Keller Group completes acquisition of US-based GEO-Instruments

Keller Group, the London-headquartered ground engineering company, has acquired US-based instrumentation and monitoring company, GEO-Instruments.

GEO-Instruments supplies, manufactures, installs and integrates monitoring systems for buildings, excavations, bridges, railways, roads, tunnels, dams, embankments, and slopes.

The company, which has annual revenue of around £4m, is based in Rhode Island, with offices in New York, Washington DC, Seattle, and San Francisco.

Joseph Hubback, Keller Group strategy director and global lead for Getec (Keller’s global instrumentation and monitoring brand), said: “This is an important step in strengthening our global capability in instrumentation and monitoring; helping us innovate and scale our operations, and supporting the trend for increasing technology in our market.

“The acquisition fits well within Keller’s strategic framework driving growth, leveraging the scale of the group and enhancing operations.”

GEO-Instruments will operate as a division of Getec and be led by its former owner, Pierre Gouvin, as president. Getec in North America will fall under the management of Keller company Hayward Baker.

Keller is the world’s largest geotechnical contractor, providing geotechnical solutions to the construction industry. With annual revenue of around £1.6bn, Keller has approximately 10,000 staff worldwide.