Drone (UAV) Services

Drone Surveys

General surveying services can be considered the technique of measuring distances and positions between two points in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional space. This data is utilised to assist with building or structure analysis, site planning or general measurement of a subject. With use of a drone this information is able to be captured safer and more efficiently than a standard survey. With the use of technology and software a 3D model of the desired building can be produced to represent a to scale image of the building. This allows easy analysis, easy interpretation and overall better understanding of the work required.

A Drone Survey is beneficial where access is limited or where surfaces are fragile, providing a safer method of conducting roof or building surveys by eliminating the risks associated with working at height. Unmanned Drones have the potential to fly close to buildings and into situations where towers, cherry pickers, and scaffolding are not a practical or cost-effective choice.

Using our Drone Surveys, we can provide a swift and cost-effective method for exploring a structure that has to be investigated. A pre flight examination of the site may be carried out before any inspecting takes place.

Inspections can be completed in a fraction of the time depending on the service required. 3D photogrammetry and the production of a 3D model is a longer process due to number of images required and software processing time. Building features, such as parapets, gutters, flat roofs, skylights, lead flashings, pointing, and windows can all be inspected with a Drone Survey and their condition reported on.

Images captured with a drone in previous drone surveys

Do I need a Drone Survey?

You might be thinking if using a drone is preferable to traditional methods. A drone survey is more beneficial in a variety of ways. Drones can collect data from vantage points that are inaccessible to humans, particularly in places with difficult terrain. Human operators are not required to physically measure points in dangerous locations. Traditional methods on the other hand, can require specialist access planning before arriving at the location. A drone can collect the same amount of data in less time when flying over a region or building. Drone surveying enables the surveyor to collect data in a safer and faster manner than previous methods. If you're seeking for a more efficient approach to examine those areas, a drone could be the answer.

Examples of 3D Models

Site Progress Images

Every general contractor must keep detailed records of the site progress. You'll need to take progress images during a project if you want to convey the status of a project to clients and stakeholders, track site changes over time, or contest claims later. Because of this we offer a service where we offer site progress images/videos that allow clients and contractors to have updates of the site. These images will be captured at agreed intervals and made available online so that the interested parties can monitor progress. We also offer finalised project images so that clients can see the end product with photography at levels and heights not accessible on foot. This is essential to reassuring your clients that the work completed is to a high standard and professionalism.

Health and Safety / Cost Efficiency

Any profession that demands working at height has traditionally been hazardous and hence costly. While roof and chimney inspections and surveys are not inherently dangerous, they do involve some risk. There are health and safety regulations to consider, and the survey results can differ depending on the access available. In order to undertake a closer inspection or survey, surveyors and building contractors may need to use scaffolding or employ lifting equipment to observe high levels up close. An examination by drone is a safer and more cost-effective solution. For the surveyor, some older structures might offer additional health and safety risks.

Manually surveying a large location is time-consuming and expensive. Drones can perform a variety of important surveying services for your structure. Our drone building surveys can be recorded in 4K or high quality still images, which provides high definition video that can be paused to provide views of the building's structure and condition. All procedures to evaluate risk are taken very seriously to ensure we are imposing the least risk to the public as possible when flying our drones.

Our pilots are CAA registered and qualified and we carry the relevant commercial insurances for the works we undertake.