Construction Site progress Monitoring

We live in a world where an item you order on your phone shows up on your doorstep in 24 hours. The problem for contractors is that buildings take a long time to build. Unlike certain online items, instead of 24 hours, it can take 24 months to complete a large scale project from breaking ground to punch-out.

Giving regular, consistent UAS photography to clients helps them get the satisfaction of seeing movement, change, progress, and production happening.

By utilizing the very latest in UAS technology we are able to provide a construction site progress service. Pre-programmed flight plans allow us to capture identical photos and videos of your site with every repeat site visit we make. This is a really unique way of visually showing a project and landscapes progress over time.

UAS are making it easier than ever to automate progress tracking and remotely monitor construction sites. Aerial progress reports help ensure construction is finished on time and within budget. UAS provides a deep dive into construction progress monitoring and how they are making it easier to stay informed about what’s happening on site even if you’re hundreds of miles away.

Construction progress monitoring is the recurrent collection of information throughout a project’s lifecycle to ensure construction is progressing as planned. Progress monitoring not only helps detect when a project has fallen behind but also prevents delays before they happen. Project managers who collect progress reports consistently are alerted to issues as they arise and can implement solutions early before the issue slows down construction.

Traditional construction progress monitoring is an effort to get boots on the ground to see first-hand how the progress of a project stacks up against the schedule. An assessment typically involves sending an inspector to physically walk the site on foot and record their observations. These on-foot inspections present some challenges.

• Large sites can take hours or multiple workdays to assess thoroughly.
• Some construction site areas may not be accessible from the ground and end up getting left out of the assessment. This could be because they are physically out of reach or because they are too dangerous to access. The remaining visuals that are captured only communicate a piece of the full picture. Viewing a site in its entirety would require aerial footage and access to those hard-to-reach places.
• Even if an inspector takes their time to thoroughly assess the site, important updates can still be overlooked by the human eye. A log of low-quality photos, usually taken with a phone or tablet, is limited in scope and detail. In these cases, it can be difficult to refer back to if questions arise about what was seen on site that particular day.
• Limitations for taking ground photos due to safety concerns or equipment placement can give an inaccurate view.
• Inspectors can also find it difficult to clearly convey what they saw with their own eyes to the managers and stakeholders located off-site. Written notes don’t provide the visual detail you get when physically present on site. Even when paired with photographs, it can be hard to communicate the full picture.

Rather than a limited “boots-on-the-ground” perspective or trying to piece together bits of information relayed from multiple departments/teams, a UAS flight offers a singular, trustworthy, and consistent perspective. Flying a UAS over a construction site provides a fully inclusive aerial view of the site and the progress being made. The result is an obvious improvement over traditional methods of progress monitoring.