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Dropped $1200 on a drone for site surveys and it's the best call I've made all year.
We were doing a big grading job in Austin and I needed to track cut and fill daily. The drone mapped the whole 15-acre site in under an hour. It paid for itself in two weeks by catching a sub's mistake early. Who else is using drones instead of traditional survey crews now?
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robert_rodriguez662mo agoTop Commenter
That point about catching a sub's mistake early is huge. I read a case study where a construction company used drone data to prove they built a road base to the exact specs, and it saved them from a huge lawsuit when the asphalt failed. The detail you get from those maps is crazy. It's not just about speed, it's about having a perfect record of every single day on site. That's a game changer for liability and keeping projects on track.
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the_susan1mo ago
Totally get what you're saying, robert_rodriguez66. That perfect daily record is like having an insurance policy you actually use. I can't imagine the stress of a lawsuit without that kind of proof. Makes you wonder how many old disputes would have gone differently with today's tech.
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diana8292mo ago
Wait, isn't the drone data just for reference though? I thought you still needed a licensed surveyor to sign off on the official grades for legal stuff.
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