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95 Space Centre buildings inspected in six days
In early June 2020, for Groupe ADF, inspection of the façades, roofs and roads of 95 buildings on the base, anchor points and welds included, in six days.

Background
The base’s technical buildings live under an equatorial climate: rain, heat, corrosion. Their preventive maintenance requires regular checks of façades, roofs and roads, and of sensitive points such as anchors and welds, often out of reach without lifts or scaffolding.
What we did
In six days the drone photographed the 95 buildings, including parts that could not have been inspected by any other means. The images were used for the preventive check of façades, roofs and roads, and to verify anchor points and the condition of welds. No one had to be exposed at height.
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97310 Kourou
French Guiana
Route des Trois-Îlets
97229 Les Trois-Îlets
Martinique
20030-041 Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Brazil
