Urban reform has passed the next stage: State Architectural and Construction Inspectorate has been officially liquidated, a new body of the State Inspectorate for Architecture and Urban Planning (SIAUP) is starting work. This is one of the important steps in reforming the construction industry. Innovations eliminate the influence of the human factor, direct contact with officials, document management will be translated into digital format. The portal of the Unified State Electronic System in the field of construction is already working. The main task of SIAUP is the implementation of state policy on architectural and construction control and supervision, including: implementation of state architectural and construction control and supervision, licensing of economic activities for the construction of facilities that belong to the class of consequences (responsibilities). projects with medium (SS2) and significant (SS3) consequences, and control over the observance by business entities of licensing conditions for conducting economic activities for the construction of facilities that by class of consequences (liability) belong to facilities with medium (SS2) ) and significant (SS3) consequences. SIAUP has the authority to conduct inspections; issue instructions to eliminate violations of legal requirements, stop preparatory and construction works, eliminate violations of licensing conditions; carry out licensing; cancels or suspends the decisions of the objects of supervision, etc. SIAUP exercises its powers directly and through duly established territorial bodies. The duty to monitor compliance with the law in urban planning is the responsibility of local authorities. Private companies will appear on the market, which will be able to perform the function of state control. SIAUP is headed by a chairman, who is appointed and dismissed by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

The article covers the improvement of organizational and technological solutions of construction production through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles and special software for remote control of construction of scattered facilities (for example, the construction of cottages in Kyiv region), the experience of using UAVs. Innovative approaches to the control of the life cycle of construction projects at the stages of engineering surveys and design works, zero cycle, construction of the above-ground part and further operation using drones and special software give the Ukraine construction sector companies a unique chance to realize their potential during the digital revolution and take their rightful place among world leaders. Due to the lack of operational, accurate data and indicators that describe the state of the construction site, companies face such problems as management’s lack of up-to-date information on the project implementation progress, late detection of actual of the progress of work performed from design documentation, uncontrolled human factor in the process of checking volumes and quality of works performed by contractors, insufficient communication between project participants. Subsequently, these factors lead to budget overruns and non-compliance with the estimated project deadlines. The experience of using UAVs in addressing such issues as the management’s lack of relevant information on state of affairs at construction site, late identification of actual deviations from the project documentation, uncontrolled influence of human factor in the process of checking the volume and quality of work performed by contractors, and insufficient communication between project participants. Based on the practical experience gained in the use of drones, it was concluded that drones are an effective tool with a wide range of applications for monitoring zero-cycle work and erection of the above-ground part of buildings.