Construction Drone Services in Miami and South Florida

Cost depends on scope, site access, how often you need coverage, and whether the visit includes ground camera and interviews as well as aerial work. A single milestone visit and a twelve month progress program are priced very differently. We publish real ranges rather than hiding them behind a form, so start with our Florida drone services cost guide and our drone mapping cost guide, then send us the project and we will quote the actual scope.

In most of Miami-Dade, yes. The county sits largely under controlled airspace around Miami International, Opa-locka, and other fields, and commercial operations there need air traffic control authorization. We request it through LAANC, the FAA system that returns near real time authorization for approved altitudes, and we file it ahead of the shoot date rather than on site. Some locations sit above the LAANC grid ceiling and need further coordination, which we handle before we commit to a date.

Yes. Every flight is operated by a pilot holding an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, and we carry commercial unmanned aircraft liability insurance. We can provide a certificate of insurance, and we can name your company as additional insured on request. Send the requirement with your project details and we will have the paperwork back before the site visit.

Yes, and that is most of what we do. Flight over people is governed by FAA rules and depends on the aircraft category and the situation, so the practical answer on a live site is that we plan the flight path with the superintendent, stage around active picks and pours, and keep the aircraft off the crews. We work in PPE, sign in through your process, and brief before anything leaves the ground.

Monthly is the most common cadence on a high-rise, because it produces a comparable record for ownership, lenders, and marketing without adding much cost per visit. Milestones sit on top of that: the mat pour, topping out, envelope close-in, and handover. Projects that need dispute or delay documentation often move to every two weeks. We would rather scope this around your schedule than sell a fixed package that does not fit it.

Photography produces images made to be looked at: elevation, progress, marketing, and press. Mapping produces images made to be measured against, such as orthomosaics and site panoramas used for logistics planning, coordination, and view studies. Important limit: our mapping deliverables are documentation and planning tools. Measurements for legal, boundary, or engineering purposes require a Florida licensed surveyor, and we will say so rather than let a deliverable be used for something it was not made for.

With ground control points, expect roughly 2 to 4 cm horizontal and 3 to 6 cm vertical accuracy. That is accurate enough for progress tracking, stockpile volumes, cut and fill checks, and quantity verification. It is not a boundary or topographic survey. Anything headed for a legal, boundary, or engineering use needs a Florida licensed surveyor, and we work alongside one rather than around one.

No. Florida Statute 553.899 requires a licensed architect or engineer authorized to practice in the state to perform the milestone inspection, and phase one is a visual examination of the building's structural components. A drone does not replace that professional. What it does is give the engineer high resolution, dated imagery of roofs, parapets, and upper floor conditions without a swing stage, which usually shortens the access portion of the job considerably.

In most cases no. The pilot signs in, briefs with the superintendent, and sets a launch and recovery point clear of the crane radius and the delivery route. Part 107 restricts flight over people and moving vehicles, so the flight path is planned around where the crew is working rather than the crew being planned around the flight. Brief pauses are occasionally worth it for a specific shot, and that is always agreed in advance, never assumed.

Documenting the site you own or control is legal. Florida Statute 934.50 makes it unlawful to use a drone with an imaging device to record privately owned property or its occupants with the intent to conduct surveillance where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy. That is aimed at surveillance, not at construction documentation. We plan flight paths and camera angles so neighboring balconies, windows, and private outdoor space stay out of frame.

Yes. Deliverables are produced in formats built for that: GeoTIFF orthomosaics, LAS or LAZ point clouds, DXF contours, and OBJ or FBX models. They import into CAD, GIS, and BIM platforms without conversion work on your side. Tell us which platform your project runs on before the flight and we will match the output to it rather than hand you something your team has to rebuild.

We reschedule at no cost. South Florida weather moves fast and a marginal window produces imagery nobody wants in a project record, so we would rather move the date than deliver a compromised set. For a fixed milestone such as a pour or a ceremony we build the contingency into the plan in advance with your superintendent, because that date does not move.

Our base and the majority of our work is Miami-Dade and Broward, including Miami, Miami Beach, Brickell, Downtown, Coral Gables, Hallandale Beach, and Fort Lauderdale. We travel statewide for projects that need it, and we have worked as far south as Key West. If your site is outside South Florida, tell us the location and the dates and we will tell you honestly whether travel makes sense for the scope.

Edited stills and video, color corrected and delivered in the format your team prefers, whether that is full resolution files for print and press or web sized versions for social and leasing. Post production, color correction, and graphics are included rather than quoted separately. If something in the delivery does not match what we agreed, we revise it.