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Drone Construction Progress Report Example

Opening sections, freeWritten from 04 Construction progress report

This is a worked example, not a real survey. Every name, address and finding is invented. It shows how the template reads once the placeholders are filled in and the guidance notes are deleted.

Construction Progress Report

Riverside Phase 2 - visit 7

Report referenceAER-2026-198
ClientKestrel Construction, c/o M. Ivanova, project manager
SiteRiverside Phase 2, Plovdiv
Visit number7 of 14
Date of survey18 June 2026
Previous survey21 May 2026 - report AER-2026-171
Surveyed byA. Petrov, operator BGR-OP-4471

1. Summary

Aerial survey 7 of Riverside Phase 2 was flown on 18 June 2026, 28 days after the previous visit.

This visitPrevious visitChange
Area with slab poured3,420 m22,180 m2+1,240 m2
Frame erected - floors42+2
Stockpile volume, north compound1,860 m32,410 m3-550 m3

Against programme: broadly on schedule for the frame, approximately 10 days behind on the podium slab, based on the programme issued on 4 April 2026.

2. Scope

Periodic aerial photographic record of the whole site for progress monitoring and record purposes.

Not within scope: quality inspection, workmanship assessment, compliance checking, structural assessment, setting-out verification, statutory health and safety inspection.

A worked section, from later in the report

RefLocationObservationRaised with
O-01Zone A, level 2 eastEdge protection absent to approx. 6 m of slab edgeSite manager, 18/06/2026
O-02Haul road, southStanding water across full width, approx. 12 m-
O-03Zone C compoundMaterials stacked within the crane oversail area-

The rest of this report

The sections below are in the full document, which ships as an editable .docx and a finished PDF inside the pack.

  • 3. Limitations
  • 4. Method
  • 5. Progress by area
  • 6. Observations
  • 7. Deliverables issued with this report
  • 8. Next visit
  • Operator details
When would I send this?

Monthly, on the same date each visit, into the valuation pack - the quantity surveyor and the client's project manager are the readers, not the site team. Send it within a day or two of the flight, while it still describes the site as it stands. Consistency beats depth here: same flight path, same sections, same order every month, because the value is in comparing this visit against the last one.