GESS 2022-2023 Sponsors

Learn more about this years sponsors at our 25th Geomatics Engineering Exposition hosted at the University of Calgary’s, Engineering Lounge and Engineering atrium on February 2 from 9am-4pm.


Platinum Sponsors


Platinum Sponsor (Breakfast Sponsor)

Incorporated in 2008, Explore was founded as a professional land surveying firm with specialization in the oil and gas sector. Explores scope of practice grew in 2009, when at the request of our clients, we began to offer depth of cover inspections on pipeline water crossings. Since inception we have expanded our services to become a multidisciplinary firm with expertise spanning the energy, construction, mining, and land development sectors.

Learn more: https://exploreinc.ca/

Platinum Sponsor (Lunch Sponsor)

Underhill is a group of professional land surveyors and geomatics engineers providing full-service geomatics consulting and technical services.

In operation since 1913, Underhill is recognized as one of Canada’s trusted professional surveying companies. Our professional land surveyors firm provides services throughout BC, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and all of Canada.

Learn more: https://underhill.ca/

Platinum Sponsor (Reception Sponsor)

CNH Industrial is a world-class equipment and services company that sustainably advances the noble work of agriculture and construction workers. The Company provides the strategic direction, R&D capabilities, and investments that enable the success of its core Brands.

Learn more: https://www.cnhindustrial.com/

Platinum Sponsor (Clothing Sponsor)

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Established in 1910, McElhanney is an employee-owned company that provides surveying, engineering, GIS & remote sensing, community & transportation planning, landscape architecture, environmental services, and more. We have 30+ locations across Western Canada, with specialty satellite offices in Newfoundland & Labrador and Florida (USA), to serve cities, communities & parks, energy & resources, and transportation sectors. We operate locally in the communities where we live and work and share staff resources across the company to meet our clients’ needs with efficiency and the best expertise.

Learn more : https://www.mcelhanney.com/

Platinum Sponsor (Coffee Break Sponsor)

Midwest Surveys is an employee owned land surveying firm that provides client-centric geomatics services throughout Western Canada. Employee ownership ensures our highly skilled teams are consistently engaged and provide our clients with high value solutions. We make every effort to build lasting relationships with our clients and encourage and embrace collaboration. Midwest Surveys values opportunities to connect with students and is excited to meet with enthusiastic individuals seeking summer work terms during their program or full time employment upon graduation!

Learn more : https://midwestsurveys.com/

Platinum Sponsor (National Geomatics Competition Sponsor)

At MTE Consultants, we’re all about people. It’s people that elevate our organization to new heights. It’s people who are impacted by the work we do each day. It’s people who make our office more than just a workplace.

As a multidisciplinary firm providing services in engineering, surveying and environmental science, we’re proud to have helped shape the regions in which we work and live since 1985. For over 35 years, we have maintained a commitment to quality and lasting relations. Our strength is in the people we work with and the solutions we design. With 5 different offices across Ontario, our team is comprised of driven professionals at various stages of their careers – and we’re all in this together. Every day, we’re working together and collaborating on projects that are both challenging and impactful. Join a team that creates connections, drives your career and supports the community in more ways than one.

Our employees are key to who we are and what we do. As a result, we strive to provide an environment that fosters relationships, enables professional growth, and is the catalyst for change in our communities. We are always growing and looking for strong candidates to complement our team. We’re nothing without our people, which is why we make sure our staff is well taken care of.

Learn more : https://www.mte85.com/

Platinum Sponsor (National Geomatics Competition Sponsor)

Hexagon is the global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. Our solutions free our customers to harness the rapidly-increasing amounts of data, putting it to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector and mobility applications.

Learn more : https://hexagon.com/


Silver Sponsors


GeoVerra is one of Canada’s largest geomatics firms, providing land surveying, mapping, forestry, environmental, and geospatial solutions across the country. With roots in the industry that stretch back over 100 years, we continue to evolve and position ourselves for a rapidly-changing future, while remaining true to the founding principle on which GeoVerra was built: to provide outstanding service from down-to-earth people. At GeoVerra, our people and culture set us apart. We’ve assembled a talented group of creative, passionate, and skilled professionals who embrace new adventures. GeoVerra offers student and permanent opportunities working on exciting projects with the latest technology.

Learn more : https://www.geoverra.com/


Since our founding in 1984, Challenger Geomatics has been an employee-owned firm providing professional surveying, mapping, and remote-sensing services. We also provide consulting and specialized services to the energy, mining, and government sectors. We have branch offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, and Fort McMurray, and operate throughout Alberta, Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

Our primary focus is always on providing exceptional service to our clients as we work to solve their unique spatial challenges. Our vision is to be the employer of choice in our industry and we want to hire talented people who are:

  • Passionate about their careers
  • Ready to face a challenge each and every day
  • Constantly striving to learn and improve their skills
  • Willing to innovate and work with the latest survey technology

We know that it is through our talented people that we can achieve our goals and provide an exceptional experience to our clients.

Learn more : https://www.challengergeomatics.com/

DESIGN WITH COMMUNITY IN MIND

Communities are fundamental.  Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of place and of belonging.  That’s why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind.

We care about the communities we serve – because they’re our communities too.  This allows us to bring expertise and diverse perspectives so we can collaborate toward shared success.

We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships.  Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

Lean more : https://www.stantec.com/

Phasor Engineering specializes in providing the North American Electric Power and Renewable Energy industries with professional engineering services, including geomatics. The Geomatics division of Phasor Engineering is a 40-person team of field staff and engineers that provides construction layout surveys on the largest Transmission Line projects in North America; LiDAR acquisition surveys; and multi-spectral, drone-based powerline inspection surveys. We currently have several multi-year projects throughout North America, as far south as Arizona and as far north as Nunavut. Phasor Engineering promotes innovation within a small, supportive team.

Learn more : https://phasorengineering.ca/

Trimble is an industrial technology company, concentrated on helping the world work better. Our technology enables jobs to get done more precisely and accurately so you can build, construct, grow and move the things we need to live our lives and build future communities. We transform the way the world works by connecting the physical and digital worlds through hardware, software and services across agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation. Trimble solutions are at work in over 150 countries and we have employees in more than 40 countries. This, coupled with a highly capable network of global dealers, and distribution partners, helps our customers to thrive across the world, with local support.

Learn more : https://www.trimble.com/en/

TULLOCH provides integrated planning, surveying, environmental, and engineering services. As a multidisciplinary consulting firm, we understand how to combine services; how to work effectively with colleagues and partners; and how to find efficiencies on projects.

Learn more : https://tulloch.ca/

Inline Group is a Geotechnical Engineering, Materials Testing, and Survey firm with offices, team members, projects, and Indigenous partnerships Canada-Wide. We are the Inline Difference. Our Core values are at the heart of everything we do: Humble, Productive and Hardworking, Personable, Professional and Adaptable.

Learn more : https://www.inlinegroupinc.ca/


Cansel is Canada’s largest supplier of geospatial and engineering field equipment, integrating sensors, field supplies and office processing software. Cansel’s portfolio of measurement solutions facilitate a high quality, productive workflow and data exchange to drive efficiency, productivity, safety and value in organizations of all sizes.

Learn more : https://www.cansel.ca/store/cansel/en/


Bronze Sponsors