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Middle East: “Dubai Housing Authority to Use Drone and AI technologies for Smart Projects”

Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed Hous­ing Estab­lish­ment has announced the inte­gra­tion of drone and AI tech­nolo­gies into its hous­ing projects, reports realtree.ae. The ini­tia­tive aims to bol­ster inno­va­tion and sus­tain­abil­i­ty with­in the sec­tor, align­ing with Dubai’s ambi­tion to become the world’s smartest city.

To ensure the drone and AI solu­tions meet inter­na­tion­al stan­dards, the author­i­ties are col­lab­o­rat­ing with glob­al com­pa­nies. “These part­ner­ships are impor­tant for inte­grat­ing advanced tech­nolo­gies,” explains the arti­cle, “that align with inter­na­tion­al bench­marks and best prac­tices, ensur­ing high-qual­i­ty imple­men­ta­tion and out­comes.”

Drones will over­see con­struc­tion activ­i­ties, ensur­ing com­pli­ance with work plans, time­lines and safe­ty stan­dards. This mon­i­tor­ing capa­bil­i­ty will pro­vide real-time data, allow­ing for more flex­i­ble man­age­ment of con­struc­tion sites and quick­er respons­es to any issues that may arise.

Ashram Omran, Direc­tor of the Dubai Engi­neer­ing Projects Depart­ment, com­ment­ed, “The adop­tion of drone tech­nol­o­gy in the establishment’s engi­neer­ing projects reflects our firm com­mit­ment to inno­va­tion and lead­er­ship in pro­vid­ing dis­tin­guished hous­ing ser­vices and adopt­ing future-ori­ent­ed prac­tices with­in our strate­gic ini­tia­tives.”

Drones will also play a vital role in pre­ven­tive main­te­nance by detect­ing issues such as water leaks and insu­la­tion faults. By using AI algo­rithms to analyse drone-cap­tured data, poten­tial prob­lems can be iden­ti­fied and addressed before they esca­late into more sig­nif­i­cant issues, sav­ing time and resources.

(Cred­it: Dubai City)

Present­ly, the Dubai author­i­ties are invest­ing in staff train­ing to effec­tive­ly utilise drones. This includes skills in oper­at­ing them, analysing the col­lect­ed data, and tak­ing the insights gained to sup­port future deci­sion-mak­ing. This ensures the work­force is well-equipped to ful­ly lever­age such tech­nolo­gies.

Omran con­tin­ued, “We are con­fi­dent that this tech­nol­o­gy will con­tribute to achiev­ing our strate­gic objec­tives, enhanc­ing the effi­cien­cy of our oper­a­tions, and ele­vat­ing the hous­ing sys­tem in the emi­rate.”

This ini­tia­tive is part of a broad­er strat­e­gy to sup­port the Dubai Social Agen­da 2033 and the Dubai Urban Plan 2040. These plans aim to devel­op the city to offer the best liv­ing expe­ri­ence and hous­ing ser­vices while enhanc­ing resource effi­cien­cy. The inte­gra­tion of drones and AI in such projects is expect­ed to con­tribute sig­nif­i­cant­ly by improv­ing oper­a­tional effi­cien­cies, reduc­ing costs and ensur­ing sus­tain­able devel­op­ment prac­tices.

The imple­men­ta­tion is expect­ed to have a com­pre­hen­sive impact on the hous­ing sec­tor. These include:-

: Enhanced Project Over­sight — Real-time mon­i­tor­ing and data col­lec­tion will improve project man­age­ment and over­sight.

: Increased Safe­ty — Drones can access hard-to-reach areas and dan­ger­ous sites, reduc­ing the need for human inter­ven­tion and enhanc­ing safe­ty.

: Cost Sav­ings - Ear­ly detec­tion of issues and effi­cient main­te­nance prac­tices can lead to sig­nif­i­cant cost sav­ings.

: Envi­ron­men­tal Sus­tain­abil­i­ty — Opti­mised resource use and effi­cient oper­a­tions con­tribute to envi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­i­ty.

: Data-Dri­ven Deci­sions — AI inte­gra­tion allows for data-dri­ven deci­sion-mak­ing, improv­ing the qual­i­ty and time­li­ness of deci­sions.

The adop­tion of these advanced tech­nolo­gies, fur­ther strength­ens Dubai’s posi­tion as a leader in smart city devel­op­ment.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.mbrhe.gov.ae

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