Oct 11, 2024

Measurand joins leading names in monitoring:  Introducing Geosolutions

Tyler Morency
1 month ago

Measurand is proud to be part of Orica Digital Solutions, under the product category Geosolutions, a global leader in geotechnical, geospatial and structural monitoring.

What is Geosolutions?

Geosolutions is a global leader in geotechnical, geospatial and structural monitoring. As part of Orica Digital Solutions, the group is backed by a team with known expertise and global reach, grounded in Orica’s 150 years of experience.

The Geosolutions group brings together six of the world’s leading monitoring brands—GroundProbe, RST Instruments, Measurand, 3vGeomatics, Syscom Instruments, and NavStar. We provide everything from sensors to services—a complete, end-to-end portfolio of solutions for our customers across the mining and civil infrastructure sectors.

Because our customers operate in some of the most complex and challenging environments they need trusted data in their hands, quickly. Our Geosolutions ecosystem provides critical intelligence and actionable insights so our customers can make better, risk-informed decisions to manage their assets safely and effectively and maximise productivity.

With over 180 years of combined experience, deep domain expertise, and more than 800 people employed worldwide within the Geosolutions team, we have the scale and geographical reach to ensure our customers benefit from expert advice, support, and services with the local knowledge they need.

With Orica Digital Solutions, we can seamlessly connect our customer’s physical and digital worlds so they can readily understand and optimise their operations at every step of the value chain, from exploration to processing. Orica Digital Solutions combines Orica’s experience and know-how with powerful technologies to meet our customers’ most critical and emerging needs.

What Measurand brings to Geosolutions

Measurand designs and manufactures ShapeArrayTM, the only patented geotechnical instrument of its kind. ShapeArray is an automated shape-measuring, inclinometer-style instrument on a reel, which has set a new standard for ease of installation. ShapeArray™ data are available in real-time, enabling engineers and designers to reduce risk and save money by making smarter, faster decisions.

Leading the Future of Monitoring

The launch of Geosolutions signals a new era for geotechnical and geospatial monitoring. By combining global expertise, and industry-leading technology that engineers around the world know and trust, Geosolutions provides customers with the intelligence they need to make proactive, informed decisions.

As Measurand and Orica Digital Solutions continue to push the boundaries of monitoring technology, our unwavering dedication to safety, efficiency, and performance guarantees that our customers will be prepared to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Discover Geosolutions

  • 1993

    The Beginning

    Measurand is established in Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • 1994

    Bend sensor development

    Measurand develops and patents fiber optic bend and position sensors for the medical and automotive sectors

    U.S. Patent 5,321,257

  • 1995

    Canadian Space Agency

    Receives funding from the CSA to develop sensor technology that ultimately leads to invention of ShapeTape

    U.S. Patent 5,633,494

  • 1999

    Patent on fiber optic sensor

    Measurand receives patent for "Fiber Optic Bending and Positioning Sensor" issued June 29, 1999

    Canadian Patent 2,073,162

  • 2001

    ShapeTape & ShapeHand debut

    Measurand designs and develops innovative motion capture technology

    U.S. Patent 6,127,672, 6,563,107

  • 2002

    Measurand Attends the ICPMG

    First contact with the geotechnical sector at the International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ICPMG)
  • 2004

    ShapeArray

    Design patent application sent about a new product designed to meet the specific needs of the geotechnical industry

    U.S. Patent 6,127,672, 6,563,107

  • 2005-08

    ShapeWrap

    Measurand debuts ShapeWrap motion capture technology for the film and animation industry

    U.S. Patent 7,296,363

  • 2006

    Malibu installation

    ShapeAccelArray installed for ground monitoring for the first time​ in Malibu, CA

    Canadian Patent 2,472,421

  • 2007

    ShapeMRI

    Suite of instrumentation developed for motion capture within Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines

    U.S. Patent 7,296,363

  • 2011

    SAAScan launched

    Built for rapid deployment and repeated use

    Canadian Patent 2,472,421

  • 2014

    SAAX launched

    Purpose-built for heavy-duty horizontal installation

    Canadian application 2,815,199 & 2,815,195

  • 2017

    SAAV launched

    The only geotechnical instrument with a patented cyclical installation method

    Cyclical Sensor Array, Canadian application 2,815,199 & 2,911,175