Cautus Geo 10 years

Cautus Geo takes over responsibility for instrumentation and monitoring of Åkneset. The project and monitoring system are covered in depth in the well-known geodesy publication, American Surveyor.

Cautus Geo establishes a laser monitoring system on the mountain Mannen in Rauma municipality. Three lasers are set up and operational before November 1st. Mannen would go on to become one of the most comprehensive and complex projects for the company.

Upgrade of total station with a new Trimble 58 long range on Åkneset. We thereby administrate the largest GNSS network (technology that uses satellites) for deformation monitoring in Northern Europe.

Åknes-Tafjord IKS, who is responsible for monitoring of the largest and most vulnerable mountain areas of Western Norway, begins using Cautus Web.

2010 is the first full operational year. The annual financial statements show revenues of 6.4 million NOK and after-tax profits of 1.5 million NOK, with no absences due to sickness. By the end of 2010, the company has four full-time employees and two part-time.

Cautus Geo becomes the distributor of a new monitoring system from Measurand in Canada called SAAF. The system will come to be used extensively throughout the world, Norway included.

On the Strindheim tunnel project in Trondheim, construction begins in Bakklandet, an area with clay and little bedrock. The SAAF-system is used to monitor deformation in the mountain over the excavation.

We win our first projects in Sweden and instrument several dams in both Northern and Southern Sweden. The projects are for some of Sweden’s largest dam operators. They encompass monitoring of deformation with both strain gauges and total stations, water level and measurement of climate and temperature changes in the structures.

We move in to new, larger offices at Sinsenveien 53 in Løren.

Development begins on our first avalanche radar. The first tests are performed in late winter 2013.

We are nominated as a Gaselle Business. Behind the nomination stands Dagens Næringsliv and Bisnode. The creteria include having an annual growth in revenues, with at least a doubling in four years and a profitable result.

In 2013, a large-scale build-out of the Bjørvika area in downtown Oslo begins. Cautus Geo is involved with the first project midway through 2013. It is the start of several years with monitoring of ground conditions and structures in the area.

The annual finances for 2013 display stability. Revenues are 11.3 million NOK. The after-tax profit stands at 1.8 million NOK. There are 12 days of absence due to sickness in the company, which now has six full-time and two part-time employees.

Two new projects utilizing our avalanche radar. The systems are established in Lom in Gudbrandsdalen and Utladøla in Sogn. Both projects include automatic closure of roadways. These projects are the first automatic avalanche monitoring projects in Norway using radar technology.

We begin environmental monitoring and offer a wide range of environmental sensors and robust data buoy platforms well-suited for Nordic conditions. In October, Cautus Geo begins its first application with environmental monitoring of Kadettangen in Bærum municipality, just west of Oslo. The project also includes automatic settlement measurements.

2014 is a new year of growth. Annual reports show revenues of 13.1 million NOK, with profits of 2.3 million NOK. There are 16 days of abscence due to illness amongst the staff of six full-time and two part-time employees.

Another regional office is established in Drammen.

The annual finances show strong growth in 2015. Revenues increase to 19.5 million NOK. The after-tax result is a profit of 3.9 million NOK. Days of absence due to sickness are reduced to five, and the staff now stands at nine full-time employees.

Condotte is the lead contractor, and later will Bane NOR take over as Cautus Geo’s client on the Follo rail line entering into the central train station Oslo S. The project develops into a large-scale monitoring application. Eventually, it consists of monitoring of ground conditions, structures being built, existing buildings and operational rail lines.

We begin our largest R&D project. The name of the project is “Continuous pesticide sensing in the environment”, abbreviated CoPs. The project is supported by the EU and Forskningsrådet. The goal is to develop a system for automatic and continuous measurement of many different pesticides with real-time reporting of data.

Parts of the construction site in connection with the development of Rv13, Jobergtunellen, slide out in Granvinsvatnet. Cautus Geo is tasked with monitoring ground conditions and stability after the slide and during rebuilding of the road..

We deliver a large number of SAAF (measurement system for deformation along a cable) from Measurand and are one of the largest distributors for the system in the world.

The annual financial statements for 2017 show for the first time a drop in revenues, which sit at 15.6 millioner kroner. The downturn is a result of delyas to the planned start-up of several projects which Cautus Geo bid on. After-tax results show a profit of 1.6 million NOK. Absences due to sickness are 19 days. The company remains with ten full-time employees.

Cautus Geo wins its first avalanche monitoring projects with geophones on Rv37 along Tinnsjøen in Telemark. The system is wireless. It quickly detects avalanches and closes Tinnsjøveien with traffic lights and gates.

Cautus Geo moves up into the «Champions League» of innovation and deelopment, says Innovation Norway upon distribution of EU-funding fra the EU’s Horizon 2020 program.  Cautus Geo is one of two companies in Norway who receive approval for their «Fast Track to Innovation» applications. The EU support will go towards development of a new type of water sensor that measures pesticides in water in real-time.

Annual reports for 2018 show strong growth. Sales revenues are 21.8 million NOK. The end result after tax is a profit of 2.5 million NOK. The company has ten employees.

Cautus Geo receives work orders on several of Bane NOR’s (railroad authority) projects. The assignmenets entail pore pressure, deformation and other measurements on the Follo Line project in Oslo, Vestfoldbanen, Eidsvoll South and Moss.

August 1st, 2019: Cautus Geo celebrates 10 years.

Cautus Geo has become one of Europe’s leading companies in automatic monitoring of geohazards, structures, climate and the environment. Teh company has grown from being a company with a focus on geotechnical measurement systems to covering many different subject areas such as geotechnical, geology, geodesy, environmental, water, snow, IT, electronics and software development.

Cautus Geo has bet big on research and development and had a curiosity for new technology, measurement methods and business areas.

Cautus Geo is one of the most solid businesses with AAA-rating from Bisnode/DNB.