The Challenge
Centrada Wonen managed a diverse housing portfolio with condition data scattered across multiple providers, formats, and inspection methodologies. Some buildings had recent assessments; others hadn't been formally inspected in years. The inconsistency made portfolio-wide maintenance planning nearly impossible — every decision required reconciling conflicting data sources.
Centrada decided to run a competitive pilot: invite multiple inspection providers to assess the same set of buildings, then evaluate the results head-to-head on data completeness, accuracy, delivery speed, and platform usability. The winner would become the sole inspection partner for the entire portfolio.
The Solution
Aeroscan entered the pilot alongside several established competitors. While other providers relied on traditional visual inspection methods augmented with photos, Aeroscan's approach was fundamentally different: full drone capture, photogrammetric 3D modeling, and delivery through the Aespect cloud platform.
The evaluation criteria focused on what matters most to a housing association: how many building elements were captured, how accurately they were documented, and how easily the data could be used by maintenance planners and field teams. Aeroscan's drone-based methodology captured building elements that ground-level inspectors physically couldn't see — upper-story details, roof conditions, and recessed architectural features.
- Head-to-head competitive pilot against multiple vendors
- Same buildings inspected by all providers for direct comparison
- Most extensive element list of any participating vendor
- Cloud platform access for real-time data review during evaluation
- Selected as sole inspection partner after pilot results
The Results
Aeroscan won the pilot decisively on data completeness. The element list generated from drone capture was more extensive than anything the competing providers could deliver. Building features that traditional inspectors missed or couldn't access were fully documented in the 3D models.
Centrada selected Aeroscan as their sole inspection partner and began an annual expansion plan to digitize the entire portfolio. The platform provides a single, consistent data source that maintenance teams can rely on for budget planning, contractor coordination, and regulatory compliance.
Why This Matters for US Properties
If you've been frustrated by inconsistent inspection data, multiple vendor relationships, or condition reports that don't capture the full picture — AerialSpect offers the same data-complete approach that won Centrada's competitive evaluation. One platform, one methodology, complete coverage of every building element in your portfolio.