Keller Group
Encyclopedia
Keller Group plc is a major British
based ground engineering
company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange
.
ground engineering
business from which name of the Company is derived. In 1984 it bought Hayward Baker Inc., a US
ground engineering
business. In 1990 it was the subject of a management buy-out from GKN plc supported by Candover
. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange
in 1994. The Company had a social housing division until 2007 when it was sold for nominal consideration.
United Kingdom
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based ground engineering
Engineering
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company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
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.
History
The Company was first established as the Ground Engineering division of GKN plc in the 1950s. In 1974 it acquired Johann Keller, a GermanGermany
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ground engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
business from which name of the Company is derived. In 1984 it bought Hayward Baker Inc., a US
United States
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ground engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
business. In 1990 it was the subject of a management buy-out from GKN plc supported by Candover
Candover
Candover Investments plc is a British-based private equity firm, specialising in arranging and leading large buyouts and buyins. Candover Investments is structured as an investment trust...
. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
in 1994. The Company had a social housing division until 2007 when it was sold for nominal consideration.
Operations
The Company operates under different brand names in different parts of the World:- Europe
- Keller
- LCM
- Wannenwetsch
- Phi
- Systems Geotechnique
- USA
- Hayward Baker
- Suncoast
- Case Foundation
- McKinney
- Anderson
- HJ Foundation
- Rest of the World
- Keller
- Franki
- Vibropile
- Piling Contractors
- Genco