Helicopter Inspection Service

Overhead Asset Condition Assessment

A Complete Turnkey Service for the Inspection and Management of Overhead Assets

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BENEFITS

• Quicker and more cost-effective than conventional foot and climbing inspections
• Standardised method for objective condition assessment
• Permanent photographic record which will provide information quickly and accurately for regulatory,
• legal and auditing purposes
• Written summary report distils relevant information, freeing up utility management time and resource
• Objective prioritisation of asset management using Health Indices
• Enhanced strategic planning investment decision-making using Condition Based Risk Management(CBRM)
• Capability to ‘Fly’ networks from the desk afterwards to quickly identify equipment at risk and prevent system disturbance

FEATURES

• Acquisition and cataloguing of large numbers of highly-detailed GPS-tagged digital images from a
• helicopter for a rapid review
• Condition assessment of tower structure and fittings to determine health indices for prioritising
• maintenance and remedial work
• Application of the Condition Based Risk Management (CBRM) process developed by EA Technology for strategic network decision making and investment planning

OVERVIEW

• Consistent and reliable means of obtaining information
• Equivalent to: safety and security foot inspection (e.g. signage and anti-climb guards), routine climbing inspection, detailed refurbishment climbing inspection and thermal inspection (can be performed at the same time)
• Maximum information from a single visit
• Economic and efficient means of collecting information to meet several objectives
• Avoids network isolation and HV switching
• Inspection and results format can be tailored to suit the requirements of the client utility
• Electronic cross-referenced record of defects and images for routine maintenance