Caltech

What Caltech does

Caltech offers land surveying for the mining and energy sectors. They provide surveying, geospatial, and GIS services. They offer surveying services of construction surveys, legal surveys, preliminary surveys, and topographic surveys. They also provide aerial mapping, mobile mapping, laser scanning, and photogrammetry services.

Name

Caltech

Legal name

Caltech

Website

https://caltechgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Caltech is a land surveying company that provides geomatics services for the mining and energy resource sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geomatics and Land Surveying Services

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAB), Geospatial Data Management & Enterprise GIS (Geodatabases, Web GIS, Spatial Analytics) (EUAHAKAC), Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing) (EUAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Land surveying services
• Geospatial data collection
• GIS mapping services
• Pipeline integrity surveying
• Mining geomatics services

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Surveying Services: Land surveying, construction surveys, legal surveys, well-site surveys, pipeline surveys, utility surveys, and municipal surveys. Billed as project-based professional services with pricing based on scope, location, and complexity.
2. Geospatial Data Collection & Analysis: Aerial mapping, mobile mapping, laser scanning, bathymetric surveying, and UAS data collection. Revenue generated through specialized data acquisition and processing services.
3. GIS & Mapping Services: Geographic Information System services including regulatory mapping, site management, volume tracking, asset management, and web mapping. Billed as consulting and data processing services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Caltech is a professional geomatics services firm delivering integrated land surveying, geospatial data collection, and GIS analysis to enterprise clients. Services span construction surveys, legal and boundary surveys, aerial and mobile mapping, laser scanning, bathymetric surveying, UAS/drone mapping, and Temporal Lidar Change Detection across oil & gas, pipelines, power & utilities, mining, infrastructure, and municipal sectors in Western Canada.

Product overview

Caltech is a geomatics services company offering an integrated portfolio of three core service lines: Surveying Services, Geospatial Services, and GIS Services. These core offerings are delivered across six industry sectors: Oil & Gas, Pipelines and Integrity, Infrastructure, Power and Utilities, Mining, and Municipal. The company provides specialized sub-products including Aerial Mapping (using helicopter and UAV), Mobile Mapping, Laser Scanning (with Scan-to-BIM capability), Bathymetry, and Temporal Lidar Change Detection (TLCD). Caltech's multidisciplinary approach combines surveying, geospatial data collection, and GIS analysis to provide comprehensive geomatics solutions from project planning through regulatory approval and construction support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Surveying Services Professional land surveying services covering construction surveys, legal surveys, preliminary surveys, topographic surveys, as-built surveys, regulatory surveys, freehold and crown land surveys across Western Canada.
• Geospatial Services Advanced geospatial data collection and processing including aerial mapping, mobile mapping, laser scanning, bathymetric surveying, and remotely piloted aircraft systems (drones/UAVs) for high-resolution topographic and spatial data acquisition.
• GIS Services Geographic Information System services for regulatory mapping, site management, volume tracking, crew and equipment management, data delivery portals, asset management, and web mapping delivered in ESRI or custom formats.
• Aerial Mapping Aerial data collection using manned and unmanned aircraft, including helicopter-based airborne lidar, UAVs, photogrammetry, and remote sensing for comprehensive terrain mapping over large or remote areas.
• Mobile Mapping High-density lidar and 3D CAD data collection from vehicle-mounted Mobile Mapping Systems (MMS) for road and infrastructure surveying, providing quick and accurate data collection in a single pass.
• Laser Scanning High-definition 3D laser scanning using FARO Premium Laser Scanners for precise site documentation, as-built surveys, and Scan-to-BIM design-build workflows.
• Bathymetry Underwater depth measurement and terrain surveying of water bodies using sonar and RTK-GNSS technology for mining ponds, pipeline integrity inspections, hydrotechnical inspections, and construction layouts.
• Temporal Lidar Change Detection (TLCD) Time-series analysis of lidar data to identify ground movement, erosion, accretion, and anthropogenic changes for pipeline integrity monitoring, geohazard detection, and natural disaster assessment; awarded the David Thompson National Geomatics Award.

Quantifiable outcome

• One day of aerial mapping generates data equivalent to five days of traditional surveying methods
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• McElhanney: McElhanney is a Western Canadian surveying, geomatics, and engineering firm offering very similar services to Caltech — land surveying, mapping, GIS, and remote sensing — across BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan with comparable enterprise clients in resource sectors.
• GeoVerra: GeoVerra is one of the largest geomatics firms in Western Canada, formed via the merger of leading survey brands, providing surveying, mapping, and geospatial services to oil & gas, pipelines, utilities, and mining — directly comparable to Caltech's service mix and customer base.
• Allnorth Consultants: Allnorth is a Western Canadian multi-discipline engineering and geomatics firm providing surveying, GIS, and mapping services to mining, energy, and infrastructure clients — closely comparable in scale, geography, and customer mix to Caltech.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Stantec is a global engineering, geomatics, and environmental services firm with significant Western Canadian operations. It competes with Caltech on enterprise energy, mining, and infrastructure surveys but offers a much broader multi-discipline portfolio.
• WSP Global: WSP is a global professional services firm with substantial Canadian geomatics and surveying capabilities. It competes on multi-discipline energy and infrastructure projects and has the scale to serve national accounts that Caltech cannot address alone.
• Fugro: Fugro is a global geo-data specialist providing surveying, geotechnical, and remote sensing services to energy and infrastructure clients. While more internationally focused, it competes with Caltech on large pipeline, offshore, and infrastructure survey mandates.

Regional players

• Associated Engineering: Associated Engineering is a Canadian-owned engineering and surveying consultancy with strong Western Canadian presence, offering geomatics and surveying services to municipal, infrastructure, and resource clients — comparable to Caltech but more diversified into Eastern Canada.

Emerging players

• Vertex Resource Group: Vertex provides environmental and integrity services to the Western Canadian oil & gas and pipeline sector, with overlap to Caltech's pipeline integrity survey work and a comparable customer roster of midstream operators.

Others

• Esri Canada: Esri Canada is the primary GIS software platform provider (ArcGIS) used by Caltech for data delivery and analysis. As an enabling technology partner rather than a direct competitor, Esri is highly relevant to Caltech's service delivery model.
• Trimble Applanix: Trimble supplies the mobile mapping, GNSS, and geospatial hardware/software ecosystem that underpins Caltech's MMS, lidar, and survey workflows. It is a critical enabling technology provider rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/caltechsurveys
• Facebookfacebook.com/CaltechGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caltechgroup

Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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