The Ascent team recently attended the Commercial UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Expo at the MGM Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. In addition to discovering the new “Switch Blackjack” game at the casino, Ascent’s CEO, Steve Young, Director of Business Development Keith Hulen and Remote Sensing Manager Owen McKee discovered a plethora of other new and exciting game-changers.
The event was filled with great speakers, new ideas and industry sessions led by very knowledgeable subject matter experts. The highlight of the show was the latest and greatest technology in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The Ascent team saw everything from weather proof drones to fixed wing aircraft with 9 foot wingspans and even a “Manned” drone. That’s right, we saw a prototype of a “Unmanned, Manned Aerial Vehicle.” As funny as it sounds, this very well might be the future of transportation for the everyday person in ten years. With the use of GPS positioning and collision avoidance, people don’t need to have a pilot’s license. They will simply type in the place they want to go and let the UAV take them there, all the while avoiding any other flying objects. We are making the Jetsons cartoon a reality!
While playing blackjack, and seeing new toys is fun, the Ascent team was there for business. Having so many UAV and LiDAR manufacturers and distributors in one place made it very easy to conduct a comparable analysis on the latest technology. Ascent has been carefully examining multiple manufacturers to compare specifications as well as possible business applications.
Ascent Geomatics is in the business of solving business problems. While UAVs and sensors are merely data collection devices, the methods in which they collect data and the benefits they provide are forcing almost every industry to re-think how they collect data. As Ascent continues to stay on the cutting edge of technology, making smart investments will pay huge dividends not only for Ascent, but also for their customers.
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Scott Bass manages all Colorado survey crews at Ascent. He began at Ascent in 2019, and has a variety of skills, including GPS and Conventional field survey locations, AutoCAD Drafting, Revit drafting, Bid Package Preparations, Directing Operations, Business Development, Project Budgeting, and Deed Research/Analysis.
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Chief People Officer
Ramsey joined the Ascent team in November of 2017 and is CFO, as well as overseeing the Accounting, Finance, IT and Operations functions of Ascent. Ramsey brings more than a decade of finance experience across multiple disciplines including budgeting, FP&A, M&A, controllership, pricing and contract negotiations and treasury management.
Founder
Chief Executive Officer
Regulatory Manager
Director of Innovation
Chief Operating Officer
Jerry has more than 30 years of technical and project management experience in the field of land surveying. As a retired Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) employee of 30 years, he brings his knowledge of CDOT procedure and techniques to the team. He is involved in the day to day process, procedures, and workflows of the infrastructure related projects, project phase and tasks, and verifying the delivery of survey data for the infrastructure projects. Primary functions include the QA/QC of daily and final survey deliverables, project management, researching Right of Way records, ensuring Federal, State, County, and Local requirements are met, and the signing and sealing of survey related documents for recording. Jerry has been a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in Colorado since 1994.
Program Manager
Bob has more than 40 years of experience in the surveying and mapping professions. He has worked in the capacity of owner, survey manager, office manager, and project manager for surveying, construction and engineering firms. As a Professional Land Surveyor, he has experience working on survey projects involving Primary control layout, construction, boundary, mining, oil-gas, topographic, and design. He has provided these services to a variety of clients including CDOT, Arapahoe County, Jefferson County, Clear Creek County, City and County of Denver, private engineering firms including CH2M Hill, Carter Burgess, J.F. Sato, Merrick & Co, Washington Group, Nolte Associate, and construction companies including Johnson Brothers Construction, Ames Construction Co., Sema Construction Co., KiewitWestern Construction, Kelly Construction and Lawrence Construction Co. Bob has been a Licensed Professional Land Surveyor since 1983, and holds an Associate Degree in Surveying from Red Rocks Community College.
Productions Manager
Engineering Manager
GIS Manager
Senior Field Coordinator/Crew Chief
Colorado
Data Processing Specialist
Controller
Upstream oil & gas operators have one simple goal: find and drill hydrocarbons. To do this, operators must navigate the regulatory gauntlet to receive their necessary permits. Without the proper expertise and experience, operators can lose valuable time and possibly even lose the location itself to another operator.
Extended Text for Popup: The ability to manage all your assets is critical to running an efficient organization. Having the ability to view floodplain, wildlife and/or utility lines can help operators better plan their sites for Surface Use Agreements (SUA).
Viewing up-to-date aerial imagery can help save companies thousands of dollars by avoiding previously unforeseen challenges at the site location.
Most oil & gas operators will create as-built drawings for their well pads, pipelines, facilities and any other construction related projects. ASCENT has completed thousands of as-built surveys and drawings for our clients. Our extensive experience has taught us the most efficient and cost effective ways to create these as-built deliverables.
When companies are looking to design, or modify a facility, there is no reason not to use LiDAR technology. LiDAR provides design-grade accuracy with 3D modeling to see how the facility will look after construction.
Pipeline projects can cost millions of dollars. Missing the project timelines can cost midstream operators even more money. That is why planning on the front-end of the project is so important.
Longer pipeline corridors can take a significant amount of time to create topographic surveys with traditional methods. With aerial LiDAR, ASCENT can significantly reduce the time it takes to create these topographic surveys while providing a tremendous amount of useful data. This highly accurate pre-construction LiDAR data can then be married with highly accurate after-built LiDAR data to determine the precision of the planned and constructed pipeline.
