In March 2023, the remote Northern Territory communities of Pigeon Hole, Daguragu and Kalkarindji were severely flooded forcing the evacuation of residents to Darwin and major damage to property, infrastructure and the local school.

As remote community project delivery experts with the ability to mobilise quickly and effectively to remote locations (even during the wet season) Sedgewick loss adjusters engaged Rise to capture digital twins and aerial footage of the damaged assets across the three communities.

With the access road flooded and the airstrip too wet for any aircraft to land, Rise flew in and out of the three communities by helicopter.

Over two days Rise captured digital twins of residential, dwellings, community centres, council offices, medical centres, school and workshops across 20 sites.

The digital twins were provided to Sedgewick as a shareable unique web link to an individual asset portal within a week. The portal contained:

- Photo-realistic digital twin with measurement tool and virtual tour.

- Aerial footage.

- Downloadable Floor Plan.

- Location maps.

The digital twins streamlines the claims process by providing a centralised source of truth that could be shared with insurers, loss adjustors, asset managers and contractors.