Drone Inspection FAQ

Thermal roof inspections, building facade and envelope thermography, solar farm thermal scans, cell tower visual inspection, wind turbine blade inspection, bridge and infrastructure inspection, agricultural aerial scouting, commercial job-site progress documentation, construction progress monitoring, stockpile volumetrics, and insurance claim damage documentation.

A typical 100,000-300,000 sq ft commercial roof is captured in a single evening flight window, usually 1-2 hours of flight time. Larger roofs (500K-1M sq ft) are completed in one extended flight or two consecutive evenings. Reporting is delivered within a few business days.

Drone thermography replaces rope access for most condition assessment work — moisture, insulation, thermal bridging, and gasket failure identification. Hands-on testing is still needed for some destructive sampling, but the drone scan tells you exactly where to send the testing crew.

Typically 25-75 MW per day depending on site geometry, module density, and weather conditions. Larger sites are sequenced across multiple days with consistent flight protocols.

No. Standoff drone inspection avoids the RF safety constraints of a climber, so the tower can remain fully operational during the inspection.

Typically a few hours per turbine — far less than rope access.

Yes. Our pilots use obstacle-aware flight modes to safely position the drone for upward-facing capture of underdeck and bearing components.

Stuck or broken pivots, plugged tile causing ponding, water-stress hot spots, weak emergence zones, and downed or stranded livestock are the highest-value finds.

Most projects run weekly or bi-weekly. Some prefer milestone-triggered flights (foundation, structural steel topping out, dry-in, etc.). We'll match the cadence to the project's pay-app schedule and stakeholder reporting needs.

This service focuses on the recurring mapping and 3D documentation itself. Commercial Job Site Progress Inspections layers on independent licensed-contractor review of the imagery for owner, lender, and architect stakeholders.

With ground control points, drone photogrammetry typically lands within 1-3% of traditional survey methods — well within accounting and operational tolerances.

We pre-stage for forecasted events and work to mobilize as quickly as crew availability, weather, and FAA airspace conditions allow once it is safe to fly. We cannot guarantee a fixed response window, but recurring carrier and adjuster clients get priority dispatch.

We're headquartered in Winston-Salem, so for most jobs in Forsyth County we can often be on-site quickly after authorization. Same-day post-storm thermal documentation is sometimes possible but depends on crew availability, weather, and FAA airspace conditions — contact us and we'll give you a realistic timeline for your specific request.