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Transforming Built Asset Inspection and Management Through Digital Innovation

In 2024 I co-founded BuiltScan Technologies to turn lab research into market-ready tools for inspecting infrastructure.

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Capture, process, manage.

One pipeline across the whole life of a building or bridge, replacing slow manual inspection with automated, digital methods.

01 / Capture

Robotic reality capture

Drones, laser scanning, computer vision and infrared thermography for inspecting and monitoring buildings and bridges.

UAVLaser scanningComputer visionThermography
Animation: Cracks and spalling on a concrete surface outlined and labelled automatically
02 / Process

Automated damage detection

AI that detects, outlines and measures damage such as cracks, spalling and corrosion in inspection images, in place of slow, subjective manual assessment.

AIDamage detectionDefect measurement
03 / Manage

Digital information management

BIM and digital twins that tie each image and measurement to the right part of the asset, through its whole life.

BIMDigital twinImage-to-BIM registration

Products I developed at BuiltScan.

Three web and cloud tools, one for each step of the pipeline.

Screenshot of the mission planning tool: a 3D model of a structure with camera viewpoints and a planned inspection route
Product 01 / Capture

Web-based automated drone mission planning for efficient data capture

Upload a 3D model of the structure and the planner generates the camera viewpoints and inspection route, ready to export for the flight.

Robotic inspection at BuiltScan
Screenshot of the image analysis tool: an inspection photograph with two cracks marked, beside fields for defect type and severity
Product 02 / Process

Web-based inspection image analysis with customizable AI

Detects and outlines defects in inspection images, records each one's type and severity, and exports the results as reports and data.

AI-powered data analysis at BuiltScan
Screenshot of the digital twin platform: a textured 3D model of a building with annotations, measurements and a list of inspection layers
Product 03 / Manage

Cloud-based digital twin platform for multi-layer inspection data management

Keeps every inspection layer, such as visual and thermal imagery and point clouds, in one 3D model in the browser, with annotation, measurement and reporting.

Digital twin platform at BuiltScan