Industries
Recurring Inspection Programs for Facility-Intensive Operations
Stratum runs scheduled drone inspection programs for organizations that manage hard-to-reach, expensive-to-fail assets — roofs, overhead structures, crane runways, elevated systems, solar arrays, tanks, facades, rooftop mechanical infrastructure, and stormwater assets — and need cadence-based findings that feed their CMMS.
Sectors We Serve
Built for Facility, Reliability & Maintenance Leaders
Industry context shapes cadence and asset mix. The deliverable is consistent: severity-rated, CMMS-ready findings on a recurring schedule, owner-operated from Northeast Ohio.
Commercial Real Estate
Multi-tenant strip malls, office parks, and retail centers with diverse roof portfolios. Recurring Essential Asset Watch cycles deliver severity-rated condition data per property, building, and asset — ready for the property management CMMS.
- Annual or semi-annual roof program across portfolio
- Severity-rated defect log per building
- Capital planning data trended across years
- Insurance & tenant documentation support
Audience: Property managers, asset managers, portfolio facility leads.
Industrial & Manufacturing
Plants, factories, and production facilities where unplanned downtime is the dominant operational risk. Critical Asset Assurance and Reliability Programs scoped around overhead structures, crane runways, rooftop mechanical, and large flat-roof footprints.
- Crane runway & overhead structure cadence
- Roof, mechanical, and HVAC thermal programs
- Trigger-event response (post-storm, pre-shutdown)
- Direct integration with Maximo, SAP, D365, FIIX
Audience: Plant managers, reliability engineers, maintenance directors.
Institutional
Churches, schools, hospitals, and government buildings with complex roof geometries, facades, and elevated systems that are difficult and dangerous to inspect manually. Recurring programs build a defensible condition record across budget cycles.
- Recurring roof, facade, and steeple inspections
- Severity-rated condition history for capital planning
- ADA, life-safety, and accessibility documentation
- Grant and insurance claim support
Audience: Facilities directors, capital planning & finance leaders.
Utilities & Energy
Power generation stations, substations, transmission corridors, solar arrays, tanks, and stacks. Recurring visual + thermal programs reduce outage risk by identifying degradation before failure in environments where manual access is restricted or hazardous.
- Substation & transformer thermography cadence
- Solar array defect & performance inspections
- Tank exterior, cooling tower, and stack programs
- Regulatory and reliability documentation
Audience: Reliability engineers, asset managers, compliance leads.
Warehousing & Logistics
Distribution centers and fulfillment warehouses with massive roof areas where leaks directly threaten inventory. Recurring roof and mechanical inspection cycles, scheduled around operations, with CMMS-ready findings for fast remediation.
- 100,000+ sq ft recurring roof programs
- Moisture intrusion & thermal anomaly tracking
- Stormwater & loading dock asset coverage
- Integration with WMS-adjacent CMMS platforms
Audience: Site facility managers, regional maintenance leaders.
Insurance & Risk Management
Carriers, adjusters, and risk engineers using objective, recurring assessment data to compare risk across portfolios. Consistent severity framework across cycles makes year-over-year comparison defensible.
- Recurring pre-loss condition documentation
- Trended severity ratings for portfolio risk scoring
- Claims-support imagery and georeferenced evidence
- Standardized reporting formats across cycles
Audience: Underwriters, risk engineers, claims and loss-control teams.
Assets We Cover
Hard-to-Reach, Expensive-to-Fail
Stratum's program scope is built around the asset classes where recurring drone inspection delivers the most maintenance leverage.
Roofs
Membrane condition, flashing, parapets, ponding water, penetrations, and thermal anomalies — captured on cadence and trended across cycles.
Overhead Structures
Trusses, beams, supports, and elevated steel where access requires lift equipment or shutdown windows.
Crane Runways
Rail condition, bracket attachment, runway alignment indicators, and overhead clearance assets — inspected without halting production.
Elevated Systems
Catwalks, conveyors, piping, and platform structures captured at cadence with severity-rated condition records.
Solar Arrays
Visual + thermal panel-level inspection for defect detection, hotspot identification, and string-level performance issues.
Tanks
Tank exterior condition, coatings, seams, and roof integrity assessed safely from above with georeferenced imagery.
Facades
Cladding, masonry, sealant joints, and high-elevation building envelope captured without scaffold or swing stage.
Rooftop Mechanical
RTUs, condensers, vents, and exhaust systems on cadence — visual condition and thermal performance.
Stormwater Assets
Drains, scuppers, retention ponds, outfalls, and site drainage assets inspected as part of a recurring program.