Building insights at
your fingertips
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Inspection services that use drones and other advanced technology to quickly develop comprehensive reports and data insights that building owners love.
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Drones are a workforce multiplier
Structural & Civil Engineers | Architects | Property Managers | Commercial Roofers | Project Managers | Superintendents
28-Story Building Inspection
High-Def Inspection
Traditional Methods vs Drone Methods:
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Traditional
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Erect sophisticated scaffold and swing stages for multi-week inspection.
Drone
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Drone serves as preliminary means of inspection. Cutting out several weeks of traditional inspection.
Why drones were the best option:
Speed
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Inspection timeline with drone - 3 days vs multi-week.
Cost
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Using drone saved owner ~$80K in scaffolding rental and inspection man hours.
Worker Safety
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Drone replaced boots on a scaffold.
Public Safety
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Owners can make real-time actionable public safety decisions.
Accessible
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Clean data that can be easily stored and accessed for future use.
Thermal Facade & Roof Inspection
Thermal Inspection
Traditional Methods vs Drone Methods:
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Traditional (Roof)
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Core cuts executed on the roof.
Traditional (Windows/Facade)
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Swing stages for 1-2 week inspection.
Drone (Roof)
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Thermal camera detects water penetration on roof.
Drone (Windows/Facade)
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Drone served as preliminary means of inspection. Cutting out several days of traditional inspection.
Why drones were the best option:
Precision
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Thermal sees what the naked eye can’t.
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Speed
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Inspection timeline with drone - 1 days vs multi-week.
Cost
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Saved owner ~$40K in swing stage and inspection hours.
Worker Safety
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Drone replaced boots on a scaffold.
Accessible
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Clean data that can be easily stored and accessed for future use.
Map, Model, and BIM
Aerial Mapping
Traditional Methods vs Drone Methods:
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Traditional
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Boots-in-the-field to physically access and measure points in hazardous or difficult-to-reach locations.
Drone
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When mapping challenging terrain, drones make it no longer necessary for human operators to physically access and measure points in hazardous or difficult-to-reach locations. Traditional methods require meticulous measurement, preparation, and planning, drones can capture comparable data in dramatically shorter timeframes.
Why drones were the best option:
Precision
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Centimeter-level positional accuracy when capturing digital geospatial data. Drone meets the accuracy standards of the American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS).
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Speed
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Drone can accurately map an entire area in minutes vs hours/days with traditional boots-in-the-field methods.
Cost
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Precision data mapping results in accurate cost calculations across multiple phases of the project.
Worker Safety
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Drone allowed for the mapping of areas that would otherwise be inaccessible.
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Flexibility
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One drone flight produces thousands of measurements, which can be represented in different formats (orthomosaic, point cloud, DTM, DSM, contour lines, etc).
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Repeatability
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Drone missions re-flown multiple times throughout the life cycle of the project site with little set-up effort.
Accessible
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Clean data that can be easily stored and accessed for future use.