The question itself is a paradox. Inspecting a site requires that the inspector is there, on-site. Doesn’t it?
But as technology advances, and people discover there are other, often better, ways to do things, new opportunities come to light.
For all of its evils, COVID-19 has also been the catalyst for positive change around the world. We know that any catastrophe also provides opportunities for those awake to them. At Yenem the opportunities for off-site site inspections are opening up due to our strict border closure.
In April, we couldn’t attend our six-monthly inspection of concrete bins in outback NSW. But our drone pilot and photographer Brad could – he was in the state – and following our system of data gathering, he, or rather his drone and camera, became our site-eyes. Back at the desk, our engineer reviews the data in a virtual site consisting of 3D imagery and high-resolution photographs.