AUTOSPEX turns visual, thermal and acoustic surveys into mapped defects, measurements and comparisons across inspection dates. Engineers can inspect 3D surface profiles, assign focus areas and export CAD-ready data. Niricson's Pearson case documents a 60,400 m² runway survey collected in 3.5 hours and a preliminary report five weeks later. Its role at New Bullards Bar Dam was imagery and reality-mesh creation within a broader Bentley monitoring system; those continuous sensors should not all be attributed to Niricson.
Technical detail
Core features
Synchronized survey comparison and defect-change grids
Crack, spalling and delamination maps with measurement and severity tools
3D surface profiles and CAD-ready shapefile exports
NCX Mini acoustic impactor for concrete sounding and delamination workflows
Named Pearson airfield and New Bullards Bar Dam references
Computer vision
Infrastructure inspection
Acoustic sounding
Change detection
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Dam and spillway condition assessment
Bridge inspection and maintenance planning
Airfield pavement condition surveys
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Commercial inspection and analysis workflows with named civil-infrastructure customers and institutional corroboration. Pearson's capture and map resolutions describe that project, not a universal defect-detection accuracy threshold.
Commercial availability
Project scoping with Niricson for structure access, sensor mix, collection resolution, reporting and repeat-survey cadence. Engineering interpretation and asset-safety decisions remain with the responsible professionals.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Drone-enabled repeat inspection could support persistent monitoring of airfields and other dispersed infrastructure; the mapping is derived and does not establish operational CAF use.
Automated fusion and geospatial analysis of visual, thermal and acoustic data aligns with distributed inspection-data processing, subject to deployment architecture and security validation.
This is a reviewed public-source assessment. It is not procurement eligibility, endorsement, customer interest, or classified demand.
Original sources 5 linked records
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · capability type
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · core features
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · summary
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · core features
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · name
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · core features
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Mission area · Edge Data Processing
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Mission area · Edge Data Processing
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Mission area · Edge Data Processing
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Supports: Mission area · Edge Data Processing
AUTOSPEX maps and quantifies cracks, spalling and delamination from visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data. It offers synchronized survey comparison, change grids, 3D surface profiles, focus areas, severity ratings and CAD-ready shapefile exports. Sensor method and site conditions constrain detection performance; imagery resolution does not itself establish defect-detection accuracy.
Bentley’s April 25, 2024 New Bullards Bar Dam account identifies Niricson’s contribution as drone imagery and a 3D reality mesh processed with iTwin Capture. The 83-sensor continuous monitoring and iTwin IoT platform are broader project components, not all Niricson-supplied sensing.
Supports: Capability · core features
Bentley’s April 25, 2024 New Bullards Bar Dam account identifies Niricson’s contribution as drone imagery and a 3D reality mesh processed with iTwin Capture. The 83-sensor continuous monitoring and iTwin IoT platform are broader project components, not all Niricson-supplied sensing.
Niricson’s Pearson Airport case reports one-drone collection across 60,400 square metres in 3.5 hours at 2 mm capture resolution, a preliminary report in five weeks and delivered maps at 1 mm pixel resolution. This supplier case supports a named GTAA workflow; map pixel spacing is not a validated defect-detection threshold.
Supports: Capability · summary
Niricson’s Pearson Airport case reports one-drone collection across 60,400 square metres in 3.5 hours at 2 mm capture resolution, a preliminary report in five weeks and delivered maps at 1 mm pixel resolution. This supplier case supports a named GTAA workflow; map pixel spacing is not a validated defect-detection threshold.
AUTOSPEX fuses visual, thermal and acoustic inspection data, including drone-collected imagery and impact-acoustic measurements, to map defects and compare asset condition over time.
Supports: Capability · core features
Niricson’s NCX Mini UAV-mounted acoustic impactor collects concrete sounding data at a stated 20 impacts per second for AUTOSPEX delamination analysis, with named bridge projects in Australia, Canada and the UK. Its Canadian operating address is Vancouver, with additional Victoria and other city presence; inspection access depends on the asset and sensor.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
UVic’s 2026 alumni profile identifies Niricson as Vancouver-based, names BC Hydro as its first major client and describes work across dams, bridges and airports in ten countries. This institutional profile corroborates the company’s Canadian identity and customer trajectory, rather than validating a particular detection benchmark.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
Bentley’s April 25, 2024 New Bullards Bar Dam account identifies Niricson’s contribution as drone imagery and a 3D reality mesh processed with iTwin Capture. The 83-sensor continuous monitoring and iTwin IoT platform are broader project components, not all Niricson-supplied sensing.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Niricson’s Pearson Airport case reports one-drone collection across 60,400 square metres in 3.5 hours at 2 mm capture resolution, a preliminary report in five weeks and delivered maps at 1 mm pixel resolution. This supplier case supports a named GTAA workflow; map pixel spacing is not a validated defect-detection threshold.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Niricson’s Pearson Airport case reports one-drone collection across 60,400 square metres in 3.5 hours at 2 mm capture resolution, a preliminary report in five weeks and delivered maps at 1 mm pixel resolution. This supplier case supports a named GTAA workflow; map pixel spacing is not a validated defect-detection threshold.
Drone-enabled repeat inspection could support persistent monitoring of airfields and other dispersed infrastructure; the mapping is derived and does not establish operational CAF use.
