Using Drones for Post-Earthquake Bridge Inspection

Recently, the Center for Regional Disaster Resilience (CRDR) along with Northeastern University's Global Resilience Institute put on a final Drone Workshop on the Post-Earthquake Inspection of Bridges. The target audience was emergency managers, bridge engineers and bridge inspectors. 

One of the local TV stations, King 5, did a story on the workshop and the lidar technology being used for a rapid assessment of bridges. See How Drones Could Help Get Life Back on Track after an Earthquake.

The technology is not quite ready for prime time, but within a couple of years it could be deployed and help with the rapid assessment of bridges, likely not only for earthquakes, but also other disasters that impact transportation infrastructure.