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Service · Aerial Drone

Eyes where access ends.

FAA-certificated remote pilots put a calibrated camera where a lift cannot go — roofs, façades, bridges, stockpiles and live sites — and bring back imagery, orthomosaics and models the project team can measure from.

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Capabilities · deliverables · flight method

The Brief

A photograph is not a measurement. A planned flight is.

Roofs, façades, stacks, bridge soffits and stockpiles are all inspectable — the difficulty is getting qualified eyes within reach of them without a lift, a swing stage or a lane closure. Aerial capture removes the access problem without lowering the standard.

Our remote pilots hold FAA Part 107 certification and fly to site-specific plans. What they bring back is reviewed by the same licensed engineers and certified inspectors who work the project from the ground.

Same Standard. New Vantage.

02 Capabilities

Inspect, survey, document.

Aerial capture replaces the swing stage, the hero shot and the guesswork with a dated, geolocated record. Scroll to fly the mission.

Inspection

Roof & façade condition surveys
Bridge & overpass inspection
Tower and stack access
Thermal & moisture imaging
Post-event damage assessment
Confined and high-risk areas

Survey & mapping

Orthomosaic site maps
Volumetrics & stockpile measurement
Topographic surface models
3D photogrammetry models
Cut & fill verification
Georeferenced deliverables

Documentation

Monthly progress capture
As-built photo record
Marketing & owner imagery
Site logistics planning views
Airspace authorization
Flight logs & data retention

Deliverables

What lands on your desk after the flight.

ORTHO

Site orthomosaic

One scaled, georeferenced top-down image of the whole site, exportable to CAD and GIS.

MODEL

3D surface model

Point cloud and textured mesh for volume, grade and as-built comparison against design.

THERM

Thermal report

Radiometric imagery with flagged anomalies referenced to building elevations and roof zones.

VOL

Volumetric report

Stockpile and earthwork quantities with the survey basis, control points and tolerance stated.

SET

Progress photo set

Captioned, dated imagery flown on a repeatable grid so any two months line up exactly.

LOG

Flight record

Pilot certificate, airspace authorization and flight logs retained and issued with the deliverable.

Flight Method

Cleared, flown, processed, reviewed.

Every flight is planned around the airspace, the site and the deliverable the engineer actually needs — in that order.

Airspace & authorization

Controlled-airspace requests, LAANC and waivers are resolved before mobilization, with a site-specific flight plan on file.

Site & safety planning

Overflight limits, launch points, pedestrian control and weather windows are agreed with the site team in advance.

Capture

Certificated pilots fly a fixed grid at set altitude and overlap, so imagery from one month is directly comparable to the next.

Processing

Imagery is processed into orthomosaics, surfaces and models with measurable scale and a stated accuracy basis.

Engineering review

Findings are reviewed by the same licensed engineers and certified inspectors who assess the structure from the ground.

An aerial photograph is marketing. A georeferenced deliverable with a flight log behind it is evidence.

Where to next

Have a site that needs eyes overhead?

Send the location, the airspace and the deliverable you need. We will confirm authorization requirements and turnaround before we mobilize.

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