Unpiloted Systems
Drones, Trees, and Water: A Highway Project in Romania
By Luke Carothers
Graphein, he has been able to get more involved with the process of product development. This includes working more in the testing phase and contributing input to the process. Sueran believes that one of the most common needs across the construction industry is the ability to optimize and speed up processes without compromising the quality of work. Sueran also believes that drones have and will continue to play a massive role in providing this service for the construction industry, For many companies in the construction industry, the deployment of drones has resulted in massing time-savings while alo producing “top-notch” results. An extended result of the effect drone deployment has had on the AEC industry is that companies are able to get involved in more projects. Sueran extends this, believing that drones have also increased companies’ abilities to engage in projects with various degrees of difficulty. These positive results mean that the construction industry has gained a high level of trust in the technology, but still other technologies that have the same potential to shape the industry are still in the process of earning this trust. As the benefits of these technologies are demonstrated, Sueran believes that, like drones, people will begin relying on them more. Sueran notes that there have been projects brought to fruition solely by using drone surveying. In the example of drones, this wider adoption of the technology has led to a new market filled with “high quality products.”
Andrei Sueran founded Graphein nine years ago on a leap of faith with his business partner Eurgen Ursu. While Sueran says that simply starting a business in itself is an adventure, starting Graphein was even more of a fraught road. This is because pitching Graphein meant pitching new technologies and solutions to a market that Sueran says favors “the good old ways.” Despite the challenges, Sueran and Ursu made a bet when they founded the company, but, so far, they’ve played their cards right. Based in Romania, Graphein is a service integrator for the construction industry–supporting engineering, surveying, 3D scanning and modeling, and building behavior monitoring–and an Autodesk partner. Sueran says that he and Ursu take pride in that they’ve managed to gather people within Graphein that are able to both “deliver jaw-dropping results” and maintain an open culture filled with passionate individuals. According to Sueran, this ability to recruit and retain top-level talent, that are also amazing individuals, has led to a pleasant working environment and a great reputation with clients. Sueran is, at his core, a geodetic engineer–”always and forever” in his words. He never envisioned taking on the role of an entrepreneur. However, Sueran believes that becoming an entrepreneur came into his life in a “natural manner”, having stemmed from a long lasting desire to improve and innovate his field of work. Sueran’s movement into entrepreneurship has allowed him to do just that, and, since founding
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