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Infrastructure & asset inspections

Start with the asset and the decision. Compare specialist teams on inspection expertise, site integration, reporting and long-term access to your data.

Start with the right scope

For a complex asset, flight capability is only one part of the commission. Set out the components to inspect, required defect detail, site interfaces and engineering decisions the results will support. Consider how repeat inspections will be compared.

Deliverables to agree

  • An asset register or inspection scope with component identifiers
  • Traceable imagery and observations against each asset
  • Engineering analysis or condition grading where commissioned
  • A clear format for data export and integration with your systems

Four questions for your shortlist

  1. What relevant experience does the team have with this asset class?
  2. Who approves the inspection method and interprets defects?
  3. How are operational interfaces, access and site constraints managed?
  4. Who owns the data, and what remains accessible after any software contract ends?
An aerial image does not automatically establish structural integrity or fitness for service. Include the appropriate technical review in the scope when decisions depend on it.

Your starting brief

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Providers advertising this service

Featured placement first, then specialist focus and alphabetical order. Availability and scope need confirmation.

Managed pilot network

Drone Assisted

Featured listing
Useful for: Managed, multi-service bookings

Managed UK pilot network covering inspections, mapping, aerial media and specialist assignments. Clients submit a brief and the network matches the required pilot capability, with central coordination through to delivery.

  • Managed coordination across different service types
  • Scope and capability checked for each assignment

Check before booking: Specialist equipment and local availability need confirmation.

Publisher commercially connected with Drone Assisted.

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Industrial inspection specialist

Cyberhawk

Useful for: Large asset programmes

Industrial inspection and aerial-data company serving utilities, energy, oil and gas, renewables and major capital projects. It combines drone capture, engineering-led inspection and geospatial surveying with its iHawk data-management platform.

  • Industrial asset inspections spanning several specialist sensor methods.
  • Geospatial mapping and construction records within a wider service offer.

Check before booking: Separate fieldwork, analysis, software and integration responsibilities.

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Remote-sensing specialist

iRed

Useful for: Thermal & sensor-led surveys

Remote-sensing and thermal-imaging business offering drone inspections of roofs, buildings, solar installations and power lines, alongside measured surveys. Its wider business also supplies equipment and training, which should be distinguished from commissioned survey services.

  • Dedicated building and solar thermography service descriptions.
  • Measured-survey outputs with example file formats listed.

Check before booking: Distinguish commissioned surveys from equipment purchase and training.

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Geospatial consultancy

Plowman Craven

Useful for: Rail & infrastructure surveys

Multidisciplinary surveying and geospatial business with a specialist rail offering. Its Vogel Freedom UAS system sits within a wider mix of surveying, monitoring, modelling and infrastructure data services.

  • Aerial work within a wider geospatial service
  • Dedicated rail and infrastructure positioning

Check before booking: Define the boundary between capture, modelling and advisory work.

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Property survey business

Drone Site Surveys

Useful for: Roof & building inspections

Property and construction survey business offering roof inspections, thermal work, measured surveys and progress monitoring. The published approach places particular emphasis on organised inspection imagery and accessible reporting.

  • Roof evidence organised for easier location
  • Optional surveyor-led reporting and measured outputs

Check before booking: Confirm the precise reporting level in your package.

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Property inspection specialist

Full View

Useful for: Roof condition & thermal

Oxfordshire-based surveying business offering residential and commercial roof inspections, thermal and solar surveys, construction monitoring, mapping and stockpile measurement. Its roof service includes interpretation and reporting; the company states that it does not undertake repairs.

  • Roof inspections with reporting and maintenance recommendations.
  • Residential and commercial report examples for buyers to examine.

Check before booking: Confirm whether interpretation and thermal capture are included in your package.

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Surveying & project media

Sky Revolutions

Useful for: Construction & progress

Surveying and media business with a strong construction focus. It brings together aerial and land surveys, condition inspections, thermal imaging, drone filming and fixed-camera timelapse.

  • Ground and aerial surveying within one offering
  • Construction timelapse alongside drone services

Check before booking: Specify which outputs are measurable and which are visual records.

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