Construction Progress Monitoring
High-Fidelity Progress Monitoring for Construction
Construction progress monitoring gives you a clear, independent record of what is happening on site at every stage. With drone imagery and 3D models, you see each pour, lift and milestone without sending someone up scaffolding. Nexus Analytics turns this data into simple reports that keep owners, GCs and consultants aligned.
For Project Leaders Demanding Certainty
This service is engineered for construction professionals who require absolute clarity to control schedules and budgets.
For General Contractors & Project Managers:
- Problem: Subjective progress reports and disputed work-in-place create payment delays and friction with subcontractors.
- Outcome: Eliminate disputes with objective, time-stamped visual evidence that validates pay applications and keeps cash flow moving.
For Owners, Developers & EPCs:
- Problem: Limited site access and infrequent updates create a disconnect between project plans and on-the-ground reality.
- Outcome: Gain comprehensive oversight of project milestones from anywhere, reduce costly site visits, and provide stakeholders with clear, compelling progress updates
What's Included in Our Progress Monitoring Service
Our service is a complete solution for site visibility, providing recurring data capture and intuitive reporting.
Recurring Aerial Capture
Choose from weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly flights to match your project's velocity and reporting needs.
Site-Wide Orthomosaics
Receive a high-resolution, georeferenced 2D map of your entire job site, stitched together from hundreds of images.
Interactive 3D Models
Explore a detailed digital twin of your site to understand topography, elevation, and spatial relationships.
Annotated Progress Photos
Key areas of interest are documented with high-resolution, targeted imagery.
Timeline & Plan Overlays
Compare progress over time with timeline sliders and overlay design files (CAD/BIM) onto current site maps to verify as-built conditions against plans.
Secure Stakeholder Portal
Share progress effortlessly with a secure, web-based portal accessible to your team, clients, and investors.
How Our Drone-Based Workflow Works
We plan each flight around your critical milestones and safety requirements:
- Drones capture consistent, high-resolution imagery over the full site in minutes, even in areas that are hard or unsafe to reach on foot.
- Then we process that data into orthomosaics, 3D models and simple reports that highlight changes from one visit to the next.
- The result is construction progress monitoring that keeps owners, GCs and consultants aligned, reduces disputes and gives you a clear record long after the project closes.
Actionable Deliverables for Your Workflow
You receive processed, engineering-grade data formatted for immediate use.
Deliverables:
- High-Resolution Orthomosaic Maps (GeoTIFF, JPG)
- 3D Point Clouds & Models (LAS, OBJ)
- Annotated PDF Progress Reports
- Secure link to a hosted cloud viewer for interactive analysis and sharing
Uncompromising Accuracy and Technology
Sensors
We utilize high-resolution RGB sensors to capture crisp, detailed imagery capable of resolving fine details on your job site.
Positioning
Our drones are equipped with RTK/PPK positioning technology to achieve survey-grade accuracy. Where absolute precision is critical, we establish Ground Control Points (GCPs) to ensure data aligns perfectly with your site coordinates.
Consistency
Repeatable, autonomous flight paths guarantee that data captured on different dates is perfectly aligned, enabling true apple-to-apples comparisons over the project lifecycle.
Turnaround Times & Service Level Agreements
We deliver actionable intelligence at the speed your project demands.
- Standard Delivery: Your complete data package and report are typically delivered within 24-48 hours following the flight.
- Rush Options: Expedited processing is available for urgent requirements. Please specify during your quote request.
Common Use Cases & Scenarios
Progress Verification
Validate work-in-place for monthly pay applications.
Subcontractor Oversight
Monitor the progress of multiple trades across the site.
Before & After Documentation
Capture site conditions pre-construction and post-completion.
Change Order Evidence
Provide irrefutable documentation to validate change orders.
Weather Event Documentation
Quickly assess and document the impact of a storm or weather event.
Why Construction Progress Monitoring Matters
Construction projects move quickly, and teams rarely have time to walk every area of the site. Construction progress monitoring gives you objective, time-stamped evidence of work in place, so you can compare actual progress against schedules, budgets and pay applications. Instead of relying only on written reports or cell-phone pictures, you get structured imagery and 3D data that anyone on the team can review.
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