Structural inspections and Aerial Surveys
Aerial Drone photography is a very useful and powerful tool with great promise and applications in many industries. We offer professional, no-hassle approach and work with every client until we find the right solution for their specific project.
The UAS/drone technology offers a safe, cost efficient, and easy way to conduct structural or area inspections and surveys, at angles, proximity and altitudes very often impossible (or prohibitively expensive) to achieve before. The Aerial Drone Worx Team has the skills, expertise, and the right tools for aerial photo inspection projects of any size.
Examples of uses:
construction progress
area surveys and mapping
structural inspections
infrastructure inspections
traffic pattern surveys
agricultural surveys
disaster zone and damage surveys for insurance companies
Architectural Rendering and Visualizations
We teamed up with Michael Berardesco’s professional rendering and simulation studio to offer our clients the ability to visually communicate their design concepts. This tool allows the developers, architects and planners to see and show an aerial view of their future projects for marketing, planning, investor outreach, or zoning purposes. You can see Michael’s excellent work on his website www.berardesco.com
What sets us apart from our competition?
Experience – Unlike many other drone operators and businesses, our team combines years of experience in remote controlled aircraft building and operations, aerial photography, and camera work to deliver a hassle-free solution to your aerial survey and inspection needs.
Expertise – we became the trusted voice in the UAV industry as the editors and contributors of the first drone magazine in the US market – The Multi-Rotor Pilot, and hosts of the nation’s first and most listened-to Multi-Rotor Podcast. Our close connections to both the UAS and photography industries help us deliver the latest and best solutions available on the market.
Reputation – from large builders with nationwide presence to smaller local companies and everyone in between, our clients appreciate our professional approach, full redundancy in our equipment, and the countless hours we spend evolving our skills and our equipment.
Results – our ever growing list of happy clients is a testament to our ability to deliver the expected results. We find it truly rewarding to see our client’s imagination expanded by the possibilities we offer.
Depending on desired format, quality, and the budget, we use two types of UAVs to perform aerial drone inspections and surveys.
Standard Lift DSLR Drones
Our Standard Lift drones offer a Panasonic GH4 DSLR cameras stabilized by the state-of-the-art three axis brushless gimbals, which provide crisp high resolution still images. We also offer seamless photo stitching to create impressive high-resolution panoramas or very large prints. For safety, these units are operated by a team of two people: the drone pilot and the camera operator, so each of them can fully focus on their roles. Per request, our clients are provided with SD or HD video downlink.
Action Cam/Compact Drones
Our action cam/compact category drones offer three-axis stabilized GoPro Hero4 camera, ideal for smaller projects and places where use of the larger frame drones may be unsafe, less practical, or simply outside of the intended budget. Our compact drones are controlled by single person who acts as a pilot and a camera operator. Per request, our clients are provided with an SD video downlink.
Rates
Each job is unique with many variable factors. Therefore, AerialDroneWorx prefers to quote on an individual project basis, after having discussed or been fully briefed on the proposed project.
There are a number of variables which may affect the quotation including the time of year, location, potential weather and other external shooting conditions, or associated risk of taking the job on.
We are happy to provide quotes in writing once we have received a full brief from the Client and been able to discuss the requirements and expectations of the shoot, and think you will find us fair, reasonable, and transparent.
However, we appreciate that sometimes, visitors to our site may just want a quick ballpark cost. Therefore as a quick guide, our “starting at” prices are as follows:
Standard/DSLR Drone aerial photography from $875 per location.
Action Cam/Compact Drone aerial photography from $375 per location
Availability&Booking
Due to the nature of the weather and the planning of shoots, we are very flexible when working with clients. Many of our jobs are booked very last minute. However we must have enough time to do pre-flight checks and ensure that the job can be undertaken safely.
We do require our clients to commit when booking our services and time. Unless the special circumstances or time doesn’t permit, we require 35% of the booking to be PAID IN ADVANCE.
Remote controlled aerial filming is naturally affected by the flying conditions. If we are not able to shoot due to weather (i.e rain, strong winds etc), we shall not charge the client if we can make arrangements for the shoot to happen at another time. The 35% booking fee is simply transferred to another day when we can shoot.
If the shoot cannot be re-scheduled (which we usually know in advance when quoting the job), we will discuss cancellation policy and potential fees with the Client and come to a fair and reasonable compromise.
If a job is cancelled due to other issues and simply not re-scheduled due to the client no longer requiring our services, the 35% deposit will not be refunded unless by a pre-agreement. If additional costs have been incurred (travel, accommodations), they will also have to be covered by the client.
Insurance
AerialDroneWorks carries a $1M UAV operator liability policy and full hull insurance on our equipment.