Monthly Progress Documentation
Recurring orthomosaic and 3D site model flown on your pay-application cadence. Published to a cloud viewer with unique URLs per flight date, so the project team can scroll history without tracking down files.
For General Contractors & Site Developers
A dated, measurable record of every phase of the job.
Construction progress documentation by drone
Construction progress documentation is a scheduled drone flight over your job, repeated monthly or at milestones, that gives the owner, architect and PM the same dated view of the site. Each flight adds orthomosaic imagery, a 3D model and a photo set on your pay-application schedule. When an owner or architect asks what the site looked like six weeks ago, the answer is already on a shared link.
What We Do for GCs
Progress visibility the owner, architect, and PM all share.
On active sites, conditions change every day. Stockpiles move. Grade progresses. Utility work gets buried. Claims arise over what was where and when. Without a steady record, everything between groundbreak and closeout lives on phone photos and the superintendent’s memory.
Anchorpoint installs a monthly flight cadence aligned with your pay-application schedule. Each flight produces an RTK-referenced orthomosaic, a 3D site model and a photo set from fixed angles that match previous flights. Deliverables publish to a cloud-hosted viewer the owner, architect, and project team all access through a single shared link.
When a change order, claim, or pay-app dispute arrives, the record is already there. Dated. Georeferenced. Measurable. No scrambling to reconstruct what the site looked like two months earlier. No argument over which phone photo captured the condition first.
LIVE DATASET: UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA
Explore the 3D Dataset →
See what a GC's project team gets after every flight.
Active multi-building residential construction site. 3D textured mesh and orthomosaic with stockpile annotations in the cloud viewer. Rotate, measure, and zoom from any browser. No software required.
Capabilities
Four deliverables built around the construction cycle.
3D Site Models & Stockpile Volumes
A textured 3D model and photo set from fixed angles on every flight, plus stockpile volume estimates by pile with CSV export. The same flight plan each month keeps volumes comparable over time. Quantities used for payment or design should be confirmed by your licensed surveyor or engineer.
Baseline & Closeout Flights
Pre-construction capture establishes the undisturbed site condition. Post-completion capture gives you a closeout imagery record. Both tied to the same coordinate system as the interim progress flights.
Change Order & Claim Evidence
Dated, georeferenced site state captured independent of the current dispute. When an owner or sub alleges site conditions weren’t as represented, the aerial archive provides objective evidence with measurable spatial context.
Problems We Solve
Common pain points for GCs and site developers.
Pain Point · 01
Pay applications stall while the owner’s rep asks what is actually in place.
Our Response
A flight before each billing cycle gives everyone the same dated imagery and 3D model of the site. Less back-and-forth with the owner’s rep.
Pain Point · 02
The owner and architect want weekly progress visibility without adding another meeting.
Our Response
Cloud-hosted 3D site model and orthomosaic published after each flight. One link, one shared view, everyone looking at the same site on the same day.
Pain Point · 03
Change orders and claims require documentation nobody had time to collect in real time.
Our Response
A standing flight cadence produces a dated archive of site conditions. When a claim hits, the record is already on file. No reconstructing what was on site six weeks ago.
Pain Point · 04
Subcontractor coordination at staging and laydown areas constantly shifts, and site logistics plans go stale within weeks.
Our Response
Current orthomosaics refresh the site logistics map on every flight. Staging reassignments, laydown conflicts, and access changes visible to everyone without a re-walk.
Questions
Construction progress documentation FAQ
How often should we fly?
Most jobs align flights to the pay application cycle, usually monthly. Fast earthwork phases sometimes go every two weeks.
Do we need software to view the data?
No. Every flight includes a browser link. Files are also provided for your own GIS or design software.
Can you measure stockpile volumes?
Yes. We estimate stockpile volumes from the 3D surface, report them by pile with a CSV export, and track change between flights. Quantities used for payment or design should be confirmed by your licensed surveyor or engineer.
Can you give us a topographic survey or contours?
In Washington that work must be done by or under a licensed land surveyor. We can fly the site for your surveyor, or put you in touch with one, and the surveyor contracts for and signs the topographic product.
Do you fly active sites safely?
Yes. We coordinate with your superintendent, follow FAA Part 107 rules, and plan flights to avoid flying over workers who are not part of the operation.
How is it priced?
A fixed price per flight or per program, set in your quote. The price only changes if the requirements change.
Get in Touch
Start the next pay-app with a measured record.
Send the project address, expected duration, and the cadence that fits your billing cycle. Anchorpoint replies within one business day with a scope, a fixed price and a first-flight date.