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Corporate
Profile
Fugro
Group General Information
The Fugro Group of companies
is an international consulting firm that provides accurate and economical
measurements and interpretations from soil, water and air together with creative
solutions to match Client requirements. The group traces it's origins back to 1946 when Kees Joustra worked his way
through college at the Delft Laboratory for Soil Mechanics. In 1962 Kees, with
the backing and vision of Ab Schreuders, founded and registered "N.V.
Funderingstechniek en Grondmechanica (Fugro) Ltd.". The rest is history!.
Its three core activities include:
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Geotechnical
Services
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Survey Services
- Geoscience Services
Fugro operates on a worldwide
scale. The Group employs more than
8000 people in over 275 offices in 50 countries located in Europe, the
territory of the former USSR, North and South America, Middle East, Australia
and Africa. The head office is
situated in Leidschendam in the Netherlands.
The Fugro Group is the world's
largest multi-disciplinary company in the field of survey, geotechnics and
environmental investigations.
The
company is also a leader in the related field of research and development of
technology.
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The
Marine Survey Division of the Fugro Group was created by the acquisition of a number of
leading survey companies across the world including Associated Surveys
International of Australia, Oretech B.V., Inpark and Hydrographic Services of
the Netherlands, Ocean Sciences International based in Singapore and the Middle
East, UDI, Geoteam and Wimpol of the United Kingdom, Oceansismica of Italy, John
E. Chance & Associates of the United States, Geodetic Construction Survey
Ltd. based in Switzerland, Singapore and the United Kingdom and Oceonics of the
United Kingdom, Middle East and South East Asia. In late 2003 Fugro acquired the
assets of Thales Geosolutions. |
Mr. Klass Wester
President and C.E.O.
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Company
Profile
Fugro
Survey (Middle East) Ltd. Corporate History
Fugro
Survey (Middle East) Ltd. has operated in the Middle East since 1978.
In
1979, a consortium of three companies - Intersite, Geomex and Wimpol - was
formally established and named IGW. This consortium was awarded the
positioning and survey contract by ZADCO for their Zakum Field development
programme, which by 1984 had some 84 platforms and 250 wells in place.
During
the course of the late 80's, IGW Surveys Ltd. (as the consortium was by then
called) came under the full ownership of Oceonics Group plc. In 1993,
Oceonics (Asia-Pacific) Ltd., also a fully owned Oceonics Group Subsidiary,
purchased IGW Surveys and became the operating company for the group in the UAE.
Subsequent to
this, in 1997, Oceonics was
purchased by the Fugro Group and
was renamed Fugro Survey (Middle
East) Ltd. The company has
continued to expand, and
following the acquisition of
Thales Geosolutions in late 2003
now comprises some 120
personnel.
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