Quote. Scope. Verify.

Your site measured before you price it, verified after you finish it.

You price jobs you have not walked and defend work nobody photographed. We measure the site by air before you quote, record it before you start and verify it when you are done. What comes back is a report: measurements, findings and the evidence behind them.

Drone view straight down on a tracked excavator cutting a bench on a cleared earthworks pad, with spoil heaps and plant tracks in sandy ground

Overview

The job, measured and on record.

Pricing a job off a client's description costs you the margin or the job. Proving the work was done to spec, weeks later and standing on the ground, is harder still. We give you both ends of the job: the areas, lengths, falls and volumes to price off before you drive out, and an as-built record that shows what was built, where and to what extent. When a variation or a completion is disputed, the finding is already written down and dated.

We capture the site to a stated specification, process the imagery into an orthomosaic and digital surface model, and take the measurements you asked for. An engineer reads the result against your scope or the design and writes the findings in plain terms, with the evidence behind each one. We are based in Newcastle, and the Hunter, New England (Tamworth included) and the Central West are driving distance, so the quote carries no fly-in cost. The price is fixed for the deliverable, not the hours.

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Uses

Five jobs contractors bring us.

Quoting survey

An orthomosaic of the site with the areas, lengths and volumes you need to price it, plus the access issues, visible services and constraints that would otherwise turn up on day one. The quote goes in with numbers behind it.

Scoping survey

Condition, materials, drainage paths, stockpiles and site constraints recorded before work starts and tagged to zones. The pre-start record of what was already there before you arrived.

Post-delivery verification

An as-built drone survey when the job is done: measurements and dated imagery that show what was built against the scope, with finished extents and surfaces compared to the design or the quote.

Progress reporting

For larger jobs, the site captured at agreed intervals and matched positions, with quantities and progress recorded for the client or the head contractor at each visit.

Variation and claim support

When the scope changes on site, a dated record of the ground as found: the rock, the water, the exposed services or the extra area the variation is claimed for.

Deliverables

What you get back.

Every job returns a report written for the person who reads it: the owner pricing the job, the project manager answering the client or the head contractor's engineer checking the claim. The outputs below are agreed at the quote and set out in the report.

Orthomosaic of the site, scaled and dated, with the measured areas, lengths and volumes marked on it
Measurement schedule: the quantities you asked for, how each one was taken and the accuracy it was taken to
Site constraints record: access, visible services (pits, poles, hydrants, meters), drainage paths, stockpiles, trees, structures and neighbours noted on the orthomosaic
Pre-start condition record of the ground, kerbs, pavements and structures as found, tagged to zones
As-built record: finished extents and surfaces compared against the scope or the design, with the differences listed
Progress record: quantities and change at each visit, measured at matched positions on an agreed interval and reported against the previous visit
Variation evidence: the changed ground, the extra area or the obstruction, dated and measured

The report

Reported as an Engineering Condition & Evidence Report.

Every engagement returns the same six parts, whatever the asset. The service-specific outputs above sit inside it.

01
Capture to a stated specification
Ground sample distance, overlap and accuracy are set before the flight and recorded.
02
Defects mapped to asset IDs and zones
Every finding is located on an orthomosaic or model, not left in a folder of photos.
03
Condition or criticality rating
Rated against a declared standard: severity by likelihood.
04
Recommended action and timeframe
What to do about each rated defect, and by when.
05
Evidence annex
Hashed originals, metadata, capture log and a chain-of-custody statement.
06
Areas not inspected and limitations
Stated plainly, so the report is read for what it covers.

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Process

Three touchpoints, then the report.

Quote

You send the site address and what you need to price, and our fixed quote reaches you within 24 hours of the enquiry. We confirm what to measure, capture the site and return the orthomosaic with the quantities in the timeframe set in that quote.

Scope

Before work starts, we record the site as found: condition, materials, drainage, stockpiles and constraints, tagged to zones on the orthomosaic.

Verify

When the work is done, we capture it again at matched positions and compare the finished job against the scope or the design. The as-built record states what was built, to what extent and where it differs.

Deliver

An engineer reviews the measurements, writes the findings and sends the report with its evidence annex, ready if the job is ever questioned. It is yours to hand to the client, the head contractor or your solicitor.

Limits

What the report is, and is not.

The report is a measured, visual record of the site taken by air, to the specification stated in it. Ground hidden by vegetation, water, plant, stockpiles or structures is listed as not inspected, and what lies below the surface is not seen. The outputs are engineering survey and mapping; they are not a cadastral or registered survey, and boundaries and levels for title are outside what we provide.

Every measurement states how it was taken and to what accuracy. Any engineering certification of the works is the client's engineer's call; our report gives that engineer the measurements and the dated record to work with.

Common questions

Quote. Scope. Verify., answered.

What does a quoting survey cost?

The price is fixed for the deliverable, not set by the hour. The quote is set by the size of the site, what has to be measured and the accuracy it has to be measured to. A single visit is quoted as a visit; a programme across all three touchpoints is quoted as a programme. Sites in the Hunter, New England and the Central West carry no fly-in costs.

Can I price a job off the measurements?

That is what they are for. The measurements are taken off an orthomosaic captured to a stated specification, and the report says how each one was taken and to what accuracy. They are engineering measurements for pricing and verification, not a cadastral or registered survey. Where ground control is needed for the accuracy you want, it is set out in the quote.

Will the as-built record hold up if the client disputes the job?

It is built for that. The as-built record is dated, the originals are hashed and logged, and the report lists what was and was not inspected, so the head contractor's engineer or your solicitor has a record to work with rather than a recollection. Whether it is admitted is a matter for the tribunal or court that hears the dispute; the record is prepared so that it can be.

Do I need to meet you on site?

No. Send the address, the extent of the area and any gate or access arrangements, and we let you know when the capture is done. If the site has its own induction, we complete it before the visit.

Fixed quote within 24 hours

Send us the site address and what you need to price or prove.

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