Giatec® Scientific Inc.

Giatec’s mission is to bring disruptive, knowledge-based, and sustainable technologies to the concrete industry. We identify current challenges in concrete testing and design innovative solutions to address them. Our products allow concrete producers, contractors, and business owners to increase profitability of their projects by saving time, labor, and costs.  We attract and retain talented and passionate employees, empowering them to develop diverse personal skills and thrive in their careers. 

Giatec sells our products in over 80 countries world-wide, all shipped from our headquarters in Ottawa, ON. We are considered the world leader in concrete sensing technologies. We have a strong presence in the US with approximately 50% of our revenues coming from the US market.

We are proud to be a locally established and scaling business that is revolutionizing the concrete industry while providing meaningful work for our local talent. As a global leader in concrete sensing technologies we have attracted the attention of global giants such as Heidelberg Materials who came on as an investor in 2022. Further, for our focus on sustainability in concrete we have attracted investment by the Canadian government through Strategic Innovation Fund. Together with these partners we are on a mission to revolutionize the concrete industry by making concrete more sustainable. We aim to reduce the carbon impact of concrete by 20%. By optimizing concrete mix designs we believe we can eliminate up to 20% of the cement consumed in concrete production. Cement is a very carbon intensive product.

As a market leader, we have been recognized multiple times as a top growing company in Canada through the Globe and Mail rankings. We have also recently been recognized as a one of Ottawa’s Best Places to Work (2024) in the Ottawa Business Journal.

The main challenge that Giatec faces in terms of growth is the market adoption of technology. The construction / concrete industries are slow to adopt technology with many users still opting for more manual processes that are considered tried and true. In terms of operations our biggest challenge is attracting top talent both within Ottawa and to Ottawa. The labour market has become very competitive since the onset of the pandemic.

We are currently working to bring two new products to full commercial availability. SmartRock® Pro, our self-calibrating concrete sensor, will be available for limited release in Fall 2024. Our SmartMix product is currently in paid trials with expected increase in commercial availability over the coming year.