Dronehab delivers integrated survey, UAV mapping, LiDAR and spatial data services across mining, civil construction, infrastructure, rehabilitation and environmental projects.
We manage the complete spatial data lifecycle — survey control and field acquisition, through processing, quality assurance and analysis, to final engineering or GIS-ready deliverables. Senior surveying expertise is combined with enterprise UAV systems, RTK / GNSS positioning, LiDAR, photogrammetry and GIS-based workflows, under one CASA-certified operation.
Mining, civil construction, infrastructure and land surveying — leading every survey job we run.
Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland on staff. RPEQ is an engineering registration, separate from Surveyors Board of Queensland registration and endorsements.
Orthomosaic ground sample distance per pixel on broadacre survey; down to 0.2 cm on the Phase One iXM at low altitude. Positional accuracy is verified separately against independent checkpoints.
Survey-grade spatial data, end to end
Pit and dump surveys, stockpile volumes, end-of-month reconciliation, drill and blast support, open-cut and underground.
High-resolution RGB capture processed to orthomosaics, point clouds, surfaces, contours and volumes.
High-density 3D capture with vegetation penetration for terrain definition and complex landform modelling.
Control establishment and verification, RTK corrections, independent checkpoints and accuracy reporting.
Design surfaces and 3D models from survey, cut / fill and design-to-survey volumes, machine control models, set-out support, and as-constructed surveys with conformance reporting — the record behind progress claims.
CAD and GIS-ready datasets, change detection, repeat monitoring and spatial compliance reporting.
Radiometric aerial thermal and RGB inspection of utility-scale PV, delivered as a georeferenced anomaly register.
Radiometric thermal capture of structures and infrastructure, alongside high-zoom visual inspection.
Across the project lifecycle
Survey and spatial services delivered from a single contractor, scaled from individual survey tasks to recurring monitoring programs and large-area spatial projects.
Field survey
- Topographic and detail surveys
- Mine and quarry surveys
- Open-cut and underground survey
- RTK / GNSS surveys
- Survey control establishment & verification
- Drill and blast survey support
- Pit and dump surveys
- Tailings and water storage surveys
- Dam, drainage and creek surveys
- As-built and as-constructed surveys
- Machine control modelling and support
Volumes & earthworks
- Stockpile and material volume surveys
- Cut / fill and earthworks calculations
- End-of-month and progress surveys
- Design-to-as-built comparison
- Contractor quantity verification
- Machine control data preparation
- Rehabilitation and final landform surveys
- Change detection and repeat monitoring
- Earthworks verification
- Haul road and infrastructure survey
Aerial & spatial products
- UAV photogrammetry
- UAV LiDAR
- High-resolution orthomosaic imagery
- Point cloud generation and processing
- Digital Terrain Models (DTM)
- Digital Surface Models (DSM)
- Contours and surface models
- Slope, drainage and landform analysis
- CAD and GIS-ready deliverables
- Volumetric and comparative reporting
Delivered in your environment. Outputs are produced in your nominated datum and projection — GDA2020 / MGA, AHD or local mine grid — and issued in the formats your survey, engineering and GIS teams already work in.
UAV surveying & LiDAR
Conventional survey methodology combined with enterprise UAV systems, to capture large, remote and difficult-to-access areas efficiently. High-resolution RGB photogrammetry generates orthomosaic imagery, 3D point clouds, surface and terrain models, contours, volumetrics, cut / fill analysis, progress comparisons and as-built information.
Why LiDAR
High-density 3D data where terrain definition, vegetation penetration or detailed landform modelling is required — recovering bare earth beneath canopy that photogrammetry alone cannot resolve.
Controlled
RTK / GNSS control and independent verification incorporated through the workflow, giving traceability between ground control, aerial acquisition and final deliverables.
Outcome
Rapid capture of large areas under a controlled and defensible survey methodology.
Design-to-survey volumes, issued properly
Reservoir earthworks for a civil contractor: natural surface captured by UAV, compared against the design surface, and issued as an A3 colourfill plan and a volume report.
Captured
UAV photogrammetry of the full site, processed to a natural-surface model in the project datum.
Computed
Prism volumes between design and natural surfaces within the DTM boundary, with area broken down by 0.5 m depth band.
Issued
Drawing-numbered A3 plan with revision control, plus a report stating the basis of quantity — boundary, material factors and exclusions.
Quantities are issued as in-situ geometric volumes with their basis stated, so they cannot be mistaken for haulage or supply figures. Client and project withheld.
Mining & resources
Dronehab already operates across mining, rehabilitation and environmental projects in the Bowen Basin and Central Queensland. Our survey capability complements those services, supporting production surveying, earthworks, rehabilitation and spatial compliance through a single contractor.
Production & operations
- Pit and dump surveys
- Stockpile surveys and reconciliation
- End-of-month volumes
- Drill and blast survey support
- Survey control
- Haul roads and mine infrastructure
Compliance & closure
- Tailings storage facilities
- Rehabilitation landforms
- Drainage structures
- Earthworks verification
- Contractor quantity verification
- Repeat monitoring and change detection
Survey workflows are built around operational mining environments, where accuracy, repeatability, data integrity and turnaround time are critical. Crews hold current mine inductions, work under job-specific SWMS and mobilise self-contained to remote sites.
Mine-inducted crews, compliant vehicles, self-contained field rig.
Zero recordable injuries since operations commenced in May 2023.
Avetta · Pegasus / Onsite Track Easy · ICN Gateway.
Solar farms — build, operate, inspect
Pre-construction topographic survey, earthworks and drainage design support, construction progress and as-builts, then commissioning-baseline and annual O&M thermography of every module — one contractor across the asset life.
Build
- Pre-construction topographic survey
- Drainage and earthworks design support
- Construction progress and as-built survey
- Commissioning baseline thermography
Operate
- Annual O&M and warranty thermography
- Post-storm and hail damage assessment
- Vegetation mapping between rows
- Weed control across the site, in-house
Survey quality & data integrity
Survey-grade outcomes require more than an accurate aircraft. Structured quality assurance and quality control is applied through the survey workflow, scaled to the accuracy and deliverable requirements of each project.
Control & acquisition
- Survey control verification
- Coordinate system checks
- RTK corrections
- Independent checkpoints
- Horizontal and vertical accuracy verification
Data & deliverables
- Point cloud validation
- Surface validation
- Ground classification checks
- Design-to-survey comparisons
- Repeatability checks between campaigns
Datums & coordinate integrity
- Coordinate systems
- GDA2020 / MGA zones, AHD, project datums and local mine grids — with documented transformations between them.
- Control information
- Control provenance, occupation records and checkpoint residuals retained and reported with the deliverable.
- Personnel
- Survey work is led by personnel with more than 25 years of senior survey experience across mining, civil construction, infrastructure and land surveying.
- Engineering registration
- Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) in-house. RPEQ is an engineering registration and is separate from Surveyors Board of Queensland registration and endorsements.
- Ecological sign-off
- Environmental deliverables reviewed by our ecologist / Suitably Qualified Person.
- Data handling
- All project data held as commercial-in-confidence; deliverable ownership and access arrangements set per engagement.
One mobilisation, multiple datasets
A key advantage of Dronehab’s model is the integration of surveying with our existing UAV, environmental and GIS capability. A single mobilisation can support several project requirements at once, from the same captured data.
For engineering teams
- Digital terrain models
- Contours and slopes
- Drainage analysis
- Cut / fill information
- Landform verification
- Design-to-as-built comparison
For environmental teams
- Rehabilitation boundaries
- Erosion monitoring
- Vegetation monitoring
- Weed mapping
- Disturbance mapping
- Spatial compliance reporting
Clients extract greater value from each mobilisation while maintaining consistency across survey, engineering, environmental and GIS datasets — one coordinate framework, one provider, one record.
Systems & software
Aerial platforms
- DJI Matrice 400 — heavy-lift survey
- Phase One iXM-100 — 100 MP medium-format aerial survey camera
- Zenmuse L3 LiDAR
- Zenmuse H30T thermal / zoom
- DJI Matrice 4T — rapid inspection
- DJI Mavic 4E — rapid mapping
- DJI Mavic 3 Multispectral — indices
Positioning & ground survey
- Survey-grade GNSS — base and rover
- RTK and PPK workflows
- Total station systems
- Ground control and checkpoint survey
- Leica, Trimble and Topcon systems
- Machine control data preparation
Processing & design
- AutoCAD · CivilCAD
- Surpac · Datamine
- Geocomp · Magnet Office
- Photogrammetric & LiDAR processing
- Point cloud classification
- GIS mapping and analysis
Deliverable formats
- Raster
- GeoTIFF, ECW — orthomosaics, DTM / DSM, hillshade and derived surfaces.
- Vector & GIS
- SHP, GeoPackage, KML / KMZ with full attribution and calculated areas.
- CAD & point cloud
- DWG, DXF, LAS, LAZ — classified, ready for design and machine control workflows.
- Reporting
- CSV volume and comparison tables, PDF map products and accuracy statements.
Accuracy & control. RTK / PPK georeferencing with surveyed ground control and independent checkpoints. Orthomosaics are typically 1.5–2.5 cm/pixel GSD. GSD is image resolution, not positional accuracy: achieved horizontal and vertical accuracy is verified separately against independent checkpoints and reported per project. Acquisition parameters, control density and checkpoint counts are set to the accuracy class the deliverable requires, not to a fixed template.
Survey, aerial and spatial under one contractor
Survey, UAV, LiDAR, GIS and environmental spatial services delivered through a single contractor and a single coordinate framework.
More than 25 years of senior survey experience across mining, civil construction, infrastructure and land surveying, with RPEQ engineering registration in-house.
Already operating across mining, rehabilitation and environmental projects, and familiar with delivering inside active resource environments.
High-productivity UAV systems capture large sites, difficult terrain and areas inefficient or hazardous to survey conventionally.
Survey control, RTK / GNSS, independent verification and QA/QC applied to project accuracy and deliverable requirements.
Individual survey tasks through to large-area programs, recurring monitoring campaigns and multidisciplinary spatial projects.
Certified, registered, site-ready
- CASA ReOC holder — ARN 1210588. Chief Remote Pilot and RePL holder — ARN 1210579.
- Engineering registration — RPEQ, in-house. Ecological sign-off — ecologist / SQP, in-house.
- Safety record — zero recordable injuries since operations commenced in May 2023. Mine-inducted crews, job-specific SWMS.
- Supplier systems — Avetta · Pegasus / Onsite Track Easy · ICN Gateway (Business ID 1890843).
- Locations — crews mobilise from Mackay QLD, Brisbane QLD, Gold Coast QLD and Sydney NSW; self-contained to remote sites.
Capability statementThe full Survey & Spatial capability statement — services, method, case example, systems and credentials — for tender packs and procurement.
Drone survey and spatial questions
What accuracy does a drone survey achieve?
Orthomosaics are typically 1.5–2.5 cm per pixel, down to 0.2 cm on the Phase One iXM at low altitude. Resolution is not accuracy: horizontal and vertical accuracy is verified against independent checkpoints and reported with every project, and flight height, control density and checkpoint counts are set to the accuracy class the deliverable needs.
Can you deliver in our mine grid?
Yes. Outputs are produced in GDA2020 / MGA zones, AHD, project datums or a local mine grid, with documented transformations between them. Control provenance, occupation records and checkpoint residuals are retained and issued with the deliverable.
Do you do end-of-month and stockpile volumes?
Yes — pit and dump surveys, stockpile volumes, end-of-month reconciliation, design-to-as-built comparison and contractor quantity verification. Volumes are issued as in-situ geometric quantities with the computation boundary and basis stated.
When do you use LiDAR instead of photogrammetry?
LiDAR is used where vegetation penetration, bare-earth terrain definition or detailed landform modelling is required. Photogrammetry delivers the high-resolution orthomosaic and surface. Both are often flown from the same mobilisation, under the same survey control.
Are you set up for active mine sites?
Crews hold current mine inductions, work under job-specific SWMS and mobilise self-contained, with compliant vehicles and field rig. Dronehab is a CASA ReOC holder, registered on Avetta, Pegasus / Onsite Track Easy and ICN Gateway, with zero recordable injuries since operations commenced in May 2023.
Where do you operate?
Crews mobilise from Mackay, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sydney and work across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, including remote and regional sites. Call 1300 544 968 or send your site boundary for a fixed quote within one business day.