For the past years, drones have made changes in the construction industry, these have been all positive changes only. From increased accuracy in reporting to improving safety conditions, to cutting costs and increasing efficiency.

Drones have made it much easier for companies in different industries to capture any visual data and make progress in their industries. With regards to construction project progress, clients can now get quick updates on how things are proceeding. These updates include detailed maps of the entire site with GPS points, which allow you to zoom in and view small details of the area.

Detailed visual reports can then be shared with stakeholders, helping everyone involved in a construction project to see what has already been done and what work is remaining. This system is very efficient and easy, simple too!

Below we’ll explore and cover what drones are doing to improve construction operations, and also give you some concrete information on what the construction drone market looks like and how one might be able to break into it as a drone pilot.

DRONES IN CONSTRUCTION: HOW ARE DRONES USED ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE?

The big benefit to using a drone in construction is getting quick, accurate, efficient visual data of a site. This data can then be used in a different number of ways. It can be shared with clients, any other team member, used to help improve safety, and to focus efforts toward completing a project faster. With a drone recording on the site, one can save much time than using manual recording on foot.

Construction drone can fly overhead and create a record of everything happening within a dangerous area, providing crucial information that will help determine how to proceed.

Here are some of the ways you’ll find people using drones in construction right now:

• Pre-planning
• Reporting to customers
• Identifying safety concerns
• Tracking progress and identifying potential problems/delays
• Creating 3D and orthomosaic maps, which can be used for all of the above purposes, as well as to measure stockpiles of various materials on the construction site

Photos, videos, 3D models, and orthomosaic maps created with drone data can be used to provide clients with detailed, real-time reports on how things are progressing on-site.

What does one do with the details and data they get?

• With drones, you can survey your site more often than ever before. With weekly or even daily drone flights, you can create up-to-date models of your projects. All you have to do is fly your site, process your model, and export your data into professional software
• Calculate the volumes of individual stockpiles in any scan and compare to previous flights to track inventory changes over time.
• Managers and decision-makers enjoy unprecedented project visibility with accurate 2D maps, 3D models, and high-resolution aerial photos and videos using drones.
• Some other team members can easily analyse the data that you get from anywhere around the world.

Examples of the project that was implemented by our 

1. Completed engineering surveying
2. The laying of long-term points of the planning and altitude justification
3. GNSS measurements performed
4. A geodetic aerial survey was carried out
5. 1: 500 scale mapping made

How Construction Company can start to use drone technology?

1. The specialists of the construction company should visit a training course for use of unmanned aerial vehicles with RTK / PPK GNSS system and data processing in professional software;
2. Purchase special equipment and software that you can use along with the drone technology.

Professional UAVs and Software

Software developers have created solutions which analyze construction progress with regularly captured data. While ground surveying is still a critical part of construction planning and monitoring, the use of drone data has become increasingly important.