Giatec Scientific

Lithko’s scope includes the complete foundation package, elevated decks, and vertical concrete elements for the Roper Hospital Medical Campus.  The foundation work consists of 6,000 cubic yards of 6,000 PSI concrete and over 1,600 tons of reinforcing steel. Pile caps measure up to 21 feet by 21 feet by 8 feet thick, containing 144 #10 dowels and 19-bolt anchor patterns extending 8 feet.  A 35,000-square-foot mat foundation supports the mechanical pit and required detailed planning and coordination due to depth and size.   Read the full article here.

Concrete accounts for nearly 8% of global CO₂ emissions and a major contributor is non-optimized processes. Giatec, a Canadian construction tech company, saw an opportunity to change that. “We started Giatec with the vision to revolutionize the concrete industry,” says Aali R. Alizadeh, CTO and co-founder. “To bring easy-to-use software and sensors so that all the stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of concrete can benefit from and improve the productivity, efficiency, safety and durability in construction projects.” The industry has traditionally relied on manual processes and intuition. Giatec saw an opportunity to close that gap with smarter solutions, starting with data—advancing sustainability and safety across the lifecycle of concrete. Read the full article here.

Leading concrete and cement producers, suppliers, owners, and contractors continue to commit to a net zero embodied carbon footprint… and the sustainable payoff is beginning to emerge. High Rise With Digital Tools and Sustainable Concrete The Press Blocks development in the Portland, Ore., Goose Hollow Neighborhood spans an entire city block. The project includes a four-story subterranean parking garage and a 23-story high-rise residential tower—and some significant sustainability objectives. To meet the requirements, Turner Construction Company, the general contractor, worked with many supply chain partners including Heidelberg Materials, ready-mix concrete provider, to complete the project and achieve sustainability goals. One goal was to balance high-quality concrete with optimized lower carbon mixtures, resulting in an overall 38% reduction of global warming potential (GWP) from their baseline. Read the full article here.

Giatec launched a seamless integration with concrete technologies innovator, alterBiota. The collaboration integrates alterBiota’s digital Aggregate technology with Giatec’s AI-powered SmartMix platform, bringing real-time aggregate data directly to SmartMix to expand optimization opportunities and deliver an end-to-end quality control solution for ready-mix producers. The announcement was made during the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s ConcreteWorks 2025 event, located in Orlando, Florida, October 10 -12, 2025. Read the full article here.

School is back in session for Sundt as we return to California State University, Fullerton for a new student housing project. Eight months ago, the team began construction on the $130 million Jewel Plummer Cobb Student Housing project after completing an award-winning housing expansion for the university in 2022. The project adds 512 beds to campus, increasing its on-campus housing capacity to over 2,600. Located beside the Arboretum and Botanical Garden, the new space focuses on wellness – offering outdoor seating and a relaxing courtyard where students can de-stress or bring their studies into nature. With its opening, Cal State Fullerton will launch a new affordable housing initiative that includes 390 subsidized beds specifically for students. These units are offered below standard rental rates, making them more accessible to students who face financial barriers or burdens. Read the full article…

(July 21, 2025) Part 1 – A Perfect Storm of Challenges: State of the Concrete Industry Concrete contractors in 2025 are facing a perfect storm of challenges that are reshaping how work gets done on-site, impacting project timelines, budgets, and workforce stability. From labor gaps and QC headaches to price spikes and unpredictable pipelines, contractors are under pressure from all sides in 2025. Success this year means staying flexible, adopting tech that boosts efficiency, and forging tighter collaboration across the supply chain. Read the full article here. (Aug 21, 2025) Part 2 – Growth and Contracting: State of the Concrete Industry  In 2025, not all concrete work is created equal; some segments are booming, others are pulling back. Segments in concrete construction seeing growth are in infrastructure and civil projects; data centers and advanced manufacturing; and tilt-up and precast. Public funding, digital infrastructure needs,…

Pouria Ghods and Aali Alizadeh’s path began at the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, with a seminar organized by the local ACI Chapter on concrete technology followed by the announcement of the ACI High-Strength Concrete Cube Student Competition. They teamed up with a few classmates to participate in this event. Their first attempts in making high-strength concrete or even concrete itself were a mess. They watched as their early concrete mixtures failed to set, but with every setback came greater resolve. Mixing and testing in their lab, they sought the perfect concrete formula, at one point even hand-mixing the materials with aggregate they had sourced through a long road trip across Iran. After months of hard work, they emerged victorious with a winning formula in the national competition, securing their place at the ACI Concrete Convention – Fall 2000 in…

Concrete monitoring is undergoing a quiet revolution with the use of data generated by specialized sensors that are embedded within concrete structures where they can continue to generate curing information up to four months. Supply Five in Cape Town is the sole authorized distributor of Giatec’s SmartRock concrete sensors which are increasingly being used by local contractors, engineers and precast manufacturers, providing them with a smarter way to build. […] Read the full article here.

Strategic investment in Giatec has tech developer aiming at accelerating global digitization in the construction industry. Digital concrete technology platform Giatec has announced a strategic minority investment from specialty chemicals company Sika AG as the two companies aim to revolutionize concrete construction through smart testing technologies and real-time collection and analysis of concrete data, from production and delivery to placement. Read the full article here.

Our recent efforts on behalf of Canadian companies seeking opportunities in Vietnam derived to six confirmed leads and an MOU with a Vietnamese distributor in progress. Given the recent posture of our largest trading partner, these international expansion projects have become even more important. Case in Point: Giatec Scientific’s Experience in Vietnam This consulting engagement is as beneficial to our clients as it is for Executive MBA candidates. For example, client organization Giatec Scientific gained traction in Malaysia and Vietnam over the last two engagements, receiving several verbal commitments to execute on pilot projects during our most recent mission to Vietnam. Read the full article here.

Sika, which supplies specialty chemicals for the construction industry, has made a strategic minority investment in Giatec, which develops digital concrete technology platforms in Nepean, Ont. The partnership is intended to accelerate the adoption of Giatec’s technologies for testing, collecting and analyzing data on concrete from production to delivery to placement, which are designed to help experts improve the quality, durability and sustainability of concrete throughout its life cycle. Read the full article here.

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials in the world – and for good reason. But as essential as it is, the way we’ve been working with concrete hasn’t changed much in decades. Traditional methods come with a handful of recurring problems: curing takes too long, quality control can be hit-or-miss, and the environmental impact – especially from cement – is significant. These aren’t small issues, and they’ve only grown more urgent as the industry pushes for faster builds and greener solutions. That’s where Giatec Scientific Inc. comes in. This Canadian company is shaking up the concrete world with smart, tech-driven solutions that help construction teams build better, faster, and more sustainably. Read the full article here.

El primer sensor de asentamiento en tránsito no invasivo y autocalibrado del mundo aporta precisión y sencillez al control de calidad del hormigón. Giatec®, líder global en plataformas tecnológicas para la industria del concreto, ha anunciado el lanzamiento de MixPilot™, un innovador sensor que permitirá gestionar la calidad del concreto de manera más eficiente. Este sistema, el primero en su clase, ofrece mediciones en tiempo real de las propiedades del concreto como el asentamiento, la temperatura y el volumen, desde la planta hasta el punto de vertido. Read the full article here.

Lately, well-crafted connected devices with wireless sensors and reliable, low-cost compute hardware have been revolutionising many “unconnected” industries, services, and applications. One such industry and service is the delivery of pre-mixed concrete. A Canadian customer of ours called Giatec recently launched a unique and very clever product called MixPilot. MixPilot gets mounted to concrete delivery trucks and, through the use of sensors and algorithms, can monitor various aspects of concrete being delivered, including a property known as its slump. This is done to ensure the quality of the concrete and give the fleet operators more visibility into the trucks and their payload, as well as bringing other new operational benefits. Part of their product’s charm is that it’s easy to install on the truck: it’s “set and forget”, meaning it doesn’t require much maintenance. Read the full article here.

As mass concrete becomes essential in construction, understanding factors that impact its quality and strength gain is critical. Contractors must carefully monitor the maximum temperature, which typically peaks within the first 48 hours after pouring, often at the core of the mass element. This temperature results from both initial placement heat and additional heat rise. Managing these factors is crucial to prevent quality issues and ensure structural integrity. Let’s explore further challenges associated with temperature control in mass concrete. Read the full article here.

Technologies being introduced to the concrete paving industry seem endless. Some affect equipment, such as internet-of-things (IoT) sensors that inform maintenance. Some affect concrete mixes, incorporating physical components that increase durability and strength. Still others are software-specific, enhancing project management and other tasks. While road owners and concrete paving companies are experimenting with a range of these, several technologies focus specifically on improving the performance and long-term durability—not to mention jobsite efficiency—of concrete pavement. Digital sensors are perhaps the most noticeable technology being used on concrete paving projects. Sensors offer testing options that are in-situ, thereby providing a more accurate representation of actual conditions than off-site test methods. They work in real time, shortening project timelines, and they are non-destructive. Read the full article here.

October 8, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario. The federal government is committed to a carbon-neutral future and has set the ambitious target of achieving a net-zero economy by 2050 while creating good-paying jobs. As part of that commitment, we are supporting the transition to clean technology innovations that will help Canadian businesses reduce carbon emissions and lessen their impact on the environment. Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, is pleased to announce a $17.5 million investment in Giatec Scientific Inc. This investment will support the company’s $65.8 million project to develop sensor technologies using artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize concrete mixtures, resulting in a reduced carbon footprint, while improving the quality of building materials used for Canadian infrastructure. Read the full article here.