Drone Solutions for Construction Site Mapping, Progress Tracking & Earthwork Analysis
Gain accurate, verifiable insight into your jobsite with AGTEK’s drone solutions. Capture site conditions, monitor progress, measure earthwork quantities, and share project updates using aerial data that keeps your field and office teams on the same page.
Construction Drone Surveying and Data Collection
AGTEK recommends the Matrice 4E, a versatile commercial drone equipped with a mechanical shutter, rapid interval shooting camera, and an RTK module for centimeter-level precision. Paired with the DJI RC Plus remote controller and the integrated DJI Pilot 2 software, flight planning becomes a seamless process.
The key to achieving accurate results is using an RTK drone. This technology parallels the precision found in machine control systems and grade checking, as the drone consistently records data within the same reference frame, ensuring the resultant point cloud’s accuracy rivals that obtained with an RTK GPS rover.
Construction Drone Mapping and Point Cloud Processing
After capturing photos of a job site, the images are combined into an orthophoto by downloading and merging them. This serves as a basis to extract elevations, forming a point cloud that precisely represents every inch of the site. AGTEK’s Reveal enhances this data further, using AI to automatically clean and edit point clouds.
It classifies and removes unwanted elements and organizes remaining data into groups, allowing for easy removal and providing a clear view of the job site. Reveal features rich 3D visualizations, orthomosaic and mapping views that bring the construction site data to life.
Construction Progress Tracking and Earthwork Volumetrics
Key project questions, like the quantity of materials moved, remaining construction tasks, and stockpile volumes are addressed by analyzing both the orthoimage and the point cloud. Volumetric analysis derived from the point cloud is instrumental in assessing the quantities of displaced soil, evaluating stockpile volumes, and determining the remaining earthwork needed for project completion.
AGTEK’s Reveal simplifies this analysis, presenting the findings in straightforward reports accessible in both field and office settings.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Construction drone solutions use aerial imagery and 3D site data to help contractors monitor progress, verify site conditions, measure quantities, and improve project visibility throughout the construction lifecycle.
Drones are commonly used to capture existing site conditions, track earthwork progress, calculate stockpile volumes, document project milestones, compare as-built conditions to plans, and support project reporting.
Drones help contractors collect site data faster, improve measurement accuracy, monitor production progress, reduce manual surveying requirements, and make more informed project decisions.
Yes. Drone-generated point clouds and 3D surfaces can be used to calculate cut and fill quantities, measure stockpile volumes, track material movement, and monitor remaining earthwork.
Drone mapping combines aerial photographs into detailed orthomosaic maps and 3D site models. These maps provide an accurate visual representation of site conditions that can be used for planning, measurement, and reporting.
RTK-enabled construction drones can collect highly accurate site data, allowing contractors to generate reliable maps, surfaces, and measurements for project tracking and analysis.
Drone data provides visual documentation, quantity measurements, progress verification, and site intelligence that can be incorporated into project reports and shared across teams.
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