Flood Protection in the Great Plains Moore Engineering Wins the 2023 Engineering Drone Video of the Year Competition
By Luke Carothers
Judging Panel: • Margot Moulton • Maxim Baklykov • Bryan Baker
The closing of the 2023 Engineering Drone Video of the Year Competition marks a period of celebration that not only recognizes the outstanding videos that graced this year’s competition, but also the tremendous impact that drones and UAV technology have had on our wide-reaching industry. The 2023 EDVY finalists represent projects from eight different states as well as Puerto Rico. Ranging from large scale transportation and infrastructure projects to single- residential constructions and everything in between, the 2023 EDVY finalists are testament to the continuing importance of drones/UAVs to the AEC industry. This year’s judging panel was tasked with pairing down the strongest field of competitors since EDVY was launched in 2017. With over 30 videos submitted for consideration, the judging panel was asked to evaluate each video based on: 1)the video’s capacity to contextualize the project, 2) subject and purpose, 3) demonstrating an innovative use of drones, 4) demonstrating the flight capacity of drones, and 5) demonstrating the visual capacity of drones/UAVs. Using these criteria, the judging panel examined each of the videos entered in the competition to determine what stood out as the best of the best. After the initial round of judging, the final scores were close enough to merit an additional round of voting. What emerged from this intense period of judging and evaluation were ten videos that would closely vie for the top spot in this year’s competition. To determine what video deserves the top spot as the winner of the 2023 EDVY Competition, the audience of Civil+Structural Engineer Magazine participated in a 14-day voting period. As has become a yearly occasion with the EDVY Competition, voting took off immediately after the videos were posted, and, over the first two days of the competition, more than 2,000 votes were cast for the finalists. After the close of that second day, four finalists had set a good pace
• Luke Carothers • Andrea Perotti EDVY 2023 Top Ten: 1. Moore Engineering–”Maple and Upper Maple River Dams” 2. Moore Engineering–”Lisbon, ND: Spring Flooding” 3. HSR Constructors–”Brightline Phase 2: Orlando to West Palm Beach High Speed Passenger Rail Expansion” 4. Nebraska Department of Transportation–”UAS Program Launch/Lincoln South Beltway Project” 5. Jose Espinal Vazquez and Associates–”VA Heroes Hospital” 6. CRAFT | Engineering Studio–”Nantucket Residence” 7. Caulfield and Wheeler–”CWI 2023 Engineering Drone Video Contest: Avenir” 8. KCI Technologies–”Houston Public Works Northeast Transmission Line” 9. GeoStabilization International 10. CES Consulting, LLC–”Quality, Delivered”
above the rest of the field. One of these finalists was a submission from HSR Constructors who focused on the construction of the Brightline Phase 2 from Orlando to West Palm Beach. Following the construction
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