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Construction Progress Documentation From the Air, Ground, and Map

Recurring aerial photos, progress video, orthomosaic mapping, 360° site tours, overlays, and custom portals for owners, developers, contractors, and project teams that need a clearer visual record.

Who it helps

Built for teams that need more than basic drone photos

Construction documentation is useful when progress needs to be reviewed, shared, compared, archived, or explained to people who are not on site every day.

Owners & Developers

Track visible progress, document milestones, and share clearer updates with investors, partners, or internal teams.

General Contractors

Create consistent visual records that help explain site status, access, staging, work areas, and change over time.

Project Managers

Use repeatable imagery, maps, and portals to keep remote stakeholders aligned without digging through scattered photos.

Problems solved

Cleaner records, better visibility, easier reporting

Inconsistent progress photos

Repeatable aerial and ground views make it easier to compare changes across visits.

Remote stakeholders

Owners, investors, and managers can review project context without being physically present.

Hard-to-explain site changes

Orthomosaics, overlays, 360 views, and before/after comparisons can make progress easier to understand.

Capture options

Documentation frequency can match the pace of the project

Pricing stays quoted by scope. Site size, travel, access, deliverables, processing, and schedule all affect the final quote.

One-Time Baseline

Initial site documentation before work begins, before a milestone, or before a major change.

Milestone-Based

Capture around clearing, grading, vertical construction, paving, completion, or other key stages.

Monthly

Recurring visibility for general progress records and owner updates.

Twice-Monthly

More frequent documentation for active sites with visible changes every few weeks.

Weekly

High-frequency documentation for fast-moving projects or regular stakeholder reporting.

Completion Package

Final imagery, video, map, and portfolio-ready media after a project or phase is complete.

Deliverables

Combine aerial media, maps, panoramas, overlays, and portals

Visual Progress

Aerial progress photos, edited progress video, repeatable camera angles, before/after comparisons, and completion media.

Mapping & Overlays

Orthomosaic maps, RTK-supported capture when appropriate, site-plan overlays, annotations, and map-style exports.

Interactive Delivery

360 aerial or ground panoramas, interactive portals, organized cloud delivery, internal archives, and public-facing project pages when needed.

Sample work

See construction progress and site conditions clearly

Compare resurfacing progress and explore an interactive site example using the controls below.

Before resurfacing construction documentation example After resurfacing construction documentation example
Before
After

Interactive Site Visualization

Workflow

Plan, capture, process, deliver

Flight planning workflow

Plan

Scope the site, deliverables, schedule, access, airspace, weather, and site rules.

Drone capture workflow

Capture

Collect repeatable aerial, ground, map, or panorama data based on the project need.

Drone data processing and mapping workflow

Process

Prepare imagery, maps, overlays, comparisons, reports, and portal assets.

Construction report delivery workflow

Deliver

Provide organized files, links, reports, portals, and an archive that can be updated over time.

Safety and site procedure

Planned around the site, not just the shot

Flights are planned around FAA requirements, airspace, weather, site access, people, equipment, PPE/site rules when applicable, and project-specific risks.

FAA Part 107InsuredOSHA 10Airspace ChecksWeather ChecksSite Coordination

FAQ

Common construction documentation questions

Is this a survey?

No. Mapping and boundary-style visuals are for documentation, planning support, and visualization unless a licensed surveyor is involved.

How often should a site be documented?

Monthly works for general progress. Twice-monthly or weekly is better for active sites with fast changes or regular reporting needs.

Can you match angles over time?

Yes. Repeatable viewpoints and consistent capture planning can make comparisons easier across visits.

Can you create orthomosaics?

Yes. Orthomosaic outputs can be included when the project needs map-style site visibility.

Can you overlay site plans?

Yes, when suitable plan files or reference data are available.

Can the portal be private?

Yes. Deliverables can be prepared for internal review, public-facing updates, or both.

Project intake

Ready to document a construction site?

Start with the location, site size, schedule, capture frequency, and deliverables you need. Plans, KML/KMZ files, or reference images can help scope the work.