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Professional drone guides — page 17

EU regulations, real prices, mission preparation: concrete answers before commissioning a drone service.

• Surveying a French municipality's fire-fighting water points (DECI) by drone: inventory, access, priceExternal fire-fighting water supply (DECI) is the French mayor's responsibility: drones inventory water points, check the visual condition of reserves and tanks, their access and vegetation. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Ship hull inspection by drone: dry dock, holds and tanks, surveys — method and priceIn dry dock or alongside, drones inspect a ship's hull, superstructure and holds without staging: coating condition, corrosion, anodes, preparation of class surveys. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Drones in Natura 2000 sites and French nature reserves: what a professional may doNatura 2000 does not ban drones as such, but nature reserves, biotope orders and protected species disturbance rules tightly frame flights in France. Preparing a professional mission: who to contact, which seasons, what lead times.
• The French drone pilot theory exam (CATS): syllabus, registration, preparation, priceThe CATS theory exam, sat in a DGAC centre, opens the European standard scenarios (STS) to professional drone pilots in France. Syllabus, OCEANE registration, preparation and where it fits in the training path.
• Hosting a drone mission on an industrial site: prevention plan, coactivity, checklistA drone flight on your industrial site is an outside-contractor intervention under French law: prevention plan, work permits, coactivity management (cranes, machinery), ATEX zones. The client's checklist and its impact on lead times.
• Drone monitoring of soil remediation works: excavation volumes, mapping, ICPE closure reportICPE remediation or brownfield redevelopment: how a drone quantifies excavated soil, flags residual hotspots and documents the closure rehabilitation report. Method, 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Flying a drone above 120 m in France: the obstacle exemption, the CERFA 15478 file and SORA for professionalsWhy inspecting a tall pylon, wind turbine or chimney runs straight into the 120 m ceiling, what the obstacle exemption allows without a waiver, and when a CERFA 15478 file or a SORA study becomes mandatory. 2026 lead times and prices (excl. VAT).
• Air quality and dust monitoring by drone on construction and industrial sites in FranceMapping a dust plume or fine-particle spikes by drone in France: the legal frame (labour code, ICPE quarry rules), method, how it complements fixed gauges, and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Noise mapping and source localisation by drone: acoustic camera, ICPE framework, priceLocating the source of a nuisance noise (factory, quarry, wind farm) with a drone-mounted microphone array in France: how it works, the ICPE legal frame (arrêté of 23 January 1997), typical missions and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Drone or helicopter for an aerial service in France: comparison, use cases, pricesAerial photography, inspection or survey: when a drone is enough, when a helicopter is still needed. Compared regulations, business use cases and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Drone-assisted bailiff report in France: evidential value, use cases, priceHaving a roof defect, an encroachment or illegal dumping recorded by drone: the French commissaire de justice's role, evidential weight of the images, privacy limits and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Public lighting audit by night drone: outages, over-lighting, dark corridors, priceMapping a town's public lighting by night drone: failed lights, over-lighting, light trespass, dark ecological corridors. Method, night-flight rules in France and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Cyanobacteria and algae on a lake: drone monitoring, method, limits, priceSpotting cyanobacteria and algal blooms on a bathing lake or reservoir by drone: mapping, targeting of water samples, limits of the method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Industrial pipe-rack and piping inspection by drone: corrosion, insulation, priceInspecting a pipe-rack, piping or overhead pipe run by drone: corrosion under insulation, water-trap points, supports, without scaffolding or a unit shutdown. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Drone for commercial real estate: business premises, warehouses, land — method and priceMarketing business premises, a logistics warehouse or land with the drone: scale and surroundings, roof, access, siting. Agency deliverables and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Quarry 3D modelling by drone for the annual production declaration: method, accuracy, priceMeasuring extracted volumes and stockpiles of a quarry by drone for the annual production declaration: 3D model, volumetrics, accuracy, year-on-year comparison. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Flood-prone area mapping by drone: PPRI support, terrain model, flood marks, priceMapping a flood-prone area by drone for a local authority: fine digital terrain model, cross-sections, high-water marks, support for a flood plan or a development. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Footbridge and cycle-bridge inspection by drone: structure, bearings, priceInspecting a footbridge or cycle bridge by drone: structure, soffit, bearings, corrosion and cracking, without a lift or closure. Method, framework and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Hiring a professional drone pilot: regional coverage, travel, choice, priceFinding and choosing a professional drone pilot for a mission in your area: local or travelling, what really matters (insurance, framework, deliverables), travel costs and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Territory institutional film by drone: attractiveness, tourism, place marketing, priceProducing a territory institutional film by drone for a local authority: economic attractiveness, tourism, promotion. What makes a useful film, rights, overflight framework and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Lightning protection system inspection by drone: visual check at height, ICPE obligations, priceInspecting a lightning protection system at height by drone: corrosion, fixings, down conductors, French ICPE inspection obligations and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).