<s>
Giatec	B-Device
Scientific	I-Device
Inc	I-Device
.	I-Device
is	O
a	O
Canadian-based	O
company	O
with	O
headquarters	O
located	O
in	O
Ottawa	O
,	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Giatec	B-Device
Scientific	I-Device
Inc	I-Device
.	I-Device
was	O
co-founded	O
by	O
Pouria	O
Ghods	O
of	O
Carleton	O
University	O
and	O
Aali	O
R	O
.	O
Alizadeh	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Ottawa	O
in	O
September	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pair	O
began	O
working	O
with	O
advisers	O
at	O
Invest	O
Ottawa	O
,	O
who	O
arranged	O
sources	O
,	O
funding	O
and	O
ideas	O
to	O
bring	O
Giatec	B-Device
's	O
products	O
to	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
non-destructive	O
testing	O
methods	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Giatec	B-Device
used	O
mobile-based	O
applications	O
software	O
and	O
smart	O
technology	O
to	O
collect	O
and	O
analyze	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Giatec	B-Device
became	O
independent	O
of	O
Invest	O
Ottawa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
year	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
collapse	O
of	O
the	O
Algo	O
Centre	O
Mall	O
in	O
Elliot	O
Lake	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
Giatec	B-Device
's	O
equipment	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
forensic	O
structural	O
examination	O
that	O
was	O
initiated	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
public	O
inquiry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Giatec	B-Device
has	O
developed	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
testing	O
devices	O
and	O
sensors	B-Application
for	O
measurement	O
of	O
concrete	O
permeability	O
,	O
electrical	O
resistivity	O
measurement	O
of	O
concrete	O
,	O
half-cell	O
corrosion	O
,	O
corrosion	O
rate	O
,	O
concrete	O
temperature	O
,	O
and	O
concrete	O
maturity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Giatec	B-Device
won	O
the	O
Rio	O
Info	O
2013	O
Innovation	O
Award	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Ottawa	O
Business	O
Journal	O
's	O
annual	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
Startups	O
to	O
Watch	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Giatec	B-Device
is	O
also	O
the	O
recipient	O
of	O
Ottawa	O
's	O
Top	O
10	O
Fastest	O
Growing	O
Companies	O
,	O
and	O
Canada	O
's	O
Top	O
500	O
Fastest	O
Growing	O
Companies	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Giatec	B-Device
also	O
began	O
to	O
develop	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
(	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
)	O
applications	O
for	O
the	O
construction	O
industry	O
through	O
wireless	O
concrete	O
temperature	O
and	O
maturity	O
sensors	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
electrical	O
resistivity	O
monitoring	O
device	O
that	O
sends	O
data	O
directly	O
to	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
through	O
a	O
downloadable	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
Giatec	B-Device
released	O
Smart	O
Concrete	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
IoT-based	O
solution	O
for	O
ready-mix	O
concrete	O
producers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Giatec	B-Device
later	O
changed	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
their	O
product	O
due	O
to	O
opposition	O
from	O
Kryton	O
International	O
Inc.	O
,	O
which	O
holds	O
trademark	O
registrations	O
for	O
"	O
Smart	O
Concrete	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Giatec	B-Device
was	O
awarded	O
a	O
$2.4	O
M	O
grant	O
by	O
the	O
SDTC	O
to	O
commercialize	O
a	O
new	O
clean-tech	O
solution	O
to	O
optimize	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
cement	O
used	O
by	O
readymix	O
concrete	O
producers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Nov	O
.	O
19th	O
,	O
Paul	O
Loucks	O
(	O
Ottawa	O
tech	O
veteran	O
and	O
former	O
CEO	O
of	O
Halogen	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
)	O
joined	O
Giatec	B-Device
as	O
the	O
new	O
CEO	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
11	O
years	O
of	O
organic	O
growth	O
,	O
Giatec	B-Device
raised	O
single-digit	O
million	O
Euro	O
funding	O
from	O
HeidelbergCement	O
in	O
May	O
2022	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
commercialize	O
new	O
software	O
and	O
sensor	O
solutions	O
for	O
concrete	O
monitoring	O
and	O
AI-based	O
concrete	O
mixture	O
optimization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Giatec	B-Device
product	O
range	O
of	O
nondestructive	O
testing	O
devices	O
can	O
be	O
divided	O
into	O
three	O
areas	O
:	O
laboratory	O
devices	O
,	O
which	O
include	O
products	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
measure	O
the	O
permeability	O
of	O
concrete	O
specimens	O
;	O
hand-held	O
portable	O
field	O
inspection	O
devices	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
conduct	O
in-situ	O
condition	O
assessment	O
of	O
concrete	O
structures	O
such	O
as	O
bridges	O
;	O
and	O
embedded	O
wireless	O
sensors	B-Application
for	O
real-time	O
monitoring	O
of	O
concrete	O
properties	O
such	O
as	O
temperature	O
,	O
humidity	O
,	O
maturity	O
,	O
and	O
strength	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corrosion	O
Mapping	O
:	O
XCell	O
and	O
iCOR	O
together	O
collect	O
data	O
about	O
corrosion	O
in	O
rebar/steel	O
in	O
the	O
concrete	O
structure	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
transmit	O
the	O
data	O
using	O
and	O
Android-based	O
smartphone	B-Application
or	O
tablet	O
application	O
to	O
a	O
remote	O
location	O
for	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electrical	O
Resistivity	O
:	O
Giatec	B-Device
manufactures	O
three	O
testing	O
devices	O
which	O
measure	O
electrical	O
resistivity	O
for	O
quality	O
control	O
,	O
crack	O
detection	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
setting	O
time	O
of	O
fresh	O
concrete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
these	O
is	O
the	O
Smartbox	O
,	O
a	O
compact	O
wireless	O
sensor	O
that	O
sends	O
data	O
to	O
a	O
handheld	O
Android	B-Application
Smartphone/tablet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Concrete	O
Maturity	O
:	O
Giatec	B-Device
has	O
several	O
wireless	O
sensors	B-Application
,	O
including	O
SmartRock	O
and	O
BlueRock	O
,	O
for	O
monitoring	O
concrete	O
properties	O
such	O
as	O
temperature	O
,	O
maturity	O
,	O
strength	O
,	O
and	O
humidity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
mobile-based	O
sensors	B-Application
that	O
are	O
embedded	O
in	O
concrete	O
during	O
construction	O
.	O
</s>
