Construction drone photography and video in Brisbane
Progress documentation flown the same way every time: fixed-waypoint aerial stills and 4K video, month after month, so the only thing that changes between frames is the build.
Construction drone photography is aerial stills and 4K video of a project, flown from the same saved waypoints on every visit so each month's frames line up with the last. Hover flies it across Brisbane and South East Queensland under CASA ReOC #9398 with $28M public liability, in daylight as standard and after dark under a night VLOS approval that covers photography and video. Stills come as RAW plus delivery JPEG, video in 4K/60. Indicative pricing as at October 2026, exclusive of GST: a single shoot from a few hundred dollars, with recurring progress programs priced per visit for the life of the project.
Same frame, every month
Progress capture runs on saved waypoints: identical positions, headings and focal lengths each visit. Laid side by side, the series shows the project moving, with no re-framing and no guesswork about what changed. As the structure rises, new positions are added to the plan and flown every visit after that, so the record keeps pace with the build.
| Stills | RAW + DELIVERY JPEG |
|---|---|
| Video | 4K/60 |
| Method | SAVED WAYPOINTS — REPEATABLE |
| Cadence | MONTHLY OR MILESTONE |
| Hours | DAYLIGHT · NIGHT VLOS FOR PHOTO + VIDEO |
WAYPOINT FRAME 01Tenders, boards and communities
The same library feeds tender submissions, board reporting, community updates and marketing. Each visit captures cinematic passes for the hero shots and disciplined documentation frames for the record.
Builders and contractors
A dated, frame-matched record of the works for monthly reporting, client updates and the conversation about what was finished when.
Developers and owners
Progress you can see without a site visit, and the footage for marketing, investor updates and the launch.
Councils and project teams
Community updates, board packs and a public record of a project's progress, from the same visits.
What a visit delivers
| Documentation frames | The saved waypoints, flown identically, as RAW and delivery JPEG |
|---|---|
| Video | 4K/60 footage, with graded exports cut for tender, board pack or social |
| The series | Frame-matched month on month, so progress reads at a glance |
| Raw footage | Kept for future edits; raw imagery is retained for at least three years |
| Use | A perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable licence for the project, on payment |
Flying over a live construction site
Flights are timed with the site manager around crane movements and crew activity. Hover doesn't fly directly over anyone outside the operation, and a JSA and site-specific flight documentation go across before mobilisation, with a SWMS wherever the site requires one.
Much of Brisbane sits in controlled airspace. Routine work clears through the automated airspace authorisation service, which only ReOC holders can use; anything non-standard, such as flying over people or above 120 m, needs a CASA application lodged at least 60 days out. Both are raised at scoping.
Aerial frames and fixed time-lapse cameras
A fixed time-lapse camera watches one view continuously, which is ideal for showing a single elevation rise day by day. Monthly aerial frames show the whole site from consistent positions, including the parts a pole-mounted camera can't see, and add video when the story needs movement. Plenty of projects run both: the camera for the daily rhythm, the drone for the full picture.
Photos show progress; they don't measure it. Where a claim, a dispute or a quantity needs numbers, the same visit can be scoped as a mapping capture: an orthomosaic and surfaces from a drone topographic survey, plus stockpile or earthworks volumes.
From the current library
Questions we get at scoping
Q/01How much does construction drone photography cost?
A single aerial photography or video shoot around Brisbane typically starts from a few hundred dollars, exclusive of GST, with recurring progress-capture programs priced per visit across the life of the project. Hover scopes each brief and quotes in writing within one business day.
Q/02How does repeatable progress capture work?
Waypoints, camera headings and focal lengths are saved on the first visit and re-flown identically each cycle. The resulting series is frame-matched, so monthly comparisons show construction progress rather than photographic variation.
Q/03How often should a project be flown?
Monthly suits most builds and lines up with reporting cycles. Milestone visits work where progress comes in steps: slab pours, topping out, handover. The waypoints stay saved between visits either way, so a milestone frame still matches the ones before it.
Q/04What formats do we receive?
Full-resolution stills in RAW plus delivery-ready JPEG, and video in 4K/60 with graded exports cut to your use, whether that's tender, board pack or social. Raw footage remains available for future edits.
Q/05Can you fly over an active construction site?
Yes, with the flight planned around the work on site. Timing is agreed with the site manager around crane movements and crew activity, Hover doesn't fly directly over anyone outside the operation, and the JSA and flight documentation go across before the first visit.
Q/06Can we use the images in tenders, reports and marketing?
Once the job is paid you hold a perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable licence to use, copy, modify and share the final images and video for the project they were captured for and the ongoing management of that asset: progress reports, board packs, tender stages and marketing. If you want to use them beyond that project, in a capability statement or a tender for other work, say so at scoping.
Q/07Can one shoot serve marketing and the project record?
Yes, that's the intended design. Each visit captures both the disciplined documentation frames and cinematic material, so the same mobilisation feeds reporting and promotion without a second visit.
Q/08Can you shoot at night or at dusk?
Yes. Hover holds a night VLOS approval, so dusk and after-dark aerial photography and video can be scoped where the shot calls for it. Survey, mapping and inspection work stays in daylight, because those deliverables depend on even light to resolve surface detail.
Scope this for your site
Send the asset and the deliverable you need. A scoped method and quote come back within one business day.
HARRY BILLING — CHIEF REMOTE PILOT
0411 445 458
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CASA ReOC #9398 · $28M PUBLIC LIABILITY