Who we serve · General contractors, owners and lenders
For general contractors, owners and lenders.
Every argument on a job site is about what was there and on what date. A dated, registered capture answers it from a record instead of a recollection.
02 · What is at stake
Draws, percent complete, and work that gets buried.
A draw request asks whether the work claimed has actually been done. A capture on your draw schedule, in the same frame as the last one, puts percent complete on one document. The contractor, the owner and the lender all read from it, instead of three accounts of the same two weeks.
03 · The section
Five things on a site that stop being visible, and when.
The plate is a schematic section, stamped as one. It carries no dimension and no percentage — the annotations name parts of a building, not findings on any particular job.
- FINISHED GRADE
- FOOTING
- FLOOR PLATE
- ROUGH-IN
- ROOF DECK
01 / 05 Structure in progress
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What the earthwork ended up as
As-designed grades and field conditions are rarely the same thing.
The cut and fill that got moved is settled long before anyone measures it. By then the evidence is under the next lift. A capture flown at grade gives a surface to compare the next one against. Quantities between two dates are read off a record rather than reconstructed from memory.
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The first thing to disappear
Foundations are visible for days, and backfilled for good.
Footings and foundation walls are photographed on a phone by whoever is standing there. By closeout those frames are scattered across half a dozen devices. A dated pass before backfill puts the same work in one place, geo-referenced, on the project record.
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What the draw is arguing about
Percent complete is a number three parties calculate separately.
The contractor reads the schedule of values one way and the owner another. The lender has to fund on one of them. A capture on the draw schedule, in the same frame as the last, shows what moved since the previous draw. All three read from the same document.
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Where the record has to get there first
It stops being visible the day the board goes on.
Everything in the wall is evidence until it is covered, and then it is an argument. Capturing rough-in before concealment is the whole difference between a record and a recollection. Unlike the rest of the job, there is no second chance at it.
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What the date is for
Two captures of the same frame are what make a rate.
One flight tells you the condition on a date. The value is in the second: same route, same altitude, same overlap. Then the change between them is the subject, not the difference between two photographers. Every frame is timestamped and geo-referenced as it lands.
04 · From guesswork to measurement
What changes when the record is dated and registered.
Argued
On the record
the owner maintains only 40% was done and pays accordingly
- A dated orthomosaic in the same frame as the last draw. Percent complete is read off a record instead of argued across a table.
i found that taking digital pictures of my work that will be buried in the wall is good insurance
- Systematic dated capture before concealment, in one archive the contractor, the owner and the lender all cite from.
- As-designed grades rarely match field conditions, and quantities are hard to establish from ground level.
- Photogrammetric surface comparison between captures for cut and fill at each milestone, supplied as documentation.
05 · What you receive
What lands in your hands.
- 01 Dated georeferenced orthomosaic The site from above on a known date, to a known scale, measurable for length and area. GeoTIFF
- 02 Change overlay This capture against the prior one, with what moved called out. PDF
- 03 Photogrammetric 3D and surface model Reconstructed from overlapping imagery, for volumes and as-built comparison. OBJ + DSM
- 04 Volumetric report Cut, fill and stockpile quantities, computed between captures. CSV + PDF
- 05 Timestamped photo archive Every frame GPS-referenced and dated, issued to the whole project distribution list. JPEG
- 06 Progress record Dated and keyed to your schedule-of-values lines, for the lender’s draw file. PDF
What the record settles, and what it does not
Quantities for cut, fill and stockpile are computed between captures against a stated reference surface, and delivered as documentation. They are not survey products, and the page below says exactly where that line falls.
Questions we are asked
Notes.
Q1 Can you fly on our draw schedule?
Yes — cadence is set when we quote and the flight is planned around your milestone or monthly draw dates. The baseline flight fixes route, altitude, overlap and camera settings, and every capture after it repeats them. That is what makes two dates comparable rather than merely adjacent.
Q2 Will this hold up in a dispute?
What it provides is dated, geo-referenced, method-documented evidence of visible site conditions, with the flight parameters recorded alongside. How far that carries in a particular dispute is a question for the parties and their counsel. We produce and keep the record. We do not rule on percent complete or entitlement.
Q3 What is your turnaround?
Turnaround is agreed when we quote, against your draw dates, and written into the engagement. The delivery date is a commitment, not an estimate. Each capture is processed, overlaid on the prior one, and issued to the whole distribution list at once.
Q4 Can the volumes be relied on as a survey?
No — and not as survey-grade or authoritative either. Our photogrammetric models document conditions for planning and comparison; they are not land surveys. Cut, fill and stockpile figures are computed against a stated reference surface for comparison between captures. Work requiring a licensed Idaho professional land surveyor is performed by one.
Q5 Who do you contract with — us, the owner, or the bank?
Whoever is commissioning the record, and the written consent of the property owner is in place before any flight regardless. Where a lender or a general contractor engages us, we still obtain that consent from the owner.
07 · Where this goes next
- Construction progress documentation The capture cadence, the registration method and the full deliverable set.
- Mapping & 3D modeling Orthomosaics, surface models and volumes — and exactly where a licensed Idaho professional land surveyor takes over.
- Irrigation districts and canal companies Locating conveyance loss along a reach, and proving a repair held.
- Facility and plant management Electrical thermography against NFPA 70B, and the roof over the plant.
- Property and CRE management Roof condition across a portfolio, keyed by building and comparable year over year.
- Food, dairy and agricultural processing Electrical under load, planned around your food-safety program and production.
Next step · A baseline capture
Start with a baseline capture.
A short call fixes the site boundary, the cadence and the distribution list. The first flight becomes the reference the next one is measured against.
We reply within one business day.