1 min readProfitable Construction is About Revealing the Unknown

The site – and even what exists on it – is often one of the great mysteries when it comes to design because getting accurate records is time consuming and expensive.

Consequently, the site is a risk and contracts place that risk on a “competent contractor.”

For construction estimators working on feasibilities or bids and administrators dealing with progressive claims, getting accurate site measurements means working with a land surveyor. As an alternative to this traditional workflow, estimators will make assumptions and administrators will rely upon day sheets, weigh bridge data or truck counts to prepare and assess claims.

The result is that heavy losses can be incurred or bids lost because of mistakes, poor assumptions, and incorrect or incomplete records.

This is where drones and data analytics come in handy, because technology is reshaping the world we live in and overturning traditional workflows with cheaper, faster and more accurate methods.

Drones are particularly interesting because it’s an example of how tech can cut through licensing barriers and red tape; currently the barriers to using drones are the…