SHEET C-101 // CONSTRUCTION DRONE SERVICES

REV 2026.07 · SCALE 1:500 · UAS-RTK

CONSTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE

EVERY POUR. EVERY WEEK. ON RECORD.

EVERY POUR. EVERY WEEK. ON RECORD.

EVERY POUR. EVERY WEEK. ON RECORD.

Construction drone mapping and reality capture for active jobsites — orthomosaic mapping, earthwork verification, and construction progress documentation your whole team can measure against, from groundbreak to closeout.

FIG. 01 — WEEKLY SITE CAPTURE

GSD 1.5 CM/PX

N 34°03′08″ · W 118°14′34″

DATUM NAVD88 · RTK FIX · FAA PART 107

X 0 · Y 0 · RTK FIX
PROGRESS MONITORING
VOLUMETRICS
EARTHWORK VERIFICATION
CRANE & LOGISTICS
QA/QC CAPTURE
AS-BUILT RECORDS
PROGRESS MONITORING
VOLUMETRICS
EARTHWORK VERIFICATION
CRANE & LOGISTICS
QA/QC CAPTURE
AS-BUILT RECORDS

BUILD TIMELINE

FROM GROUNDBREAK TO CLOSEOUT

FROM GROUNDBREAK TO CLOSEOUT

One capture program that follows your project through every phase — keep scrolling and the timeline advances with you, or hover any phase to explore.

.01SITE PREP & EARTHWORKWEEKS 0–6
.02FOUNDATIONS & FRAMINGWEEKS 6–20
.03FACADE & ROOFINGWEEKS 20–44
.04CLOSEOUT & HANDOVERWEEKS 44+
SCROLL TO ADVANCE PHASES · HOVER TO EXPLORE
12%BUILT
PHASE 01 // WEEKS 0–6

Baseline orthomosaic before ground breaks. Cut/fill tracked against design grade every flight — overruns show up in days, not invoices.

Existing-conditions ortho + DSM
Cut/fill vs. design surface
Stockpile volumes on demand

HOW IT WORKS ON SITE

DRONE MAPPING FOR CONSTRUCTION

DRONE MAPPING FOR CONSTRUCTION

ORTHOMOSAIC MAPPING

An orthomosaic is a single top-down image of the entire site, stitched from hundreds of overlapping aerial photos and corrected so that scale stays consistent edge to edge. Unlike a photograph taken from a corner of the site, distances measured on an orthomosaic are true distances on the ground.

That correction is what makes the map useful rather than decorative. Laydown areas, access routes, pour boundaries, and trade footprints can be measured directly, and the same map can be overlaid on civil drawings to check that what was built matches what was designed.

CONSTRUCTION SITE DOCUMENTATION

Site documentation fails when it depends on who happened to take a photo that week. A scheduled capture removes that dependency: the whole site is recorded on a fixed cadence, in the same flight plan, at the same resolution, whether or not anyone thought to document a specific area.

The value of that discipline usually shows up later — in a delay claim, a differing-site-conditions dispute, or a closeout package. Evidence you did not know you would need is already in the archive, timestamped and measurable.

REALITY CAPTURE WORKFLOW

Every engagement follows the same four steps: plan the flight around live site conditions, capture with RTK positioning and ground control where accuracy demands it, process imagery into orthomosaics and surface models, then quality-check the output against control before anything reaches your team.

Because the flight plan is repeated on every visit, captures are directly comparable. The same angles, the same altitude, and the same ground sample distance mean differences between weeks reflect real change on site rather than a change in how the site was photographed.

PROGRESS TRACKING

Progress tracking works best when it is tied to something you already manage. Captures are aligned to schedule milestones and pay periods, so the question in a progress meeting shifts from whether an area is complete to how much of it is complete and when it changed.

Owners and lenders get the same benefit remotely. A draw inspection that once required a site visit becomes a review of current and historical captures, with quantities attached, from wherever the reviewer happens to be.

PROGRESS COMPARISON

THE SITE, WEEK OVER WEEK

THE SITE, WEEK OVER WEEK

Drag the divider. Every flight becomes a documented state of the site you can compare, measure, and hold the schedule against.

WEEK 26 — SLABS & ROOFS
WEEK 03 — SERVICES & ROADBASE
WEEK 03 — SERVICES & ROADBASE
WEEK 26 — SLABS & ROOFS
WEEK 26
WEEK 03
WEEK 03
WEEK 26

SAME FLIGHT PLAN · SAME ANGLES · TRUE COMPARISON

CAPTURE INTERVAL: WEEKLY

QUANTITIES YOU CAN DEFEND

EARTHWORK MONITORING & STOCKPILE MEASUREMENT

EARTHWORK MONITORING & STOCKPILE MEASUREMENT

EARTHWORK MONITORING

Earthwork is where budgets move fastest and where documentation is usually thinnest. Each capture produces a surface model of the site as it stands, which is compared against the design surface or the previous week to calculate cut and fill volumes.

The practical effect is that quantities stop being a negotiation. Instead of reconciling hauling tickets against an estimate at month end, you have an independent measurement of what actually moved, produced from the same data the contractor can review.

Over-excavation, unbalanced sites, and grade that drifts out of tolerance surface within days rather than at the end of the phase — while there is still schedule and budget available to correct them.

STOCKPILE MEASUREMENT

Stockpile volumes are computed from the captured surface against a defined base, not estimated from truck counts or pacing. A pile that takes an afternoon to survey conventionally is measured from a flight that was happening anyway.

Because volumes are recomputed on every visit, material on hand becomes a tracked quantity rather than a periodic exercise. Consumption rates, deliveries, and shrinkage are visible across the life of the project.

For owners running several sites, the same method applied everywhere makes material positions comparable across a portfolio — the numbers were produced the same way, so they can be read side by side.

FIELD-PROVEN

NUMBERS FROM ACTIVE SITES

NUMBERS FROM ACTIVE SITES

Captured, processed, and delivered across construction projects in the United States.

Acres Documented

0+

Aerial coverage across active construction and infrastructure sites.

Construction Flights

0+

Recurring capture missions flown on live jobsites without disruption.

On-Time Delivery

0%

Datasets delivered on schedule, quality-checked before they reach your team.

DELIVERABLES

WHAT LANDS ON YOUR DESK

WHAT LANDS ON YOUR DESK

.01

PROGRESS ORTHOMOSAICS

A current, measurable top-down map of the whole site after every flight — the single picture everyone plans against.

.02

CUT/FILL & STOCKPILES

Independent earthwork quantities measured from the surface itself — verify hauling tickets and pay apps with data.

.03

3D SITE MODELS

Textured reality models of the site as it stands — for coordination, logistics planning, and stakeholder reviews.

.04

FACADE & ROOF SETS

Inspection-grade image sets of vertical work and roof zones — documented without lifts, ladders, or shutdowns.

.05

SCHEDULE COMPARISONS

Week-over-week visual diffs of the site tied to your milestones — see slippage while there is still time to act.

.06

AS-BUILT ARCHIVE

A permanent, organized record of every capture from groundbreak to handover — evidence that outlives the project.

SELECTED WORK

PROJECT EXAMPLES

PROJECT EXAMPLES

Capture programs across warehouse, infrastructure, and commercial construction — the scope, the flight cadence, and what each project team received.

WAREHOUSE
DISTRIBUTION FACILITY
74-acre greenfield site, 14-month program
1,860
Images captured
74 ac
Site area
Weekly
Capture cadence
Orthomosaic + digital surface model
Earthwork quantities vs. design grade
Weekly progress documentation
Tilt-panel placement verification
INFRASTRUCTURE
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
Highway crossing, staged construction over live traffic
2,400
Images captured
1.9 mi
Corridor length
Bi-weekly
Capture cadence
Volume calculations for approach fill
Stage-by-stage progress comparison
Abutment and deck inspection imagery
Coordination model for traffic staging
COMMERCIAL
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
Multi-block urban site, phased delivery
3,150
Images captured
4
Phases tracked
Weekly
Capture cadence
Stockpile tracking across laydown areas
Earthwork monitoring through basement dig
Crane and logistics planning views
As-built documentation at handover

THE PLATFORM

MEASURE IT IN THE BROWSER

MEASURE IT IN THE BROWSER

Captured data is only useful if your team can work with it. Every deliverable lands in the Asteon platform, where distances, areas, and volumes are measured directly on the current capture — no desktop GIS, no specialist licence.

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT01DISTANCE MEASUREMENT
Measure spans, setbacks, and clearances directly on the orthomosaic without returning to site.
AREA MEASUREMENT02AREA MEASUREMENT
Quantify paved areas, pour boundaries, and laydown footprints from the current capture.
STOCKPILE VOLUME03STOCKPILE VOLUME
Volumes computed from the captured surface against a defined base, updated every flight.
ANNOTATIONS04ANNOTATIONS
Mark issues, tag locations, and hand context to the field without a separate report.
ORTHOMOSAIC VIEWER05ORTHOMOSAIC VIEWER
Pan and zoom the full-resolution site map in the browser — no desktop GIS required.
ELEVATION MODEL06ELEVATION MODEL
Visualize site elevation changes and surface contours from the captured terrain.

FAQ

QUESTIONS FROM THE FIELD

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