Daniel Ripley is the Central Region Survey Manager and Chief Remote Pilot at Acciona. Him and his team provide a two-way connection between the physical world and the design world. 

Daniel has a deep understanding of current autonomous and semi-autonomous civil construction systems, which he has earned through practical experience working with industry-leading civil solutions. 

Daniel’s career started out operating and preparing design data, calibrating system sensors, diagnosing and repairing system faults on an Acciona custom retrofitted semi-autonomous concrete paving system close to 20 years ago. 

His passion and appreciation of the challenges required for wide scale adoption of leading-edge technology on civil construction projects continues today.