Construction

Building Solar Farms From The Ground Up

As global energy priorities shift towards sustainability, solar farms have emerged as critical infrastructure in Canada’s transition to clean energy. The reliability of the surveying work that precedes construction are pivotal to the long-term success of these projects. At Challenger Geomatics, we’re proud to be a trusted partner in this green revolution, offering surveying expertise […]

Avoid Costly Surprises: Why Early Surveying Pays Off

Planning Your Next Project? Survey Early. When it comes to major infrastructure, energy, or industrial development, success doesn’t start with shovels in the ground — it starts with solid data. At Challenger Geomatics, we’ve seen time and again how early-stage surveying makes the difference between a smooth build and a project riddled with delays, design […]

Understanding the Basics of Land Surveying

To the uninitiated, land surveying may seem extremely technical and complicated. While it has its challenges and technology has changed, the truth is that surveying as a discipline goes back thousands of years, and many of the principles have remained the same to the present day. What has changed is that the technology at our […]

When is a Topographic Survey Needed

Many people view the start of a construction project as the moment that shovels hit the ground and heavy machinery is brought out. But, before many different types of construction and development projects can commence in Alberta, a land surveyor for Calgary, Edmonton, and elsewhere throughout Alberta and Northern Canada, such as Challenger Geomatics, first needs […]

From the Field: The Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway

Case Study Canada’s north is famous for its extreme environment and the stories it spawns. For E. Grubens Transport and Inukshuk Geomatics, an aboriginal majority-owned partnership between the Inuvialuit Development Corporation and Challenger Geomatics Ltd., building the most northerly 60 kilometres of the 120-kilometre Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk highway gives rise to its own stories. “It’s like building […]