Service Economics

The Commercial ROI of HAGES

Replacing slow, subjective, and hazardous manual entry with automated, millimetric data capture. We optimize decision velocity, preserve capital expenditure, and eliminate human liability.

Immediate Value

72% Cost Reduction Per Event

HAGES compresses the inspection window by over 50%, virtually eliminating the largest cost driver of subterranean assessments: prolonged asset downtime and standby rescue teams.

Traditional Manual Inspection

$122,000

HAGES Service Deployment

$34,000
Cost Component Traditional Model HAGES Architecture Economic Driver
Plant/Asset Downtime $45,000 $22,000 51% reduction; inspection window halved
Labor (Crew + Hours) $18,000 $3,500 2 operators × 1 day; zero human entry required
Safety & Rescue Standby $12,000 $2,000 OSHA rescue standby eliminated; surface monitoring only
Repeat Visits (Incomplete Data) $14,000 $500 Persistent hybrid architecture captures full layout in one shift
Decision Delay $12,000 $1,500 Near-real-time output (1-2 days) vs. standard 12-day manual transcription
Mobilization & Processing $21,000 $4,500 No scaffolding; automated LiDAR + Visual capture
TOTAL COST PER EVENT $122,000 $34,000 Total Savings: $88,000 per deployment
Operational Agility

Eliminating the Uncertainty Window

Traditional inspections generate qualitative video logs that require weeks of manual transcription. By utilizing SLAM processing and global optimization, HAGES collapses the reporting timeline from 12 days to just 48 hours.

Traditional Manual Processing Latency Cost: $12,000
12 Days of Operational Uncertainty

Asset remains offline or operates under risk while footage is manually reviewed, transcribed, and engineered into a structural report.

HAGES Decision Velocity Latency Cost Eliminated
48 Hours

Automated SLAM alignment generates a survey-grade 3D Digital Twin immediately. Engineering analysis is performed directly on the point cloud, resulting in near-real-time actionable outputs.

Day 0 (Capture) Day 3 Day 6 Day 9 Day 12 (Traditional Report Delivery)
Long-Term Savings

Capital Efficiency & Data Shielding

In large-scale municipal infrastructure projects—such as the City of Phoenix’s $130M Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Program—relying on subjective CCTV data historically results in severe misallocation of funds.

The Cost of "Bad Data"

When engineering teams rely on 2D visual estimates to apply costly structural liners (like CIPP), an estimated 10-15% of the rehabilitation budget is misallocated to pipes that either do not need repair or are too deformed for the liner to succeed.

By deploying HAGES to capture millimetric 3D geometry (+/- 10mm accuracy), asset owners guarantee that every dollar of Capital Expenditure (CapEx) is applied exclusively to verified, high-risk defects.

Total Rehabilitation Budget $130M
Traditional Wasted CapEx (10% Error) -$13.0M
HAGES Preserved CapEx

Reclaimed via precision LiDAR targeting

+$13.0M
Risk Management

The Economics of Zero Exposure

Shifting from catastrophic human liability to capped hardware risk.

Manual Confined Space Entry
  • Personnel in Hazard Zone 4 to 6 Workers
  • Required OSHA Rescue Standby Overhead $12,000 per event
  • Catastrophic Failure Liability Millions (Human Life & Legal)
HAGES Hybrid Deployment
  • Personnel in Hazard Zone 0 Workers
  • Required OSHA Rescue Standby Overhead $0 per event
  • Catastrophic Failure Liability Capped Hardware Replacement

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