b'Advertorial AdvertorialSoil & Groundwater RemediationWater Treatment & TechnologyTank Installations & RemovalsDemolitions One of the fastest growing technology implementa- The increase in drone usage on construction sites has tions in the world of Construction is the use of re- also stimulated growth in the development of more so-motely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) or drones asphisticated sensors and payloads that drones can carry. they are more commonly called. In fact, the construc- High-resolution cinematic sensors and lenses, detailed tion industry is the drone adoption leader in the com- inspection-purposed zoom lenses and thermal image BROWNFIELDS&BEYOND mercial sector with a reported 239% increase in dronesensors are amongst the payloads currently used by use year over year CG Drones to provide actionable data to contractors, consultants and developers. These allow for cost ef-The rationale behind adding drones into a construc- consultants and developers.tion/remediation companys toolset is multifaceted, asfective remote inspection of structures and assets The Cannington Group is a full service environmental recently demonstrated by The Cannington Group andwhile substantially mitigating the risks typically asso-remediation company serving the Province of Ontario ciated with having workers exposed to adverse envi-since 1976 with extensive practical experience in site its RPAS division, CG Drones. ronments, such as around high voltage towers or remediation, hazardous waste cleanup, demolition, during fire suppression activities. Similarly, to support building decommissioning, tank removals & installations, new development marketing departments, CG Drones and water treatment & technology. The time and cost saving using is utilizing RPAS to precisely capture views from each The Cannington Group prides itself on the continuous level of planned buildings to enable prospective exploration and development of new remediation drones as compared to traditional buyers to see their future view before construction technologies and processes in order to provide our clients survey methods was enormous has even started.with the most cost effective solutions for theirenvironmental and waste management needs. Of course, as with many complex tools and technolo-gies operating around people, the use of drones is not In November of 2017, The Cannington Group com- without regulatory boundaries. These boundaries are menced an extensive, 75-acre land remediation con- put in place not only to protect people and property on tract in Mississauga, Ontario in preparation for thethe ground, but also to ensure that remotely piloted construction of a major waterfront community. Thisaircraft and general/commercial aviation aircraft can effort would ultimately involve the movement, reme- safely occupy the same airspace.diation and/or disposal of over one million cubicCG Drones initial involvement at the aforementioned meters of soil. In the very early stages of the remedia Mississauga remediation site predated the current tion, soil tracking was done using traditional truckTransport Canada requirement for pilot certification counting methods with occasional land surveying forand RPAS registration, however, the company was al-specific stockpile and excavation volumetrics. Itready operating under the highest available certifica-became apparent as the work progressed that an alter- tion at the timea National Standing Complex Spe-nate methodology to soil management and measure- cial Flight Operations Certificate for day and night opment had to be implementedone that was more timeerations. When the latest Transport Canada regulations efficient and accurate as well as being safer and morecame into force on June 1, 2019, CG Drones staff was cost effective - hence the introduction of CG Drones. already trained and certified as Advanced Operations Commencing in February of 2018, CG Drones de- Pilots and all RPAS had been registered for complex ployed RPAS over the site to perform weekly mappingoperations in controlled airspace near or over people.missions. The time and cost saving using drones asCG Drones continues to stay current with emerging compared to traditional survey methods was enormousregulations, trends and technologies in order to safely and this allowed for the frequency of mapping to beprovide the commercial sector with diverse andincreased and therefore the data used by the workforceeffective aerial services.CG Drones is a ransport Canada certied provider on the ground to be more current. Not only did this of commercial aerial mapping, inspection and Ultra provide the required volumetric data for soil quantity HD videography services using an array ofsensors. reconciliation but it also provided top-level site imag-CG Drones serves both the private and public sectoracross Ontario including the Construction and ery that was instrumental to site management forAlan Gibbins is PresidentCommercial industry,Mining, Oil & Gas and Energy design/build progress and work planning. By the timeand Chief Pilot atand Utilities. the remediation phase of the development was com- CG Drones (a divison ofpleted in late 2019, CG Drones had performed wellThe Cannington Group)and hasextensiveover 300 flights without incident and had capturedgeneral aviation and over 100,000 images, as well as hours of job progresscommercial RPAScommeThe Cannington Group and marketing videos and site panoramas. experience.www.thecanningtongroup.com 4 Fortecon Drive, Unit 4 www.cgdrones.comStouffvillle, Ontario L4A 2G8905-841-1848'