Carhart Plumbing's drone mapping and plan overlay services give South Florida project teams real-time aerial visibility of jobsite conditions — reducing conflicts, costly rework, and schedule delays before they happen. Drones captures current aerial imagery of your jobsite giving your project team real-time visual coordination.
See the Whole Job. Before It Becomes a Problem.
Carhart Plumbing's drone mapping and plan overlay service captures current aerial imagery of your jobsite and overlays
your architectural, civil, and construction plans directly onto the site — giving your project team
real-time visual coordination that catches conflicts, confirms layouts, and keeps the job moving before
small discrepancies become expensive problems.
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Drone Mapping & Plan Overlays — Real-Time Aerial Intelligence for
South Florida Construction Projects
Construction projects fail in the gap between what the plans show and what's
actually happening on the ground. A utility line in the wrong location, a foundation
poured six inches off layout, a plumbing rough-in that conflicts with a structural
element that wasn't fully coordinated — these are the kinds of field conditions
that generate change orders, delay inspections, and drive up project costs in ways
that are almost entirely preventable. The problem isn't the plans. The problem is
that nobody had a clear, current picture of the site when it mattered most.
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Carhart Plumbing now offers professional drone mapping and plan overlay services that close that gap.
We fly current aerial imagery of your jobsite and overlay your architectural, civil, MEP, and construction
documents directly onto the captured site data — giving your project team a precise, georeferenced view
of what's been built, what's been roughed in, and what's planned — all in the same frame. It's a tool that
general contractors, developers, engineers, and owners have needed for decades. The technology is now
here, and Carhart Plumbing is putting it to work on South Florida projects.
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•Progress Photography & Aerial Documentation
•Orthomosaic Mapping
•Plan-Overlay Services
•Progress Reporting & Construction Intelligence
•Volumetrics & Earthwork
•Roof, Facade & Building Inspections
•Marketing & Final-Project Media
•Recurring Flight Plans
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Aerial data, plan overlays, and construction intelligence for teams who need to see what's really happening on site — and prove it.
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Progress Photography & Aerial Documentation
Get a clear, dated visual record of your site from the air. Every flight is captured from consistent, repeatable viewpoints so week-over-week comparisons actually mean something — not just another drone photo, but a document you can build a timeline on.
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Fixed-point aerial photography from consistent viewpoints, scaled to your site size
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Photography paired with short-form video for a fuller picture of site conditions
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360-degree aerial panoramas for immersive, all-angle site context
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Rush turnaround available when a deadline, dispute, or stakeholder update can't wait
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Full raw photo and video archive available for internal records or legal documentation
Ideal for owners, GCs, and developers who want an ongoing visual paper trail without the overhead of managing it themselves.
Orthomosaic Mapping
An orthomosaic isn't a photo — it's a survey-accurate, georeferenced map of your entire site, stitched from hundreds of aerial images into a single high-resolution composite. It's the foundation every plan overlay, volumetric report, and progress comparison is built on.
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High-resolution orthomosaic mapping for sites of any size, from a single lot to a large development
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Digital surface models for elevation and terrain context
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3D point clouds and textured models for teams who need a full spatial dataset
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RTK/GCP ground-control accuracy upgrades when survey-grade precision is required
Whether you're tracking earthwork, planning phases, or simply need an accurate current-conditions map, orthomosaic mapping turns a flight into a document your whole team can work from.
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Plan-Overlay Services
This is where aerial data becomes a decision-making tool. We align your drone-captured orthomosaic directly against your civil, architectural, plumbing, or MEP drawings — so discrepancies between design and reality surface early, while they're still cheap to fix.
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Precision georeferencing and alignment of your first plan set to the flight data
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Support for complex CAD, DXF, and BIM file alignment
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Additional plan layers and drawing types layered onto the same site model
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Revised plan-set replacement as design changes roll in
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Recurring overlay refreshes tied to each new flight, so your overlay stays current through the whole build
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Annotated deviation and coordination reports that flag exactly where site conditions diverge from plan
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An interactive cloud viewer so stakeholders can toggle between plan and as-built conditions themselves
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Construction Plan Overlay Intelligence Package
Our most requested offering, built for teams who want the full picture in one deliverable:
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Site flight and high-resolution orthomosaic
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One civil, architectural, plumbing, or MEP plan overlay
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Current-condition comparison against the design
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Annotated site observations
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Shareable digital viewer for your team, lenders, or stakeholders
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Branded PDF summary report
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Two-year downloadable project archive
For larger or more complex sites — multiple plan layers, survey-grade control, video, and lender-ready reporting — this package scales to match the scope.
Progress Reporting & Construction Intelligence
Turn aerial data into documentation your investors, lenders, and project managers can actually use. From a simple dated photo log to a full milestone-verification package, we build reports around what your stakeholders need to see.
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Standard dated photo reports for straightforward progress records
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Annotated progress reports that call out what's changed and why it matters
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Previous-versus-current comparison reports for at-a-glance progress tracking
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Executive-level reports built for owners, investors, and boardroom presentations
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Lender-draw documentation packages that meet financing and disbursement requirements
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Quantity and milestone verification support for schedule and payment confirmation
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Claims and dispute documentation for teams who need a defensible, time-stamped record
Volumetrics & Earthwork
Precise, repeatable measurement of material on your site — without the guesswork.
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Single stockpile measurement for quick material checks
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Multiple stockpile inventory reporting across an active yard or site
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Cut/fill comparison to track earthwork against the plan
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Design-surface comparison to verify grading matches engineered specs
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Surveyor-reviewed and certified deliverables available for projects that require professional sign-off
Roof, Facade & Building Inspections
See the whole structure without the scaffolding, lifts, or safety risk. Our inspections combine high-resolution visual capture with thermal imaging to catch problems before they become expensive ones.
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Visual roof inspections for commercial buildings of any size
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Thermal roof inspections to identify moisture intrusion, insulation gaps, and hidden damage
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Facade documentation for maintenance planning, insurance, and compliance
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Multi-building and engineering-supported inspection programs for portfolios and large assets
Marketing & Final-Project Media
Once the work is documented, let's make it look as good as it performed. Our media team produces polished, story-driven content separate from technical deliverables — built for marketing, leasing, groundbreaking, and grand-opening moments.
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Edited aerial photo packages for listings, proposals, and press
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Short-form social progress reels to keep stakeholders and followers engaged through the build
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Project update videos for milestone announcements
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Groundbreaking and topping-out coverage packages
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Cinematic final-project films for completed builds
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Interior and exterior FPV fly-throughs for an immersive walk of the finished space
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Before-and-after videos that tell the project's story in one clip
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Full-project time-lapse edits compiled from months of recurring flights
Recurring Flight Plans
For projects that need ongoing coverage, we offer scheduled monthly plans so documentation happens automatically — no re-booking, no gaps in the record.
SiteView Essential
Best for custom homes, small commercial buildings, and renovation projects.
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One scheduled flight per month
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A curated set of edited photographs
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Fixed comparison viewpoints for consistent tracking
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Short aerial video
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Dated cloud folder for easy access
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Basic one-page progress summary
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Plan Overlay Pro
Best for commercial buildings, restaurants, medical facilities, and multifamily projects.
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Two scheduled flights per month
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Fresh orthomosaic after every flight
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One actively maintained plan overlay
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Previous-versus-current comparison each cycle
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Annotated monthly report
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Shareable project viewer for your team and stakeholders
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Image package formatted for owners, lenders, and investors
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One short monthly marketing reel
Weekly Construction Intelligence
Best for large-scale, fast-moving, or high-visibility developments.
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Four scheduled site visits per month
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Weekly progress photos and video
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Weekly orthomosaic updates
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Continuously updated plan overlay
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Monthly executive report
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Milestone and discrepancy annotations
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Material and equipment overview
This service was developed directly out of our experience managing complex plumbing scopes on commercial, industrial, and civil projects across Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties. We know what field coordination breakdowns look like from the inside — missed utility conflicts, underground plumbing that doesn't line up with architectural walls, grading conditions that affect drainage design, slabs that go in before the rough-in gets verified. Our drone mapping program was built to address exactly these failure points, because we've lived them on job sites for over two decades.
What We Capture and Overlay
Our drone flights produce high-resolution, georeferenced aerial imagery that is then processed and aligned with your project documents. Plan overlays can be applied at any project phase — pre-construction, during active construction, and for progress documentation and punch list verification.
Potential Conflicts Between Plans and Actual Field Conditions — The most valuable function of plan overlay is what it reveals before it becomes a problem. When an overlay shows a conflict between what was designed and what was built, you have the opportunity to resolve it at the planning table rather than with an excavator after the fact.
Our team processes captured imagery quickly and delivers overlays in formats compatible with your project management platforms, design software, and on-site review workflows. We work directly with your GC, project manager, MEP engineers, and design team to make sure the data is actionable from the moment it lands.
Building and Wall Layouts — Verify that structural and architectural elements are being built precisely where the plans call for them. Catch setback issues, alignment discrepancies, and layout errors before concrete is poured or framing is complete.
Underground Plumbing and Utilities — Overlay your utility plans against current site conditions to confirm that underground plumbing, electrical conduit, storm drainage, and other buried infrastructure is installed in the correct location before it's covered. This is the single highest-value application of plan overlay technology for plumbing contractors and civil engineers.
Landscaping and Hardscaping Locations — Coordinate landscape and hardscape placement against civil grading plans, drainage design, and underground utility routes — preventing the conflicts that show up when irrigation gets installed over a sewer lateral or a paver contractor cuts into a water main.
Foundations, Slabs, and Structural Elements — Confirm that foundation footprints, slab edges, and structural pours align with design documents before the next phase begins. Post-pour corrections are among the most expensive change orders on any project.
Site Access, Grading, and Project Progress — Document grading conditions, access routes, staging areas, and construction progress at any point in the project schedule. Provide owners, lenders, and inspection authorities with accurate, timestamped aerial documentation that reflects actual field conditions.