Drone Discovery Ltd

Who we are: Drone Discovery Ltd is a Derby-based, CAA-approved commercial drone operator founded and run by Dan Seaman. We are a small business with big ambitions, rooted in the Midlands and proud to operate from Derby.

What we do: We capture high-precision aerial data and visual content for construction, engineering and built environment clients. Our services include site progress photography and video, AI construction timelapse, drone topographic and LiDAR surveys, 3D photogrammetric modelling, measured building surveys, and stockpile and earthwork volume analysis. We deliver outputs that integrate directly into CAD, BIM and GIS workflows.

We also produce aerial marketing content, including cinematic aerial video and immersive FPV drone flythroughs of facilities, venues and commercial spaces, for businesses that want to showcase what they do and where they do it from a perspective no other camera can offer.

Our industry: We sit at the intersection of technology and construction, using the latest drone hardware and processing technology to solve practical problems for built environment professionals. It is a fast-moving sector, and we are at the leading edge of it in the East Midlands.

Our customers: Construction contractors, civil and structural engineering consultancies, commercial roofing companies, land surveyors, and quantity surveyors. Businesses that need accurate, fast aerial data to save time, reduce access costs, and make better decisions on site. We work with regional SMEs and national contractors alike, including current work on sites for Bowmer & Kirkland across the UK.

We have a slightly unusual perspective on this: we see Derby from the air. We are regularly on construction sites around the city and the wider East Midlands and from up there you can genuinely see the momentum building.