Drone Inspections
Close visual inspection of a structure that is awkward, expensive or unsafe to reach. We fly it, record it, and give you the imagery to make a decision from.
Close visual inspection of a structure that is awkward, expensive or unsafe to reach. We fly it, record it, and give you the imagery to make a decision from.
What it shows
- Cracking, spalling and displaced masonry
- Corrosion, rust staining and failed protective coatings
- Loose, missing or failed fixings and fastenings
- Failed sealant, pointing and joint detail
- Cladding damage, distortion and panel movement
- Water staining, ingress paths and blocked drainage
- Vegetation growth and debris accumulation
- Impact and storm damage
- Condition of parapets, copings and high-level detail
- Anything obscured from ground level
Save time and money with drone inspections — inspect annually, not only in a crisis.
Get in touchInspect more often, for less
The real cost of an inspection is rarely the inspector. It is the access — and because access is expensive, inspections get deferred, and deferred inspections turn small problems into large ones.
Flying changes the economics enough to change the behaviour. When looking at a structure costs a fraction of what it used to, it can be done annually rather than when something fails, and the record builds into something genuinely useful: a dated series showing how a defect has progressed rather than a single snapshot taken in a crisis.
It also makes the expensive visits shorter. Where hands-on inspection is genuinely needed, going up already knowing what is there — and carrying the right kit for it — turns a day of investigation into a targeted piece of work.
What you get
Save Time And Money With Drone Inspections
The real cost of inspecting a structure is almost never the inspector. It is the access. And because access is expensive, inspections get deferred — which is how a small defect becomes a large one.
Flying changes the arithmetic enough to change the behaviour. When looking at a structure costs a fraction of what it used to, it can be done annually rather than reactively, and the record builds into a dated series showing how something has progressed.
Clients regularly ask us to inspect:
- Building elevations, cladding and curtain walling
- Roofs, parapets and rooftop plant
- Masts, towers and antenna structures
- Bridges, gantries and highway structures
- Silos, tanks, hoppers and process plant
- Cranes and lifting structures
- Chimneys, flues and flare stacks
Fewer Climbs, Shorter Visits, Better Prepared
Where hands-on inspection is genuinely needed, an aerial survey first makes that visit far shorter. The team goes up already knowing what is there and carrying the right kit for it, instead of spending the day finding out.
That is often the biggest saving of all. An investigative climb becomes a targeted piece of work, and the expensive access is booked once, for the repair, rather than twice.
What we do not do is give you a structural opinion. We record condition at high resolution; assessment belongs to your engineer, and where a structure needs one we will say so rather than imply the photographs cover it.
Who asks for it
- Building surveyors and engineers
- Facilities and estates teams
- Insurers assessing damage
What clients get from working with us
Timescales
Most sites are surveyed within two working days of instruction, with reports sent 24 hours after surveys.
Deliverables
Orthomosaics, 3D models, point clouds, elevation sets and edited media, supplied in the formats your team already works in.
Coverage
Operating throughout the East and West Midlands, Yorkshire and East Anglia.
Compliance
Fully authorised and insured, with a site-specific risk assessment issued before every attendance.
Continuity
One point of contact from enquiry to delivery. Data is processed in-house and is never passed to a third-party bureau.
Certainty
A fixed written quotation against an agreed deliverable. No day rates and no variation after the event.
Questions
What can you inspect?
Anything we can see safely from the air and legally fly near — roofs, elevations, chimneys, masts, silos, bridges, industrial structures, plant on a roof. If we cannot get a clear line of sight, we say so before you commit.
Do you produce a structural report?
No. We produce the visual evidence. Structural assessment is an engineer's work and we will tell you plainly when that is what a job needs.
Do I need to be there?
No. We need safe access to somewhere to take off and land, and to know about anything on site we should avoid. You are welcome to be there if you would rather point things out in person.
What happens if the weather is wrong on the day?
We move it. Wind and rain make for unsafe flying and soft, unusable pictures, and a survey you cannot rely on is worse than no survey. We watch the forecast and give you as much notice as we can.
Is it legal to fly over my property?
Yes, within the rules. We hold a CAA Operational Authorisation and every flight is planned against the airspace, the surroundings and the people on and around the site before we attend. If a site needs a permission we cannot get, we tell you at enquiry rather than on the day.
Tell us about the site and we will take it from there
A site postcode and a sentence about what you need is enough to get started.
Get in touch
Provide a site postcode or boundary and a short description of the required output. We will confirm the deliverables, level of detail.
- A site postcode is sufficient to price most instructions
- Written quotation, in most cases the same working day
- Deliverables and formats agreed at instruction
info@midlandsaerialsurveys.co.uk
Stamford, Lincolnshire