Drone services for construction teams across New York: site surveys, weekly progress monitoring, volumetric measurements, and survey-grade 3D models. FAA-certified pilots, $10M insurance, and OSHA-compliant flight crews.
Construction Drone Services
Construction Drone Services
Construction Drone Services
Drone Services for Construction
A general contractor in Long Island City asked us a simple question: how much fill did the excavator actually move last week? We flew the site that afternoon and had a cut-and-fill report with cubic-yard figures back to the PM by the next morning, no survey crew standing in the trench. That turnaround is the whole point of putting a drone over a job site.
AeroSpect runs construction drone services as a recurring data feed, not a one-off photo shoot. We fly your site on a fixed cadence, georeference every flight to the same control points, and hand back imagery, point clouds, and measurements that line up week over week. The result is a documented record you can drop into a schedule review, a payment application, or a dispute file.
Progress Monitoring
Drone Construction Monitoring on a Fixed Cadence
We fly the same flight path weekly, biweekly, or at milestones, so every capture overlays cleanly on the last one. You scroll through dated orthomosaics and watch the slab pours, steel erection, and façade work advance frame by frame.
That visual timeline settles the questions schedules can’t. When a subcontractor claims an area was ready on the 12th, the imagery from the 12th either backs it up or doesn’t. For owners and lenders who can’t visit weekly, it’s a verified status update without anyone leaving the office.
Site Surveys
Construction Site Drone Survey and Topographic Mapping
A drone construction site survey collects thousands of geotagged images in a single flight, which we process into a topographic map, contour lines, and a 2D orthomosaic tied to ground control. Coverage that took a survey crew a full day gets captured in 20 to 40 minutes of flight time.
We pair photogrammetry with LiDAR when canopy or stockpiles obscure the ground, so existing-conditions data and earthwork takeoffs stay accurate. See our drone mapping and surveying solutions for how the LiDAR and photogrammetry workflows compare.
What You Get
Construction Drone Deliverables
Every flight feeds a specific decision on your project. Here’s what we measure and hand back.
Volumetric Measurements
Stockpile and material volumes calculated from point clouds, accurate to within a few percent. Track aggregate, spoil, and inventory between deliveries without a field crew on the pile.
Earthwork Calculations
Cut-and-fill reports comparing current grade to design surface or to last week's scan. Verify how much dirt moved before you approve the excavation pay item.
3D Models & Point Clouds
Textured 3D mesh and dense point cloud of the whole site, exportable to CAD and BIM. Compare as-built conditions against design and catch deviations early.
Orthomosaics & Maps
Stitched, measurable top-down maps of the site at each interval. Pull distances and areas directly in the browser and share a link with the whole project team.
Safety Inspections
Aerial walk-downs of edges, scaffolding, crane radii, and laydown areas, flown without putting an inspector at height. Document hazards before they become incidents.
Progress Documentation
Dated imagery and reports tied to your schedule milestones. A defensible record for pay apps, owner updates, and any claim that lands months after the work happened.
How It Works
Our Construction Drone Process
01
Flight Plan
We map your site, set ground control, and clear any airspace authorization needed for the location. NYC sites get the LAANC or waiver handled before we mobilize.
02
Capture
A certified pilot flies the planned grid, usually 20 to 40 minutes on site. Recurring jobs repeat the exact same path for clean week-to-week comparison.
03
Processing
Imagery and scans become orthomosaics, point clouds, 3D models, and measurement reports, georeferenced to your control points.
04
Delivery
Deliverables land in your portal, typically within 48 hours, ready to drop into your schedule review, pay app, or BIM workflow.
Credentials
Cleared to Fly Your Job Site
Part 107
FAA-Certified Pilots
Every flight is run by an FAA Part 107 remote pilot with NYC airspace authorization, so controlled-airspace sites stay compliant.
$10M
Insurance Coverage
We carry $10 million in liability coverage and provide a certificate of insurance naming your project before mobilization.
OSHA
OSHA Compliance
Our crews follow OSHA site requirements and coordinate flights with your safety plan, briefings, and active work zones.
Construction drone services overlap with our broader aerial drone inspection services and our drone surveying and topographic mapping work, so a single team can cover surveys, progress flights, and inspections across the life of the build.
FAQ
Construction Drone Services FAQs
With ground control in place, our stockpile and cut-and-fill volumes typically land within 1 to 3 percent of conventional survey results. Accuracy depends on flight height, image overlap, and the number of control points, all of which we set during flight planning.
Most projects run weekly or biweekly flights for progress monitoring, plus extra captures around major earthwork or pours. We match the cadence to your schedule so each scan answers a question that’s actually live on the job.
Standard turnaround is 48 hours from flight to portal. Straightforward progress imagery can come back same day; larger LiDAR point clouds and full 3D models may take a little longer depending on site size.
Yes, with the right authorization. Much of NYC sits in controlled airspace, so we secure LAANC approval or a waiver before mobilizing. Our pilots hold the FAA Part 107 certification and NYC airspace authorization needed to fly legally.
We carry $10 million in liability insurance and issue a certificate of insurance naming your company or project before we step on site. Many GCs require this for any subcontractor, and we have it ready.
Orthomosaics, GeoTIFFs, LAS/LAZ point clouds, OBJ/3D meshes, contour and DXF files, plus PDF measurement reports. We export to whatever your survey, CAD, or BIM team needs.
No. A typical flight is 20 to 40 minutes and runs above the work area without closing it down. We coordinate timing with your superintendent and brief crews so the flight fits around active operations.
Put a Drone Over Your Job Site
Tell us your site location, schedule, and what you need measured. We'll scope the flight cadence and have a quote back to you fast.