Reality capture for construction
Documenting a site is cheap. Reconstructing what a site looked like eight months ago from memory and a few phone photos is not. A recurring flight on the same plan gives you a record that holds up in a meeting or a claim.
The record you wish you had is the one nobody took.
Quantities get disputed. Schedules get argued. Somebody remembers the pad differently than somebody else. In almost every case the fix would have been a dated, measurable record of the site on the day in question, and almost nobody has one.
A monthly flight on a fixed plan produces exactly that, plus earthwork volumes you can defend and an as built comparison against the design surface. It costs a fraction of a single change order fight.
What you get from a progress flight
- Dated orthomosaic on a repeatable flight plan
- Earthwork cut and fill against your design surface
- Stockpile volumes with the arithmetic shown
- As built surface comparison
- Colorized site model for coordination
- Progress exhibits for owner and lender reporting
- Existing conditions record before mobilization
- Thermal on roofs and envelope where relevant
Where contractors use it
Before you mobilize
Pre construction existing conditions with a date on them. The cheapest insurance on any job that touches an adjacent property.
Monthly progress
Same flight plan, same altitude, same time of day. Comparable months instead of a folder of unrelated photos.
Earthwork and quantities
Volumes derived from a surface rather than argued from a spreadsheet, with the surface delivered so anyone can check it.
Closeout and turnover
An as built record handed to the owner, which is increasingly what owners are asking for anyway.
Data from delivered work.
What we typically fly for this work.
Common questions.
How often should we fly an active site?
Can you fly while we are working?
Will the volumes hold up if they are challenged?
Do you work under the GC or directly for the owner?
Start with one site.
Send the boundary and the deliverable you need. We scope it, fly it, and return the data in your format, typically in under seven days.