Construction · Austin, Texas
Construction drone documentation in Austin, Texas
Dated progress sets, measurable orthomosaics and 3D site models — delivered to a link your team already has open on Monday morning.
- Quote turnaround
- Same day
- Capture cadence
- Weekly to monthly
- Insurance
- $1M minimum
- Coverage
- Austin + nationwide
Deliverables
Five things we hand over
Every capture produces the same set, in the same formats, on the same schedule — so two dates are always directly comparable.
Photo progression reports
Dated aerial stills from repeatable positions, so month three lines up against month one. Shared straight to project managers, stakeholders and investors.
Video progression reports
The same intervals as a moving record — useful where a still frame cannot show sequencing, access routes or how the site is actually being worked.
2D orthomosaic maps
A high-definition, low-altitude, top-down view of the whole job site — effectively an up-to-date version of the satellite view, at a resolution satellites cannot reach, and measurable to scale.
3D models
Photogrammetric site models for topographical maps, identifying obstacles and hazards, and planning the placement of buildings and infrastructure.
360° panoramas
Full-sphere captures from set points on the site. The fastest way to give someone who is not on site an honest sense of where things actually stand.
The one people underestimate
An orthomosaic is not a nice aerial photo
It is a single top-down image of the entire site, stitched from hundreds of overlapping frames and geometrically corrected so every point sits at true scale. You can measure real distances and areas directly on it.
Construction teams use them to build accurate site plans — topography, drainage, existing structures — so design problems surface before they are poured rather than after. On an active job it becomes the record of what was in place on a specific date, which is what settles a schedule question six months later.
If you need something for the marketing page, you want a photograph. If you need to prove or measure something, you want this.
How it runs
Built to land in your Monday meeting
The point of a recurring capture is that nobody has to chase it. It arrives, in the same place, before the meeting where it gets used.
We agree the cadence up front
Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly, set by how fast the build is actually moving. Fast vertical work earns weekly; a long sitework phase usually does not.
We fly when the site is clear
Drone capture works best on an empty site — it gives the cleanest data. We typically film weekends for that reason, but it is not a requirement and we work around an active crew when the schedule demands it.
Data goes up on a digital link
Uploaded on your interval and viewable from a Google Drive link or a web link, sent by email. Nothing to install, nothing for your team to manage.
Your team opens it on Monday
Most of our construction clients pull the week’s set straight into their Monday morning action plan meeting. That is the workflow this service is shaped around.
Straight answers
Cost, timing, and what we need from you
How is pricing determined?
Two inputs: the square footage of the property or project, and how many periodic uploads you want across the build.
That is it. Once those are set, the price is fixed for the duration, so it stays predictable in your budget rather than moving every time we fly.
How fast can I get an estimate?
Same day. Once we know the size of the project we send a quote report that day — not after a discovery call, and not next week.
Send the project address and the acreage or square footage and that is enough to start.
What do you need from us?
Authorization to operate over the property, and the site size. That is the minimum.
An empty site produces the most accurate data, which is why we usually fly weekends — but there are workarounds and an active job site does not stop the work.
Before you book
Common questions
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. Every pilot holds an FAA Part 107 remote pilot certificate, and we carry insurance starting at a one million dollar policy. If your general contractor needs a certificate of insurance naming the project owner as additional insured, ask when you book and it goes out with the quote.
How many years have you been doing this?
A little over seven years in the drone industry. The company came out of private aviation and brought drone work into that model, which is why flights are planned and briefed the way crewed operations are rather than treated as a camera job.
What is your service area?
We are based in Austin, Texas and cover Central Texas directly. Beyond that we work with a network of pilots who can provide services anywhere in the United States, with capture specifications and deliverable formats set by us so multi-site work comes back consistent.
Do you need airspace permission to fly our site?
Where a site sits in controlled airspace we obtain FAA authorization through LAANC before the flight. A large part of the Austin metro sits under Austin-Bergstrom’s airspace shelf, so this is routine flight planning on our side rather than something that delays a capture.
Can the imagery be used for anything besides progress tracking?
Yes. End-of-project photography is regularly used in marketing to showcase design quality and win the next job, and the same captures support draw documentation and schedule questions during the build.
Send us the project
Address and square footage is enough. You get a quote report back the same day.