Construction documentation · Western Canada
Horizon Metrix is a construction documentation service. We capture your job site on a fixed schedule — same stations, same angles, every visit — and deliver the thing your team actually needs: a reliable, on-time record of project progress. The drone is just the tool. Serving BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.
SEQ 2026-03 → 2026-06 · FIXED STATION 04 · ALT 60 M
Services
We match aircraft and sensors to the job — high-resolution stills, 4K HDR video, and photogrammetry-ready capture — and deploy on tight urban sites in minutes.
FROM $549 / FLIGHT · CAD
Scheduled documentation on a repeatable pattern so week 14 lines up perfectly with week 2. The deliverable is the progress report — the flight is just how we build it.
FROM $1,499 / VISIT · CAD
Measurable site data processed from photogrammetry flights, delivered in the formats your engineers already use.
FROM $449 / SHOOT · CAD
4K–5.1K photo and video for proposals, leasing, marketing, and corporate use — shot to spec, delivered ready to publish.
FROM $999 / INSPECTION · CAD
High-resolution visual records of the places you'd rather not send a person — no scaffolding, lifts, or shutdowns.
BUILT FOR:
| Why not just a fixed camera? | Horizon Metrix program | Fixed timelapse camera |
|---|---|---|
| Every angle, every elevation | ✓ Unlimited stations | One mounted viewpoint |
| 360° panoramas + orbit video | ✓ Every visit | — |
| Mapping, volumes, overlays | ✓ Available | — |
| Site power + mounting required | None | Install, power, maintenance |
| Reviewed report each period | ✓ Included | Raw frames only |
Monitoring plans
PER FLIGHT · CAD
$549
PER MONTH · CAD
$899 /MO
PER MONTH · CAD
$2,199 /MO
CUSTOM SCOPE · CAD
Quoted
Monthly progress report — delivered within 5 business days of the scheduled reporting period, weather permitting. We guarantee the report date, not a flight date: that flexibility is how the record stays complete and on time, season after season.
WEATHER DELAYS: Flight operations are subject to safe weather conditions. If conditions are unsuitable due to rain, high winds, low visibility, or other safety concerns, the visit will be rescheduled to the earliest suitable date within the agreed reporting period at no additional cost.
| What you get | Milestone | Monthly | Weekly | Site intelligence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed-station photo set | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Orbit video of full site | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 360° site panorama | Add-on | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Side-by-side comparisons | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF progress report | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weekly change log | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Orthomosaic map | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | ✓ |
| Volumetrics + surface models | — | — | Add-on | ✓ |
| Plan / design overlays | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Priority weather rebooking | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dedicated project gallery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Prices in CAD before GST. Includes flight planning, airspace approvals, pilot + equipment, processing, and hosting. Travel beyond 60 km of our Vancouver and Calgary bases billed at cost. Multi-site and multi-year programs quoted directly — final price confirmed before we ever fly.
Budget estimator
Ballpark your program right now. Every estimate is confirmed with a fixed written quote before any flight — the number we send is the number you pay.
ESTIMATED MONTHLY
$2,199 /MO
Lock in a fixed quoteBUDGETARY ESTIMATE · CAD BEFORE GST · CONFIRMED IN WRITING BEFORE ANY FLIGHT
Process
Fifteen minutes on your site, schedule, and deliverables. Fixed quote within 24 hours.
We map camera stations, confirm airspace and site access requirements, and lock the capture spec.
Certified pilot flies the plan. Same stations, altitudes, and angles — every single flight.
Raw gallery within 48 hours; your progress report within 5 business days of the reporting period. You own everything we capture.
Every inquiry gets a scoped response with pricing within one business day. No chasing, no "we'll circle back."
You approve a written number before anything flies. Travel, processing, and hosting are in it — there is no invoice surprise.
Weather moves flights, never your report date. If conditions shift a visit, the record still lands inside its window.
Selected work
This is what a monitoring program looks like: the same site, documented from the same stations, week after week. Scrub the timeline to watch the build go from CAD massing to completed structure — then step inside the 360° record below.
3D SITE PREVIEW LOADS HERE
REQUIRES WEBGL + INTERNET
INTERACTIVE 3D PREVIEW · DRAG TO ORBIT · CAD MASSING → COMPLETED STRUCTURE · UAV ON STATION
Three moments from one build. Pick a stage, then drag to look around exactly what the client sees in their gallery.
360° VIEWER LOADS HERE
REQUIRES AN INTERNET CONNECTION
SAMPLE PANORAMAS OF REAL CONSTRUCTION SITES (POLY HAVEN · CC0) — REPLACED BY YOUR STITCHED FLIGHT DATA
The 3D preview is rendered live in your browser from CAD massing — no site imagery is simulated as real. The 360° stages are photographs of real construction sites standing in until Horizon Metrix flight deliverables replace them. Swap the three panorama URLs and this page becomes your live portfolio.
The deliverable
Every reporting period closes with a document your whole team can forward — owner, lender, consultants. This is the format.
PREPARED BY HORIZON METRIX · 24 PHOTOS + 2 PANORAMAS + ORBIT VIDEO ATTACHED · FULL GALLERY LINK INCLUDED
About
Horizon Metrix exists because progress documentation kept being an afterthought — a camera roll on someone's phone, a drone shot when the weather happened to cooperate, a record full of gaps exactly where the dispute landed.
We run documentation the way you run the site: a capture spec locked before mobilization, a safety and privacy plan per program, flights on a schedule with weather contingency built in, and a review pass on every deliverable before it reaches your inbox.
Founder-led and based in Western Canada. Small enough that you talk to the pilot who flies your site; disciplined enough that week 34 matches week 2, frame for frame.
Coverage
Bases in Vancouver and Calgary keep travel costs low across the corridor where most of our monitoring programs run.
Remote, northern, and fly-in sites are quoted with mobilization included — we've planned operations in terrain where the road ends well before the site does.
MISSION-MATCHED AIRCRAFT · RAPID DEPLOYMENT
FAQ
Market rates in BC and Alberta typically run $150–$400 per hour, or $300–$1,500+ per project depending on deliverables. Our media capture starts at $449, monitoring flights at $549, inspections at $999, and mapping at $1,499. You get a fixed written quote before we fly — no hourly surprises.
Yes. Every flight is conducted by a Transport Canada–certified RPAS pilot and covered by commercial liability insurance. Certification and insurance documentation is provided with every contract.
Yes. Every flight is planned around airspace class, site safety, and privacy, and we secure whatever approvals a location requires before wheels-up — that planning is included in your quote, not an extra.
Nothing changes for you — you still get your report on time. Flight operations are subject to safe weather conditions; if a day is unsuitable, we fly the earliest suitable date within the agreed reporting period at no additional cost, and the report still lands within its delivery window. We commit to the outcome, not a calendar date for the flight.
No — legal surveys stay with a licensed land surveyor. Our mapping supports engineering and construction decisions: progress quantities, stockpile volumes, grading checks, and as-built visual records. With ground control points, accuracy supports most earthworks workflows.
You do. Full usage rights transfer on delivery, and we host your galleries for the life of the project at no extra charge. We only share or publish your project media with written permission.
Standing programs: two weeks to first flight is typical — enough time to lock the capture spec and site plan. Single flights can often go up within 48 hours, weather permitting. Complex or remote locations may need longer for approvals and mobilization.
No. Visits take 20–45 minutes, we coordinate timing with your site super, and nothing stops — no closures, no exclusion zones for routine capture. Most crews never notice we were there until the report shows up.
Galleries live on Canadian-hosted storage behind a per-project link that you control. We share only with contacts you authorize, retain data for 24 months (longer on request), and never use your project media publicly without written permission.
Yes. We fly a baseline visit that documents current state in full, then the regular cadence begins. A late start still gives you a defensible record from that day forward — and it's far better than finishing with none.
Book + pay online
Pick a flight window that works for your site and we'll confirm the capture plan within one business day. Weather backup dates are held automatically.
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