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Drone Risks on Construction Sites
Whether being used to measure supply stockpiles, inspect roof work, or track construc on progress, unmanned aircra systems (UAS), or drones, are becoming increasingly commonplace at construc on sites.
As with most emerging technologies, the risk landscape for drone opera ons at construc on sites will take me to fully emerge. Already, exposure concerns have moved beyond bodily injury and property damage to privacy and other less obvious concerns.
This past August, the Federal
Avia on Administra on (FAA)
issued its nal regula ons for drones
weighing less than 55 pounds. With these regula ons in place, the commercial use of drones will undoubtedly grow, as well as the risk exposures.
According to the FAA, by the end of 2016, more than 600,000 drones will be deployed for commercial use in the United States, three mes the number of registered manned aircra .
Contractors and project owners using drones on job sites, or considering their possible use, should understand the poten al exposures, the op ons for managing them, and strategies for mi ga ng that exposure. Liberty Mutual has developed an interac ve info-graphic to help companies be er manage drone risks at construc on sites.
The following informa on and recommenda ons were presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance at the 2016 IRMI
Construc on Risk Conference.