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Sky-Futures
Business type: Drone inspection and survey services
Contact: Chris Blackford, CEO
Address: Aberdeen Energy park, Unit H2, Claymore Ave, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen AB23 8GW
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Countries worked in: UK, USA, South America, Scandinavia, mainland Europe, Middle East, South East Asia, Africa and India (about 33 countries in total).
Sky-Futures has been established for almost 10 years with offices in the UK, USA, and South East Asia. We provide drone based inspections and surveys for the wind, oil and gas, telco, utilities and engineering markets.
Capabilities
Established supplier with significant experience supplying the sector
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Met Mast Survey & Inspection
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Wind turbine blade access, Inspection & Repair
Good capacity and some experience in supplying the sector
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Onshore Surveys
Other services offered
- Drone based survey and inspection of blades (internal and external), sub station inspections, 3D models of substations both outboard and inboard, met mast inspections and 3D modelling, environmental surveys by drone, survey and inspection reporting services.
Case studies
We were contracted to inspect a number of wind turbines offshore of Denmark by drone. The inspection was of the turbine blades and we provided industry standard reports on the blade condition to the customer. We averaged 4-6 turbines per day with a focus on data quality rather than speed. Some of the work was done from the CTV and some from the TP.
Contract type: Call off
Value: Up to £50k
We were contracted to inspect by drone a number of wind turbine blades to provide condition reports on the blades before end of warranty. The information we provided in our reports supported the customer with this project. Each drone team consists of a pilot and a camera operator. The camera operator is a trained wind turbine inspector.
We were contracted to inspect and build a 3D model of an offshore substation. We also provided a land survey and 3D model of the cable when it came onshore and across a distance of 34 km.
Contract type: Call off
Value: Up to £50k.
We were engaged by a repeat customer to inspect and build a 3D model of an offshore substation using a drone. We also provided a land survey and 3D model of the cable when it came onshore and across a distance of 34 km. The 3D model and inspection of the substation was done from a CTV within the course of a day. We then moved onshore and surveyed the cable in segments allowing us to build a highly accurate 3D model of it. The data was all delivered to the customer via a cloud-based software platform.
