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Infrastructure Preservation Corporation, “IPC” has disruptive technology that will quickly replace the manual Cable Stay bridge inspectionsconducted today. By reviewing state & federal guidelines and developing infrastructure inspection services using modern technology and robotic, IPC has developed inspection services that provide the asset managers (department of transportation) with quantitative data vs the subjective data they receive today. Quantitative data will now all the Department Of Transportation to properly allocate their limited maintenance dollars. By locating early stage deterioration and properly maintaining & conducting repairs the service life of our critical infrastructure assets can be extended and untimely replacements avoided, saving billions in infrastructure costs. In the USA and Canada Infrastructure Preservation Corporation is the service company and conducts Bridge Inspection directly, internationally we license our technology to strategic partners. IPC started in 2009 as a research and development company to find a way to better manage worldwide infrastructures. Seeing the US infrastructure deteriorating and budgets being diverted, properly maintaining the existing infrastructure with existing budgets became a challenge. After a long study of the industry and their methods it became clear that the subjective testing being conducted was an inadequate approach to identifying issues to properly maintain vital assets. IPC developed their services to help the Department Of Transportation/asset owners better allocate their budgets, create inspections that are more quantitative and at the same time safer for the inspector and less burdensome for the public (fewer lane closures). IPC’s patented robotic services accomplish this and more. One of IPC’s robotic servicesCableScan® a robotic inspection that inspects the external cables of cable stay bridges. IPC’s inspection no longer requires lane closures or bucket trucks parked on the bridge. Their inspection robot is portable, wireless and is controlled from a ground station. It can be steered around obstructions and has multiple redundancies such as rollover backup batteries and an automatic return to base in the event of a power failure. We cannot compare our robotic inspection to that of current day inspectors. There is just no match for the technology. CableScan® provides a 360 degree inspection of Cable stays with no lane closures or boom trucks. . It records high definition video and stills of the cable, seams, grout ports, saddle and more. All issues are recorded and photographed as well as the position along the stay and deck. LIDAR is used to measure the length and width of cracks. The device is wirelessly controlled from a ground station and can be steered around obstructions (grout ports). No lane closures or bucket trucks are required. Inspections can take place during the day with no danger to the inspector or the public. CableScan®-R is a repair bot that can make specific minor repairs without lane closures or boom trucks Currently inspections require lane closures and bucket trucks or inspectors that climb the stays. A man visually inspects what he can see. During the last manual inspection of 84 cable stays on one bridge, the engineering company found 1 problem. IPC was asked to QC the inspection that used traditional methods. IPC located 12 issues on just 9 of the 84 stays. During the inspection with the traditional method using lane closures there were also 9 accidents that occurred over the six week period. Infrastructure Preservation Corporation, “IPC” is a professional services bridge inspection and robotic engineering company advancing infrastructure inspections worldwide. For more information on IPC’s services contact: Doug Thaler at info@infrastructurepc.com. To know more about please follow this link: Movable Bridge Inspections and Ground Penetrating Radar.
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