N.K. BHANDARI is pleased to announce it has recently received the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) and a Section 333 Grant of Exemption allowing the firm complete use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) for commercial use.  This added capability allows NKB to provide an expanded set of services to our clients while also ensuring greater safety for the public, our clients, and our employees.

Through the use of our UAV technology, we are able to perform visual inspections of various types for structures including building facades, roofs, towers, bridges in both high definition still images, and 4K video in both the visual and infrared spectrums.  Utilizing our DJI Phantom quad-copter UAV and automatic waypoint navigation, we are also able to provide terrain mapping services through photogrammetry.  These technologies provide us with a set of files which can be utilized in our design platform software to create existing condition drawings and to obtain a topographical representation of any property with greater ease than was previously possible.

At N.K. BHANDARI, we embrace the use of technology to deliver a higher level of service as Architects and Engineers.  By welcoming this technology, we are positioning ourselves at the leading edge of the design community.  Through compliance with current FAA regulations relating to the usage of UAV’s we are able to provide a heightened level of peace of mind for our clients.  All of our clients know that NKB not only works within the existing regulatory framework, but we also maintain all required insurances and operator training to ensure the highest level of client, employee, operator, and most importantly, public safety during our UAV operations.

NKB is excited to continue to lead by example by embracing and utilizing leading edge technology such as unmanned aerial vehicles with visual and infrared sensors to deliver unique results through unrivaled service.

N.K. BHANDARI is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of the 2016 Small Business Administration Excellence Award as nominated by the Onondaga Small Business Development Center.  All of us at NKB are both humbled and honored by this recognition from the SBA.  Honored because of who we are as a firm and what we have accomplished.  At the same time we are humbled, because there are so many who should receive this honor with us.

There are so many we are fortunate enough to work with day-in-and-day-out that should be recognized more than us.  These team members include every one of our clients, our design team sub-consultants, our business partners, the Small Business Development Center, the Small Business Administration, the former leadership of the firm (Narindar Bhandari and Jim Resig), and every employee of N.K. BHANDARI.

To all of the organizations and individuals who we are fortunate enough to call part of the NKB team, we extend our heart-felt thanks and expression of gratitude for honoring us with your gift, talents, and abilities in support of the firm.  Thank you.

Photo from the Small Business Excellence Awards luncheon on May 6, 2016. From left to right: James Conroy, NYBDC | Karen Livingston, NY SBDC Onondaga | Chris Resig, N.K. BHANDARI, Architecture & Engineering, P.C. | Bernard J. Paprocki, SBA