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Professional drone guides — page 20

EU regulations, real prices, mission preparation: concrete answers before commissioning a drone service.

• Stadium and sports hall drone inspection: roof, structure, priceSteel trusses, tensioned membranes, gutters, floodlight masts: how drones inspect the large roofs of stadiums, arenas and sports halls without cherry pickers or rope access. Method, thermography, regulations, 2026 prices.
• Farm hedgerow mapping by drone: length, CAP subsidy, priceCAP conditionality (BCAE 8) requires farmers to maintain the hedgerows they declare, while France's hedgerow pact targets a net gain of 50,000 km by 2030. What drone mapping brings to a reliable hedge inventory. Method, 2026 prices.
• Facade diagnosis by drone before renovation: cracks, render, priceHow a drone diagnoses the condition of a facade before renovation work — cracks, render detachment, weak points — the regulatory framework involved, and observed 2026 pricing.
• Electrical substation drone inspection: thermography, method, priceBusbars, transformers, circuit breakers: aerial thermography spots hot spots in an HV/MV substation without exposing a technician or cutting power. Method, regulations, 2026 prices.
• Solar or wind farm technical due diligence by drone: method, deliverables, priceBefore buying a solar or wind farm, a drone audit objectively assesses the real condition of the modules or blades within days. Method, deliverable buyers expect, 2026 prices.
• Lighthouse and maritime signal inspection by drone: method, priceLighthouses at sea or ashore, beacon towers, navigation lights: how drones inspect towers, lanterns and masonry without scaffolding or heavy vessels. Framework, method, 2026 prices.
• Municipal road condition survey by drone: pavement distress mapping, pricePotholes, alligator cracking, rutting: how drones map the condition of municipal roads with high-resolution orthophotos and feed the works programme. Method, fit with classic survey vehicles, 2026 prices.
• Municipal cemetery mapping by drone: site plan, plot management, priceMissing or outdated cemetery plan, plot recovery procedures, extension: how a drone surveys a cemetery with centimetre orthophotos feeding the plan and register. Method, site-specific care, 2026 prices.
• Snow depth mapping by drone: grooming, snowmaking, ski resort pricesMeasuring snow depth run by run, optimising grooming and snowmaking: how drone photogrammetry maps a ski area's snow cover. Summer/winter method, limits, 2026 prices.
• Demolition and deconstruction with drones: site records, waste volumes, priceBefore, during and after demolition: records of adjoining buildings, support to pre-demolition audits, waste stockpile volumes, as-built surveys. What drones bring to demolition contractors and clients, 2026 prices.
• Floating solar farm drone inspection: thermography, floats, priceFloating photovoltaic plants on quarry lakes and reservoirs: why drones are near-indispensable — modules unreachable on foot, IEC 62446-3 thermography, floats and anchoring. Method and 2026 prices.
• Urban tree inventory by drone: census, decline detection, priceTaking stock of a municipality's trees, spotting declining subjects, prioritising expert assessments: what drones bring to urban tree management — crowns, heights, vegetation indices. Method, limits, 2026 prices.
• Drones and municipal emergency planning: preparing and managing crises, priceMunicipal emergency plans, floods, storms, fires: what a drone brings a French commune before a crisis (hazard mapping) and after (damage records, crisis-cell support), who flies, in what framework, at what price in 2026.
• Real estate due diligence by drone: technical audit before acquisition, priceAcquiring a property asset or portfolio without surprises: what a drone audit reveals in one day — roofs, terraces, façades, thermography — and how it fits the data room. Method, typical cases, 2026 prices.
• Golf courses and sports fields by drone: irrigation, turf condition, priceGolf courses under water restrictions, stadium pitches to maintain: how drones map turf condition (NDVI, thermal), target irrigation, locate drainage and leaks. Method, uses for greenkeepers and municipalities, 2026 prices.
• Construction site progress monitoring by drone: schedule, 4D BIM, priceComparing real construction progress against the schedule, feeding VEFA funding calls and site meetings: the drone photogrammetric monitoring method. Framework, 4D BIM, 2026 prices.
• Wood energy chip stockpile monitoring by drone: self-heating detection, cubage, priceWood chips and hog fuel in piles: how a thermal drone detects self-heating before fire breaks out and measures stock volume in the same flight. ICPE framework, method, 2026 prices.
• Airport runway inspection by drone: FOD, cracking, CTR regulations, priceCracking, FOD, faded markings, drainage: how a drone documents runway condition with minimal disruption to operations. Fit with the FOD walk, CTR framework and operator authorisation, 2026 prices.
• Construction disputes and expert witness reports: documenting defects by droneDisputed handover, decennial liability, façade or flat-roof defects: how drones make defects objective for a court-appointed or insurer's expert. Method, evidentiary value, 2026 prices.
• Mining subsidence and sinkholes: drone monitoring in post-mining basins, method and priceMining basins, sinkholes, gradual subsidence: how drones document and track post-mining ground movement over time. GEODERIS/PPRM framework, method, 2026 prices.
• Biogas plant inspection by drone: membranes, gas leaks, priceHow drones inspect digesters, double-membrane gas holders and covers at a biogas plant: thermography, methane leak detection, ATEX and permitting constraints, and observed 2026 pricing.