CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS MONITORING · CENTRAL OHIO
Orthomosaics registered to your site plan, progress stills from fixed camera stations and flyover video, captured on the same flight paths every visit and delivered within 48 hours, ready for Procore. Flown by the same Columbus-based, FAA Part 107 certified pilot on every visit.
48-hour delivery guarantee: late files, that visit is free.
Site walks eat superintendent hours and still miss roofs, basins and the site-wide picture. An aerial program replaces them with a record no one can argue with.
THE TRADITIONAL SITE WALK
THE ARO AERIAL PROGRAM
National drone networks dispatch whichever pilot is free. ARO is a Columbus owner-operator, so the person who learns your site, your super and your gate code is the one who flies it every time.
| ARO AERIAL · LOCAL CREW | NATIONAL DRONE NETWORK | |
|---|---|---|
| Who flies | The same certified pilot on every visit | Whichever marketplace pilot accepts the job |
| Milestone calls | Flown within 3 business days, often sooner | Depends on pilot availability in the area |
| Site knowledge | Knows your site, super, access and crane schedule | Re-briefed for each new pilot |
| Consistency | Same flight plans, stations and processing every visit | Equipment and settings vary by pilot |
| Accountability | One local point of contact who answers the phone | Support desk between you and the pilot |
Real ARO orthomosaics from DroneDeploy, cropped to one georeferenced frame so every visit lines up with the last.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
A ground-up commercial build on a 16.4-acre lot beside US-33. ARO flew a baseline over bare, overgrown ground in November 2024, then returned through the job with the same flight plan: 15 mapped visits, plus progress photos, panoramas and flyover video.
Each map was published in DroneDeploy with the civil site plan overlaid, so the team could check work in place against design from anywhere: mass grading and stockpiles in winter, the building shell in spring, yard base course by July and paved drive aisles by fall. The slider runs from untouched ground to a working site, 323 days apart.
SAME FRAME, EVERY VISIT
Use quick stills for milestones, mapped visits for routine progress, and engineering-grade capture when you need surfaces and quantities.
TIER 1
$650 / visit
Best for foundations, underground before backfill, steel and dry-in. $450 a visit on monthly programs.
Book a milestone visitTIER 2
Most requested$2,150 / month
Monthly program price. One-off mapped visits from $1,650.
Start a progress programTIER 3
from $3,450 / project
Best for pre-construction topo, mass grading and as-builts.
Scope an engineering captureMBE · EDGE CERTIFIED
EDGE certification supports Ohio state contracting participation goals, and MBE certification supports owner, institutional and municipal diversity commitments. Add ARO to your bid as a certified subconsultant.
Mapping level is chosen per visit. Fly Basic for routine progress, then step up when a phase needs measured quantities or a true ground surface.
BASIC MAPPING
Included with Tier 2
STANDARD MAPPING
Quoted per visit
PREMIUM MAPPING · LIDAR
From $4,500
Accuracy values are typical and checked against project checkpoints and benchmarks on every job. Work tied to your surveyor's control is not a stamped survey.
Open real samples before you book, and see how the files land in the tools your team already uses.
Larger sites are quoted by size. Travel within 50 miles of Columbus is included; beyond that, mileage at the IRS rate. Larger, multi-phase or linear sites are quoted from your site plan.
| PROGRAM | VISITS | INCLUDES | PRICE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Stills | 1 / month | One Tier 1 visit, dated cloud archive | From $450 / mo |
| Bi-Weekly Stills | 2 / month | Two Tier 1 visits, comparison sets, dated cloud archive | Custom quote |
| Monthly Progress | 1 / month | Stills, orthomosaic and a 60-second update video, Procore upload | From $2,150 / mo |
| Bi-Weekly Progress | 2 / month | Two Tier 2 mapped visits, monthly video and summary, Procore upload | Custom quote |
| Weekly Progress | 4–5 / month | Weekly Tier 2 visits, all milestone visits, Procore upload, 360° panorama | Custom quote |
Weather reschedules are free. Monthly programs have a 3-month minimum.
Data centers, distribution and advanced manufacturing are driving recurring progress work across the region. Each comes with its own documentation needs.
Bi-weekly Tier 2 visits run underneath, with the right tier added at each milestone.
ARO Aerial holds sole responsibility for FAA compliance on every flight, so your team doesn't have to manage it.
Aircraft and commercial general aviation liability through Global Aerospace, policy term May 2026 to May 2027.
5.0 average from 30 Google reviews · Read them on Google
★★★★★"ARO Aerial does a fantastic job of creating an overall site plan for my construction site. … His drone film is a huge help to determine a week over week work completion of the site, with very detailed images capable of zoom."
★★★★★"[ARO] comes to the construction site weekly. They are very professional and knowledgeable."
★★★★★"If you are working with any type of infrastructure, surveying, land acquisition, utilities etc, you should call and ask what ARO CAN DO FOR YOU. I was surprised at the capability to not only solve existing problems but also the information gained to head off future issues."
No. Basic and Standard maps are for progress and approximate quantities. For work that must match the survey, ARO ties ground control to your licensed surveyor's control; the surveyor certifies any stamped deliverable.
Stills, orthomosaics, video and reports within 48 hours; if they're late, that visit is free. LiDAR and control-tied products within 5 business days. Rush turnaround is available.
Yes. ARO signs NDAs, follows owner escort and badging rules, shares files only with the people you approve, and never posts imagery without written permission.
We call it by 7:00 a.m. and reschedule within 2 business days at no charge. Milestones that are about to be covered get the first safe window.
You get an unlimited license for project, owner, safety, claims and marketing use. ARO keeps project data for 12 months after closeout.
FREE QUOTE · 1 BUSINESS DAY
Upload the plan, or just share the address, acreage and schedule. We'll recommend a tier, mapping level and cadence for your project.
Book a 15-minute scoping callSend us the site address and your schedule
Add a site plan or boundary if you have one. You'll get a fixed-price quote within one business day.
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