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AEC Drone Services
Tampa, Florida

Full-lifecycle aerial documentation for commercial construction projects in Tampa, Brandon, St. Pete, and throughout the Tampa Bay metro. Aerial photogrammetry, MEP capture, 360° walkthroughs, and digital twin hand-off.

Built for Tampa's AEC Industry

Tampa Bay's commercial construction market is among the most active in Florida. The I-4 corridor connecting Tampa to Orlando is seeing sustained commercial and mixed-use development, and the broader Tampa metro — including Brandon, Riverview, Wesley Chapel, and St. Pete — has a deep pipeline of ground-up commercial construction that demands the kind of documentation-intensive approach SkyGator is built for.

General contractors on Tampa commercial projects face the same documentation challenges that drive AEC drone adoption everywhere: out-of-state ownership groups that can't visit the site regularly, lenders requiring defensible progress documentation for draw approvals, and facility managers who will need permanent as-built records at handoff. SkyGator provides all of it — aerial to ground-level — from a single source.

SkyGator is based in Orlando and serves the Tampa metro with the same full-lifecycle engagement model applied to all projects — pre-construction baseline through certificate of occupancy, with MEP X-Ray documentation, regular progress walkthroughs, and final digital twin hand-off.

$8.4B+
Tampa Bay construction market annual value
3 counties
Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco — all served
1 day
Typical response time to scope requests
≤3cm
Horizontal accuracy with RTK GPS
What We Deliver
AEC Drone Services for Tampa, FL

Every SkyGator engagement is scoped to the specific project — capture frequency, deliverable format, and integration with existing workflows. All services available as standalone engagements or as part of a full-lifecycle documentation package.

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Aerial Photogrammetry

Georeferenced orthomosaic maps, 3D point clouds, and terrain models at ≤3cm accuracy using DJI Matrice with RTK GPS. Deliverables include .DWG contour files, volumetric reports, and annotated PDF documentation for permit, lender, and engineering use.

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360° Virtual Walkthroughs

8K 360° interior captures of construction sites at any phase. Remote stakeholders walk the building virtually without site visits. Floor plan navigation, time-travel phase comparisons, and shareable links for ownership groups and project managers.

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MEP X-Ray Documentation

Pre-drywall 360° capture of all mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems before walls close. Creates a permanent visual record of every wall cavity — eliminating costly exploratory demolition on future repairs or renovations.

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Digital Twin Modeling

Unified as-built model combining aerial photogrammetry and 360° walkthroughs into a single navigable record. Handed off to facility managers at project close with MEP layer, Revit-ready exports, and full project image archive.

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Drone Roof Inspection

High-resolution aerial inspections with thermal imaging. Delivers insurance-ready PDF reports with annotated imagery for commercial property owners, roofing contractors, and insurance adjusters. Post-storm emergency deployment available.

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Construction Progress Monitoring

Scheduled aerial documentation aligned to draw calendars and project milestones. Change detection overlays comparing current to prior captures, volumetric analysis for earthwork verification, and timestamped archives for lender and ownership reporting.

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Who We Work With
AEC Professionals Who Need Defensible Documentation
General Contractors
Tampa GCs managing financed commercial projects need draw documentation, change order support, and subcontractor accountability records. SkyGator provides scheduled aerial captures aligned to draw calendars with change detection overlays for lender inspectors.
Out-of-State Ownership Groups
Tampa's commercial real estate draws investors from across the country who can't visit regularly. Weekly 360° walkthroughs give owners full site visibility without flights — with a permanent archive from ground break to CO.
Civil Engineers
Site surveys, volumetric earthwork analysis, and georeferenced terrain models for Tampa-area civil engineering projects. Data delivered in formats compatible with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and GIS platforms.
Facility Managers
Tampa commercial buildings handed off with a complete digital twin — exterior aerial model, interior walkthroughs, MEP layer, and as-built floor plans — give facility management teams the permanent reference they need for the life of the building.
Roofing Contractors & Insurers
Insurance-ready drone roof inspection reports for Tampa commercial properties, including post-storm documentation for hurricane and tropical storm claims throughout the Tampa Bay area.
Commercial Developers
Ground-up commercial developments across the Tampa metro — from Ybor City redevelopments to Wesley Chapel master-planned communities — benefit from full-lifecycle drone documentation from permit through occupancy.
Why SkyGator
Professionally Certified, Fully Insured
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FAA Part 107 Certified
Licensed commercial drone operator — all operations fully compliant with federal airspace regulations
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DJI Enterprise Certified
Factory-certified for commercial DJI Enterprise equipment including Matrice series with RTK GPS
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Fully Insured · COI Available
Commercial general liability coverage. Certificate of Insurance available upon request for all project engagements

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