Services / Construction Drone Services
Construction drone services, and on-ground coverage.
Construction does not really need a brand film. Construction needs a record. A roof that has been documented before the crew goes home, a site that has been flown on the same day every month so the timeline is provable, a survey that gives the GC and the architect the same picture of the same parcel. The deliverables are practical, the production is calm, the FAA Part 107 license is current.
Most of what we do here happens in the air.
Most of what we do here happens in the air. A roofing inspection is a clean pass at altitude with tighter looks at slope, flashing, and anything visibly off, handed back as a folder of stills and a short video pull. A progress report is the same flight on whatever cadence the GC sets, weekly, biweekly, or monthly, framed identically each time so the timeline stacks cleanly when it lands in the client deck. Survey work pairs with photogrammetry when the engineering pipeline calls for it, or stays straight photo and video when it does not. Pre-construction coverage puts the parcel into the bid book the way it actually sits, with neighbors, grade, and access all in the frame.
On-ground camera is the second layer.
On-ground camera is the second layer, brought in when the job actually calls for it. A walkthrough of the finished build, a punch-list pass for the GC, a milestone day with the trade leads on camera, a developer piece for the project's marketing site. Same kit as the brand work, just scaled to whatever the day needs. Every so often a build has a story in it worth telling at length, and a documentary cut gets folded into the scope when that comes up. The default though is a clean record, legal flights, imagery that holds together, and one team carrying both the bid-book frames and the marketing-site frames so the project does not end up looking like two stitched-together jobs. Anything outside the standard scope, whether that is a builder, GC, developer, or surveyor with a different ask, is welcome on a call.
Engagements usually take one of three shapes.
Engagements usually take one of three shapes. A single flight when one deliverable is the whole job. A project-length retainer tied to one build, with the cadence set at kickoff. Or a company-wide retainer that covers several active sites at once, which tends to be where the math works best for builders running more than two projects in parallel. Pricing follows time on site, not deliverable count. The SoCal radius covers most of where we work, San Diego, greater Los Angeles, Orange County, and the Inland Empire.
Specification · Schedule
The job, at a glance.
Construction work is largely covered by NDA. Builders, GCs, roofing companies, and surveyors across the SoCal radius. References available on a discovery call.
Notes and Conditions
Common questions, straight answers.
- DET 01
Are you FAA Part 107 certified?
Yes. The pilot of record holds a current FAA Part 107 remote pilot certificate, and we file LAANC authorizations for any flight inside controlled airspace. Insurance is in place for commercial drone operations and ground crew, certificates available on request.
- DET 02
What does a roofing inspection deliverable look like?
A complete aerial pass of the roof at flight altitude appropriate to the structure, plus closer detail captures of slope, flashing, penetrations, and any damaged areas the operator can see. Output is a folder of stills and a short video pull, organized by elevation. Annotated stills available on request when the inspection is part of an insurance or warranty workflow.
- DET 03
How are project progress reports structured?
On a fixed cadence the GC sets, usually weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Each flight uses the same pattern points so the frames stack cleanly into a timeline. Output is a folder per flight, plus a short progress edit that the project lead can drop straight into a client deck. Annual or project-length retainers price more efficiently than single flights.
- DET 04
Do you do photogrammetry or 3D mapping?
Yes, when the deliverable calls for it. Photogrammetry is paired with the right flight pattern and overlap, and we hand off processed orthomosaic and point-cloud data when the project's surveying or engineering pipeline needs it. Straight photo and video flights are the more common ask and are priced accordingly.
- DET 05
Where do you operate?
San Diego, the greater Los Angeles area, Orange County, and the Inland Empire are the primary footprint. Outside SoCal is a discovery call. Travel costs are quoted up front, no surprise line items at invoice.
End / Submit drawings
Now bookingQ2 / Q3 2026
Bring the site, we will fly the package.
Discovery calls are thirty minutes, free, and unrushed. Bring the project address, the cadence, and the deliverable. We will tell you the shape of the engagement and what the airspace allows.