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SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING DRONE OPERATIONS REMOTELY
FELLOWS HAVE GIVEN EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSION. HEAR FROM ONE HERE EACH QUARTER.
UAVISUALS monitoring drone operations on site at Horsham, regional Victoria. (Source: UAVISUALS)
February 2021 was a time of sporadic border closures between states, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Gerard Coutts & Associates (GCA), a Victorian-based project management firm, collaborated with Aivia Group (Aivia), a NSWbased commercial drone services and solutions provider, to overcome significant challenges in 44
deploying drone technology across borders during this uncertain time. In this article, Gerard Coutts a Certified Practicing Project Director and a Fellow of AIPM, discusses the challenges encountered in delivering this key component of an ongoing land development project in regional Victoria.
THE IMPORTANCE OF DRONE TECHNOLOGY Drone technology has played a key role in this development project, located in the heart of Horsham, Victoria, especially during the
