From Dirt to Building Pad: A New Medical Clinic in Elizabethtown

A new medical clinic in Elizabethtown, flown the same way every month from grading to the finished building.

Shaun WilsonFAA Part 107 licensed pilot 2 min read

A new medical clinic is going up on the edge of Elizabethtown, and the builder wanted a record of it from the earthwork stage to the finished building. Once a month, in the first week, the site gets the same flight: the same positions, the same heights, the same directions. Each visit delivers edited aerial photos and raw video clips, and at the end of the job the footage becomes one edited highlight film.

July 28: the site is moving

The first flight caught the site in grading. From the road side you can see how much earth is on the move and the new contours taking shape. Closer in, the excavator and haul trucks show the pace of the work.

September 2: a building pad

Five weeks later, from the same positions, the gravel building pad is in place and the utilities are staged and ready to go in. Two photos from the same spot, a month apart, answer the question every owner and lender asks: how far along is it?

Wide aerial of the Elizabethtown clinic site and the surrounding area, September 2026

The same flight, the same angles, every month. That is what makes progress easy to see.

What each visit delivers

  • Edited aerial progress photos from repeat positions, delivered by cloud link
  • Raw aerial video clips, so the builder’s own team can use the footage
  • An edited highlight film at the end of the project, cut from every monthly visit
  • A dated record for owner updates, lender draws and the project file

The clinic is expected to be finished in November 2027, and the flights continue every month until then.

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