the next episode of Speaking of Design.