APWA Reporter: AI Streamlines Pipe Inspections While Improving Data Quality
Let’s be honest—sewer inspections haven’t changed much since the Mad Men era. Cameras roll through pipes, people manually code defects, and QA/QC eats up time and budget. Even with the best NASSCO training and equipment, human subjectivity and inconsistency can still muddy the data (pun intended).
This article dives into the history of inspections, breaks down why today’s process is so time-consuming and inconsistent, and introduces a smarter solution: PipeAId.
Using AI and computer vision, PipeAId automates defect identification and codes those tricky NASSCO observations, all while learning and improving with each job. It’s not here to replace humans, but to make life a whole lot easier for them. Bonus: it integrates with GIS to create a digital twin of your system so you can actually see where problems are and what they are without guessing.
If your team is still spending hours coding defects by hand or wading through inspection footage, this one’s for you.
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