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With temperatures once again plummeting here in the UK this is bad news for those of us who work outdoors in the construction industry, especially Britain’s army of roofing contractors who often need to work at height during some of the coldest conditions.   The extreme cold brings with it some challenges to overcome, the most important of which are protecting workers and protecting roofs. 

Here at D-marc we’ve brought you several articles in recent months on one of the newest technologies which is revolutionising the roofing sector – drones.  Using a drone is a safe way of accessing digital capture information and is on the increase here in the UK.  In fact, more than half (52%) of construction companies are now using drones to capture data, compared with a third (33%) in 2017.  The findings are the result of a poll carried out by an aerial mapping, surveying and inspection specialist, ProDroneWorx, but the poll also revealed that more advanced digital/reality capture outputs