INSPECH, a leader in digital road inspection solutions, has announced a partnership with AECOM to bring its digital road inspection solution to Australia. The collaboration aims to simplify road condition assessments in Australia and improve overall efficiency. AECOM is active worldwide in the design, construction, advice and management of infrastructure projects.
The first project AECOM and INSPECH are working on is the transport program for flood evacuation routes in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley in New South Wales. The aim of this programme, which started in 2023, is to improve the flood resilience of major evacuation routes, especially during localized floods. This allows these roads to remain open longer, allowing more people to evacuate safely, and maintains access to the road network during small flood events.
As part of this detailed work, the AECOM team conducted extensive research to inform the development of the conceptual designs. This process included the implementation of innovative alternative research methods, such as visual condition scanning using AI tools (a non-intrusive methodology) and the use of the INSPECH platform to evaluate and determine road surface conditions according to AI maintenance levels. These methods provided clear images of the transverse, longitudinal and crocodile cracks in the pavement.
AECOM uses INSPECH, a digital road inspection solution with a GoPro camera mounted on the back of the vehicle, to quickly capture high-quality images of the road surface. These images are integrated into digital maps, creating an interactive, geo-referenced digital twin. The INSPECH system significantly speeds up inspections, allowing inspection teams to inspect more kilometers of road surfaces in a shorter time, increasing productivity and reducing project times. In addition, using INSPECH from the vehicle reduces the risk of accidents, especially during inspections in hazardous or crowded environments. In addition, the inspector can be assisted in the visual inspection by the digital inspector, to use artificial intelligence to make recommendations on defects that occur on the road, so that problem areas can be addressed quickly.
“INSPECH has achieved cost and time savings by accelerating and improving the inspection process, resulting in minimal traffic disruption and improved collaboration among stakeholders,” said Carlos Solis Navarro, AECOM lead paving engineer. “Thanks to INSPECH, we can work more effectively on making Australia's infrastructure accessible.”
“Our collaboration with AECOM represents an important milestone for INSPECH,” says Glenn Brewer, co-founder and CRO at INSPECH. “We are excited to leverage our cutting-edge technologies to transform Australia’s road inspection and infrastructure management sector. Together we will help improve the safety and accessibility of the road network in Australia.
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