|
|
|
|
|
|
Greetings!
This month's newsletter highlights recent news stories from your industry that illustrate how aerial data acquisition (ADA) services could have significantly enhanced the ability of an organization to achieve its goals.
ADA services offer significant benefit and value when implemented in a timely manner and as part of your organization's overall strategy.
We hope you find an example that relates to your organization's mission.
Sincerely,
Jim Bail, Director of Sales & Marketing |
|
Aerial Imagery Solutions for Utilities and Rail Transportation Organizations
| |
Aerial Data Acquisition (ADA services provide aerial full motion video, in both standard and high-definition daylight (EO) and night-time/ thermal (IR) formats, and/or high-resolution still images. These images, recorded and/or streamed from light aircraft to ground-based stations, to meet a broad range of visual information and situational awareness needs.
Please read on to learn more about ADA services for your industry.
|
|
THE CHALLENGES
| |
Operations, Vegetation Management and Emergency Management directors and managers for utility and rail transportation organizations frequently need high-quality aerial imagery to:
- Identify ROW obstructions and other infrastructure-specific problem areas of power distribution lines, natural gas pipelines and railroad tracks
- Receive damage assessments from natural and man-made disasters
- Perform surveys of all types, particularly in remote areas
- Make prompt decisions when time is of the essence to preserve life and restore services
|
|
THE ADA SOLUTION
|  Real-time full motion video aerial imagery can be recorded and/or streamed to operations centers and field-based command posts during on-going operations and emergency situations.
Followed by post-storm aerial damage assessments, these and other ADA services allow emergency management directors to make prompt decisions when time is of the essence to preserve life and restore services. |
IN THE NEWS - Utilities
Utility Industry Undergoing Structural Evolution,Electric Light & Power, 6/4/12 | |
"The electric utility industry is starting to change how it operates, according to Black & Veatch's sixth annual Strategic Directions in the U.S. Electric Utility Industry Report. ... Utilities are evolving in a manner that will redefine core functions such as power production, distribution and customer service," said John Chevrette, President of Black & Veatch's management consulting division. "Driven by new technology and regulatory shifts, we are seeing the impact across all aspects of the electric industry." Read on...
Northern Pass Buys Key Land, The Union Leader, 06/9/12
"The proposed Northern Pass power line project has picked up what opponents believe may be key land for its route from Canada to the New England power grid. ... The project developer purchased two parcels on Stewartstown's Sugar Hill totaling 308 acres for $2,125,000." Read on...
State Picks Pipeline Builder, Kennebeck Journal Online, 6/21/12
"The state government has selected a company affiliated with Central Maine Power Co.'s parent company to build a natural gas pipeline system in the Augusta area to distribute the gas to state property throughout the region. ... In 2013, the company plans to bring the pipeline across the Kennebec River, extending along Western Avenue and Leighton Road to the state's west side properties, and continue into the north Augusta area." Read on...
Inspector Checks Vermont Wind Project After Rains, ClaimsJournal.com, 6/4/2012
"An inspector from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is trying to determine how well storm-water runoff controls worked at the site of the under-construction wind power project on Lowell Mountain." Read on...
|
|
IN THE NEWS - Railroad Transportation
| |
State Awarded $7.9 Million for Rail Project, Burlington Free Press, 6/19/12
"The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded Vermont $7.9 million to upgrade the New England Central Railroad line between St. Albans and the Canadian border, the Vermont congressional delegation announced Tuesday. ... The federal funds will allow installation of 19 miles of new rail, ballast and ties, and structural and deck repairs on six bridges. As a result of these improvements, plus more than $50 million in work already done on New England Central Railroad track from St. Albans south to Massachusetts, the entire line will have a 286,000-pound carrying capacity for freight. ...The work is expected to be done this year." Read on...
Freight Rail, Ports Get $104 Million in TIGER Grants, The Journal of Commerce, 6/22/12
"Port and freight rail projects received roughly one-fifth, or about $104 million, through the Department of Transportation's fourth round of TIGER grants, with public transit, passenger rail, bicycle lanes and walking trail projects getting about 40 percent of the funding. ... About 35 percent, or $175 million, will go toward the replacement of roads and bridges." Read on...
Moving Maine by Moving Goods, Bangor Daily News, 6/23/12
"The current rail network connecting Searsport to Bangor and the rest of Maine with the United States is in unexceptional condition," the researchers noted. ... Overall investment in rail and, possibly, development of an intermodal facility near arterial roadways is needed, they wrote. Additionally, the current road conditions in the area are "not well suited to a large increase in truck traffic," the report found. Read on...
|
|
FOR MORE INFORMATION
ASSIST-U.S.® specializes in providing Aerial Data Acquisition (ADA), surveillance and analysis services to public and private sector organizations throughout the Northeast.
Utilities and Railroads find that partnering with ASSIST-U.S.® delivers:
- Lower-cost aerial surveys and routine surveillance patrols
- Dynamic detection of foliage encroachment and potential erosion areas
- Faster response time to assess damage from natural and man-made disasters
- Greater safety for field-based crews and teams
- Easier access to remote areas for on-going and emergency monitoring
If you know others in your organization or industry who would be interested in what we do, please use the "Forward email" link at the bottom of this page.
Please visit our website and view our solutions by market here.
Visit our YouTube channel, LinkedIn group and Facebook page to view our imagery portfolio and learn how we can support your needs for enhanced visual information through aerial imagery services. Our managers' blogs contain articles of interest, as well.
Download our company capabilities brief here.
 
 
I look forward to hearing from you to discuss how we might serve your organization's needs. Please contact me to schedule a pilot demonstration of any of our standard aerial data acquisition services.
Sincerely,
Jim Bail, Director of Sales & Marketing
603-219-09xx, x103 | jim.bail@assist-us.com
|
| Our Services | Customized Missions: Using leading-edge technologies to provide cost-effective aerial imagery solutions from a unique, flyover perspective that meet your needs.
Aerial Imagery Acquisition: Recording and streaming your imagery directly to your chosen devices or locations, archiving it for future analysis based on your requirements.
Analysis and Archiving: Analyzing your recorded imagery with its critical, embedded information to deliver the post-flight results and reports you need.
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright © 2012 by Aerial Surveillance, Security & Intelligence Systems Technologies-U.S., LLC. All rights reserved. ASSIST-U.S. is the registered trademark of Aerial Surveillance, Security & Intelligence Systems Technologies-U.S., LLC.
|
|
|
|
