Case Study: Southbase Construction Limited achieves remote site management and faster project delivery with DroneDeploy

How Southbase Construction Facilitates Remote Work with DroneDeploy

Southbase Construction Limited, a Christchurch-based construction company, needed a better way to manage project sites remotely during New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdowns. To keep work moving and support its contractors from afar, the team turned to DroneDeploy and its aerial imagery, 360 Walkthroughs, and BIM integration for site visibility and coordination.

With DroneDeploy, Southbase streamlined remote site management, improved QA and communication, reduced labor costs, and avoided rework by using geo-tagged visual updates and accurate comparisons against BIM models. The approach helped the company complete school builds in just 8 months, transition 89% of its workforce to remote site management, and even win new bids.

Southbase Construction Limited

Martin Prestage

IT Manager