Keller, is the largest, oldest and most established specialist geotechnical contractor in Sub-Saharan Africa, offering a comprehensive range of geotechnical and marine engineering techniques.
We believe no one should be harmed as a result of the work we do or the services we provide. Our ultimate goal is to have zero incidents through the effective management of health and safety in all our operations.
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Dry soil mixing is a ground improvement technique that improves soft, high moisture clays, peats, and other weak soils, by mechanically mixing them with dry cementitious binder.
Subsidence, the gradual downward movement of a building or structure, can result in damage to buildings. Keller can apply re-levelling techniques to bring buildings back to their correct levels, strengthen any weak ground under and around the foundations and avoid any recurring sinking…
Keller is actively involved in efforts to upgrade infrastructure throughout Africa. Whether it is transportation, railways, tunnels or utilities, we provide geotechnical solutions for each unique project.
Why work for us?
We pride ourselves in having some of the best professionals and skilled people in the industry who are motivated by our culture and the opportunities for career growth.
Liquefaction is a common problem in earthquake-prone areas where soils lose strength due to the ground motion and behave like a viscous liquid, damaging overlying structures.
Major civil engineering schemes often involve working below the water table. Controlling or preventing water seepage is vital to allow construction to proceed. Keller has a range of techniques to deploy to provide effective cut-offs and to seal joints and fissures in the ground or below ground…
Keller has provided thousands of homeowners, developers and contractors with geotechnical solutions to both large and small residential projects.
Weak, compressible soils may require structural elements, specifically heavy foundations, that transfer loads through to underlying competent soils or rock. Whether an open site or inside an existing structure, Keller can provide the optimal heavy foundation solution for your project. This…
Underpinning provides additional support to existing foundations that are unable to safely support existing or future loads. Keller can provide the optimal repair or solution to remediate the structure.
It is often desirable to prevent the migration of contamination in the ground, or to prevent seepage from a dam or levee. Keller Africa has a wide range of techniques that can be adapted to form an appropriate sealing or cut-off barrier.
Jet grouting uses high velocity fluid jets to construct cemented soil of varying geometries in the ground.
Unstable ground can cause instability both in the temporary and permanent case. We have a range of solutions that can be deployed to strengthen the soils.
Ground anchors transfer tensile loads and consist of an anchor head, a free length and a bond length. The free length enables the anchor to be, a big advantage for excavation pits with very low horizontal deflections.
Contiguous pile walls consist of piles arranged in a way that a gap remains between the piles. Where required the soil between the piles can be stabilised during excavation by either installing timber lagging in front of the excavated soil or by building a reinforced shotcrete wall towards the…
Vertical panels are excavated under stabilising slurries using mechanical/hydraulic clamshell grabs or hydromill cutters to form a continuous cut-off, retaining and/or structural wall.