OYO Corporation

OYO Corporation, a Tokyo-headquartered firm founded in 1954, delivers specialized geological survey services across Japan and internationally. The company organizes its comprehensive offerings into four distinct operational areas: Infrastructure Maintenance, Management, and Renovation; Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation; Environment; and Natural Resources and Energy. The Infrastructure Maintenance, Management, and Renovation division focuses on sustaining vital infrastructure. This includes providing data on underground utilities, enhancing the longevity of public infrastructure, utilizing non-invasive radar for buried pipe detection, and supporting construction projects with advanced 3D ground information technology and analytical systems. They also address transportation environmental management and detect subsurface voids beneath roads. Dedicated to public safety, the Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation segment offers critical services such as predicting seismic motion and potential damage, simulating tsunamis and forecasting inundation, deploying hazard mapping sensor technologies, and assisting with landslide prevention. Additionally, they manage watershed and flood control strategies, implement fire spread prediction systems, and operate networks for seismometer and volcano monitoring. The Environment segment tackles ecological concerns through various services, including developing disaster waste disposal plans and rapid treatment solutions, aiding in the reconstruction efforts in Fukushima, and promoting green infrastructure. This division also specializes in investigating and remedying soil and groundwater pollution, analyzing and removing asbestos, fostering environmental stewardship, and performing detailed environmental analyses and assessments. Lastly, the Natural Resources and Energy segment supports the development and management of energy resources. Their services encompass assistance for offshore wind power generation, disaster prevention for energy facilities, backing for geothermal power initiatives, support for methane hydrate development research, and implementation of ground-source heating systems. This segment also plays a role in manufacturing and distributing equipment for natural resource exploration.