Drone Services in Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines is two hours east of us on I-80. The metro's data-center campuses in West Des Moines, Altoona and Waukee, its distribution and manufacturing roofs, and the ethanol and grain facilities around it are the kind of sites we built the service for.

What the Des Moines metro hires us for

Data-center construction documentation and rooftop thermal under an NDAA aircraft policy. Warehouse and distribution roof inspection in Ankeny, Altoona and along I-35 and I-80. Thermal surveys of ethanol and grain facilities, with safety findings cited to the OSHA standard. Mapping and 3D models for contractors and engineers.

• Drone roof inspection — every facet measured, pitch stated as a ratio, damage photos annotated, radiometric thermal for wet insulation
• Thermal drone inspection — calibrated temperature in every pixel, hot spots and cold spots as findings, heat scans draped on the 3D model
• Drone mapping and 3D models — orthomosaic, contours, point cloud, textured model, roof outlines as CAD in your state plane
• Construction progress documentation — scheduled flights you can compare month to month
• Agriculture drone imagery — crop stress maps, spray-ready field files, drainage and terrace documentation

Why the aircraft matters here

Our aircraft is a Freefly Astro Max, built in the United States, NDAA-compliant and Blue UAS listed. Data centers, substations, utilities and government sites that bar foreign-made drones can clear it. Survey-grade RTK positioning, a 61-megapixel camera and a radiometric thermal camera fly on the same airframe, so one flight produces the map, the model and the heat scan.

What you get

Everything lands in your own private portal: the map, the model, the photos with a number on every frame, findings with the photo behind each one, and a whiteboard link that walks a crew to the exact spot on a phone. Safety findings cite the OSHA standard. Drone companies can run their own business on the same portal.

Nearby

West on I-80 we fly Council Bluffs and Omaha. Call or text (402) 941-4209 with what you need looked at, and you get a scope and one number before anyone flies.

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