Of Infrared Expertise
Plus Alaska & Puerto Rico
Not Drones
For Facility Decision-Makers
Aerial infrared roof scanning is a non-destructive inspection method that uses aircraft-mounted thermal imaging to identify trapped moisture beneath the membrane of a commercial flat roof. After sundown, a wet roof radiates heat at a different rate than a dry roof — that thermal signature is what our sensors capture, georeferenced to the exact location of the anomaly.
The result is a roof-by-roof map of subsurface moisture across your entire facility portfolio. Instead of guessing where the failures are, your maintenance and capital planning teams know exactly which sections need repair, which need replacement, and which can stay in service. For multi-building campuses, school districts, and large facility operators, it’s the most cost-effective roof intelligence available.
We’ve been doing this work for decades using aircraft engineered specifically for thermal collection — not consumer hardware, not adapted equipment. The data we deliver is built to support engineering specifications, capital budgets, and warranty claims.
For small inspections, ground-based thermography and short-range platforms have their place. For multi-acre roof portfolios, the math changes fast — coverage area, sensor wavelength, and survey conditions all favor aircraft.
A single aircraft mission can scan the entire roof inventory of a major university or school district in one night. Our thermal sensors operate in the spectral bands engineered for moisture detection — not the consumer-grade wavelengths typical of small UAS payloads. And because of altitude and aircraft capability, we can collect clean thermal data through more of the year than ground-based or short-range alternatives.
The result isn’t just faster — it’s more consistent. Every roof is scanned in the same flight, under the same conditions, with the same sensor. That consistency is what makes the dataset defensible for engineering and capital planning decisions.
A single saturated section of insulation can compromise the entire roof system long before the failure becomes visible from below. By the time water reaches the deck, the cost has shifted from a contained repair to a partial or full replacement — often four to ten times more expensive than catching the problem early.
Aerial infrared changes the economics. For most clients, the cost of scanning the entire portfolio is recovered by avoiding a single unnecessary replacement, or by extending the service life of a roof that didn’t actually need full tear-off. The data doesn’t just inform maintenance — it protects the capital plan.
