Flying with drones in buildings
Whether for listed buildings, industrial halls or public buildings - the precise recording of interior spaces is a central component of modern planning and documentation processes. The need for detailed, digital as-built data is becoming ever greater, especially for renovation projects, condition assessments or integration into BIM models. However, complex or difficult-to-access interiors pose particular challenges for planners and engineers. The solution: professional indoor building inspections with drones.
Why fly over a building by drone?
Drones provide high-resolution aerial and interior images without affecting the building structure. The drone offers many advantages, especially in comparison to traditional surveying methods - such as scaffolding, laser measuring devices or time-consuming manual surveying:
- Non-contact detection without interfering with the substance
- Safe data collection, even in places that are difficult to access (e.g. high vaults or hall ceilings)
- Time-efficient and cost-saving thanks to automated flight patterns
- Precise 3D data that can be used directly for planning and documentation purposes
The result is photorealistic models, orthophotos or point clouds that can be seamlessly integrated into your digital construction planning - for example in BIM workflows.
Our drones-as-a-service offer for building inspections
As a full-service provider for drone operations, we offer a comprehensive range of services for the professional indoor and outdoor flying of buildings.
- Consulting & planning
Together with you, we define the requirements for the aerial survey. - Flying
Our experienced pilots fly the building in compliance with all safety and data protection requirements - on request also outside of ongoing operations or in sensitive locations such as cultural monuments or government buildings.
We then make the image and sensor data obtained available to you - for further processing by your specialist planners or partners, for example for the creation of 3D models, digital twins or for integration into BIM processes.
Areas of application for indoor drone flights
Our solution is suitable for a wide range of applications:
- Monument preservation & cultural buildings
Condition survey of historical buildings without structural interventions - e.g. vaulted ceilings, church naves or galleries. - Building planning & as-built survey
Fast and reliable surveying of existing buildings for conversion, renovation or change of use. - Industry & technical systems
Inspections in factory halls, storage areas or production environments that are difficult to access - without interrupting operations. - Public administration & infrastructure
Collection of spatial and building data for digital administration and planning processes as part of smart city and digitalization projects.
Case study from practice: Interior survey of a monastery church
The aerial survey of the Waldsassen monastery church shows what such a survey looks like in practice: A DJI Mavic 3 navigates through the interior of the monastery and delivers razor-sharp images for later evaluation and 3D reconstruction. The images show how efficiently and precisely drones can be used in sensitive interior spaces - without any physical contact with the building fabric.
Would you like to find out more?
We will be happy to advise you individually on the possibilities of integrating a building inspection into your project - whether as a DaaS service or with your own drone system.
