CalTa株式会社

CalTa Inc. is a digital transformation firm focused on the infrastructure sector, born from a strategic joint venture established on July 1, 2021. The company was co-founded by Liberaware Inc., a developer of compact drones for confined spaces, JR East Start-UP Co., Ltd., and JR East Consultants Company. This collaboration was a direct result of Liberaware's successful participation in the JR East Start-up Program in 2019, where trials demonstrated that drone technology could significantly improve the productivity of construction and maintenance by capturing site conditions accurately with fewer people and in less time. The company is led by CEO Toru Takatsu, whose extensive background at East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in railway infrastructure planning, design, and investment project management positioned him to spearhead the use of technologies like BIM/CIM and point cloud data, ultimately leading to the formation of CalTa.

The company addresses critical challenges in the infrastructure industry, such as labor shortages and the difficulty of inspecting and managing sites that are hard to access, like the areas above station ceilings or confined construction zones. CalTa provides a two-pronged service offering: an on-site video acquisition service and a digitalization service. For data acquisition, it utilizes specialized small drones and robots to capture video and point cloud data from high, confined, or otherwise inaccessible locations. This service enables safer and more efficient equipment inspections. The core of its digitalization service is "TRANCITY," a digital twin software platform. This platform automatically generates 3D models from uploaded video data, complete with location and time-series information. This allows clients such as railway operators, infrastructure companies, construction firms, and manufacturers to manage, inspect, and share detailed 3D data of their facilities from any location. By integrating these services, CalTa offers a comprehensive solution that covers everything from on-site inspection and 3D data creation to subsequent facility management. The business model centers on selling its software products, like TRANCITY, and providing data acquisition and digital development services to a client base that includes major railway companies like the JR Group, road and electric power companies.

Keywords: digital twin, infrastructure maintenance, 3D modeling, point cloud data, drone inspection, construction tech, facility management, digital transformation, asset inspection, TRANCITY, railway infrastructure, remote site management, BIM/CIM, robotics, video acquisition, data visualization, asset lifecycle management, sustainable infrastructure, facility digitalization, construction management