Drone inspection - leak identification
Drone inspection reduces Client’s scaffolding costs by 90%
Challenge
The client identified that the underside of the living quarters (LQ), which is also the temporary safe refuge (TSR), was leaking air when pressurized but the exact location of the leak was unknown.
A workorder was raised to build a scaffold underneath the LQ to find the leak using a smoke test. Constructing underside scaffolding is a potentially hazardous, costly and time-consuming activity.
Solution
Stork analyzed the situation and recommended to first use a drone to carry out the underside inspection.
This was very successful as the leak location was identified within minutes. Subsequently only a very small section of scaffolding was needed to get reach the leak and repair it.
Client benetfits
Safety improvement
Safer compared to major scaffolding work, as a major portion of the working-at-heights scope was removed
Lower costs
Stork’s approach reduced the Client’s scaffolding costs by approximately 90%.
Shorter lead time
The inspection work could start almost immediately as there was no lengthy wait for all the scaffolding to be constructed.
Project fast-facts
| Project | TSR leak identification and remediation |
| Client | Major Netherlands operator |
| Location | North Sea |
| Services | Drone inspection, scaffolding, leak repair works |
| Date | 2016 |
| Contact | Ritske van Kesteren, Head Office Engineer, CE- Ritske.vanKesteren@Stork.com |
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