Silver Spectrum Solutions (Pty) Ltd coordinated engagement to determine the operational requirements from various Line Divisions and facilitated training for the further processing of the Operations Manual as part of ESKOM’s ROC application process. This process took into consideration the complex requirements of ESKOM’s business unbundling process.

The project was successfully conducted through the use of drone technology for aerial surveying, and mappings for the entire Tshepisong area. The area under study was approximately 605 Ha, with 3200 DBs and 218 PMTs – all of which was captured through 16 958 drone images. The Silver Scribe Geo-Field APP was used for the ground truthing of the assets. The project was successfully completed and handed over in full.

The Silver Spectrum Solutions geospatial data processing platform was used to manage the large datasets gathered during the exercise. The data was then processed for detailed analysis of defects and presented in a comprehensive inspection report. Silver Spectrum Solutions was able to demonstrate the UAS capabilities and its benefits i.e., improved efficiency and higher quality of the data collection to traditional ground-based methods. The outputs provided from the inspection exceeded our expectations. They provided the necessary data with a significant level of detail and accuracy to meet KPLC’s requirements and completed their work in a professional and efficient manner.

Over the past two years Sphantile Trading has sub-contracted Silver Spectrum to conduct power line and substation inspections for Mondi SA Limited in Richards Bay & uMhlathuze Local Municipality. To date, Silver Spectrum has successfully completed inspections for five (5) 132 kV lines which included double and single circuit steel lattice structures and parallel circuit concrete poles. In addition to the technical line inspection, Silver Spectrum was able to provide the value-added services of conduct mapping surveys to obtain the GPS coordinates for all the towers as well as a comprehensive vegetation growth map within the servitudes.