How Drone Surveys Calculate Stockpile and Excavation Volume

Drone surveying a gravel stockpile at a construction site with a 3D surface model and volume measurement overlay

A gravel pile always looks bigger from the ground than it really is. That trick of the eye has cost contractors real money for years. A pile that looks like 2,000 cubic yards might only hold 1,400. Someone has to get the number right, and it’s usually not the person standing next to it with […]