Moving large critical infrastructure towards
Predictive Maintenance
Redetect AI™ - the safest choice
for inspecting assets
3D vectorized segmentation of damages
Automatic identification of cracks down to 0.2 mm
Flexible and scalable: high resolution over entire large objects OR variable resolution on different parts of the concrete
Track changes over time through incremental input of imagery
Results delivered in the cloud or on premises, export to common formats
Everything you need to know about Spotscale's products and services
Everything you need to know about Spotscale's products and services
Redetect AI
Advanced Image-Based Inspection for Longer Lifespan and Safer Infrastructure. Redetect AI™ transforms high-resolution images of concrete assets into valuable insights about condition, renovation needs, and the progression of damages over time. With a cutting-edge digital inspection solution, Spotscale offers a comprehensive workflow platform for concrete consultants and experts, enhancing their services towards property owners and infrastructure managers.
How it works
Redetect AI™ uses photogrammetric AI imaging technology based on overlapping images of entire concrete surfaces reaching an automatic damage identification down to 0.2 mm. This precision enables early detection of damage and helps determine the need for further destructive testing or repairs. By continuously uploading time-stamped image data, you can track changes over time, laying the foundation for predictive maintenance and preventing costly damage. Collaborate around your digital asset in full 3D or export your damage data to any format of your choice to produce your repair plans in your CAD/BIM-software.
Who is it for?
The product is designed for consultants, engineers, and experts working with concrete structures and other physical infrastructure. It provides asset owners and infrastructure managers with a powerful tool to monitor the condition of critical assets and optimize maintenance planning to save costs while repairing the right surfaces at the right time.
Looking for new methods to analyze concrete? Contact us for a 20 minute demonstration over a video call!
Capture
Whether in confined spaces with poor lighting or outdoors, we provide the methods and training needed for you to capture the right data. We advise on suitable hardware and techniques. Through our extensive network of skilled photographers and drone operators, we can arrange data capture for you or help you establish the right internal processes and organization. We support equipment from the most advanced drone cameras to the simplest hand-held devices.
Process
The captured data is processed on our proprietary platform using advanced 3D reconstruction algorithms and automated image-based analysis. We cater to your needs for protected global or domestic servers. The AI segmentation technology identifies cracks, spallings, and exposed rebars with exceptional accuracy as 3D vectorized objects with unique IDs for traceability.
Analyze
The results are presented in full resolution directly in your web browser. Our platform offers powerful tools to visualize, measure, track, report, and collaborate on the findings. Depending on your security classification, data can be stored securely in our cloud or on your premises. Export and share to other platforms.
Why digital inspection?
Human vs robots
The camera is often mounted on a robotic platform allowing for safe access to all kind of places. While manual:
Dangerous to rope access, most likely climbed by climbing experts and not concrete experts
Expensive and time consuming to build scaffolding or skylifts
Expensive to cancel activity such as traffic or production and capture time is thus limited
Some areas are hazardous and dirty for humans to access
The problem: Concrete -not that everlasting after all
In the early 1900s, reinforced concrete was considered a material with no or little need for maintenance and as good as everlasting. This has, however, since proven to be untrue. As a result, Europe is now home to an incredible amount of defective concrete infrastructure and damaged buildings. The growth of damages is exponential. A renovation at the right point in time will prolong the lifetime of the asset and save cost for the owner.
Customer reviews
“Do you manage concrete facilities that require high levels of personal safety and operational avaliability? AI technology is here to help you.”
Pär Ljustell, PhD Kiwa Sweden
Recent case studiesAdvanced concrete structure inspections
Dam interior inspection
Large concrete dam structures present unique inspection challenges due to the presence of both exterior and interior surfaces. Within a major dam, the hollow interior spaces of the valve support pillars presented significant access difficulties for traditional rope access methods. To address this, a tethered high-powered, lighting-equipped indoor drone was deployed to capture comprehensive imagery of these internal concrete surfaces. Subsequent AI-driven damage analysis provided the asset owner with crucial structural integrity assurance.
Hydropower plant tower inspection
A cylindrical tower, integral to a hydroelectric power plant and situated within a lake, posed accessibility challenges for conventional inspection techniques such as skylifts, scaffolding, and rope access. A high-precision drone equipped with a 100-megapixel camera was utilized to capture detailed imagery of the tower from a standoff distance of 6 meters. The resulting dataset, coupled with AI-powered crack pattern analysis, provided expert engineers with unprecedented insights into the structural integrity of the tower, surpassing the capabilities of traditional inspection methods.
Confined concrete basin inspection
To transition from initial to continuous monitoring of a large, confined concrete basin within a mountainous region, a fixed-installation imaging system was required. Due to the confined space, a drone-based approach was unsuitable. Instead, a 48-megapixel camera was mounted on a permanent cable system. This system enabled high-resolution image acquisition, confirming the structural integrity of the basin and establishing a baseline for ongoing, automated condition monitoring.
Urban storm drain tunnel assessment
A critical drainage tunnel beneath a densely populated urban area required comprehensive damage assessment prior to and following nearby building renovations. The objective was to evaluate the potential impact of construction activities on the tunnel's structural condition. A specialized, vehicle-mounted camera rig, equipped with high-intensity flash illumination, was custom-designed by a data acquisition partner. This system facilitated the efficient and complete capture of high-resolution imagery throughout the circular tunnel, enabling a detailed comparative analysis of damage before and after the construction period.
About us
Our vision is to make the digital copies of the built world more intelligent in order to increase longevity, safety and value of physical infrastructure. By ensuring safer work environments and more durable structures, Spotscale contributes to sustainable urban development and resilient infrastructure.
Our current focus lies in the field of structural health monitoring (SHM) as the visual inspection component of non destructive testing (NDT). We are currently working on integrating NDT-data from other sensors and work closely with Testing-, Inspection- and Certification Companies (TIC) to ensure the quality of the damage analytics from a certification perspective.
Spotscale was founded by Ludvig Emgård in 2013 with the vision to develop the most advanced technology to map and visualize built structures. Since then, our team of computer scientists, computer vision engineers and visualization specialists have developed a proprietary pipeline for photogrammetic reconstruction, machine learning segmentation in 3D and a web visualization platform. We are dedicated to quality throughout the whole process, from capture to analytics to give the users of the tools and the owners of the infrastructure the best they can get.
