Accurately measuring the volume of a stockpile — whether aggregate, topsoil, coal, grain, waste or any other bulk material has traditionally meant manual gauging or ground-based survey, both of which are slow, costly and often hazardous. Hummingbird Technical Services provides professional drone volume and stockpile surveys across Yorkshire and the wider UK, capturing the dense aerial data needed to calculate material quantities to a high degree of accuracy, quickly and without any need to put personnel on or around the stockpile itself.
Operating from our base at Doncaster Sheffield Airport, South Yorkshire, our CAA-authorised team flies a systematic survey grid over your site, capturing hundreds of overlapping images that are processed in-house into a dense 3D point cloud and surface model. Volume calculations are then extracted from the model using industry-standard methods and reported with a full audit trail ready for quantity surveying, reconciliation or regulatory submission.
Every drone stockpile survey is delivered as a complete data and reporting package, including:
Drone stockpile surveys are used across quarrying, mining, construction, waste management, aggregate supply, ports and terminals, agriculture and energy. We have delivered volume survey data for extraction sites, construction earthworks and material storage facilities across Yorkshire and the wider UK, with outputs used directly by quantity surveyors, site managers and environmental compliance teams.
Hummingbird Technical Services has been delivering professional aerial survey services since 2019. Our operators hold full CAA authorisation and our equipment includes survey-grade drone platforms with high-resolution mapping cameras. Based in South Yorkshire, we serve clients across Yorkshire, the Midlands, the North West and the wider UK providing stockpile volume data that is accurate, fully documented and delivered fast.
