I used to think drone site surveys were just for show until one saved a project in Austin

We were laying out a foundation pad in a tight downtown lot, and the old survey stakes got knocked over by a delivery truck. My foreman said, 'Let's try the drone we rented,' so we flew it for twenty minutes. The ortho map it made showed we were off by almost two feet from the original plan because of the messed up stakes. We fixed the layout that afternoon instead of waiting days for a new survey crew. Anyone else have a tech tool they wrote off that actually saved a big mistake?

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jordan_hill14d ago

Can't believe you were two feet off.

anderson.taylor14d ago

What are you even talking about... two feet off from what? That could be anything from a golf putt to a parking job. Give us some context here. Without it, the comment just sounds like you're nitpicking something tiny. Honestly, being that close is usually good enough anyway.

wren_mitchell13d ago

So a two foot mistake on a foundation pad is huge, that's basically a whole column line. What kind of building was it for, like a multi-story thing? That error would have messed up everything from the steel to the cladding later on.