OUR HISTORY

  • Patent filed for Reinforced Earth®.

  • First structure built in Pragnière (France).

  • Company “Geoquest” founded. First major structures built on the A53 (France).

  • First load-bearing abutment completed in Strasbourg (France)

  • Patent filed for the TerraClass® precast concrete cruciform facings. First overseas subsidiary founded: Geoquest in Canada.

  • “The Geoquest Company” founded in the USA.

  • “Geoquest” founded in Spain.

  • The company broke the 100,000 m² barrier in terms of Reinforced Earth® walls built around the world.

  • First inclined storage structure (USA).

  • Recommendations and best practices published in France for Tierra Armada® structures (SETRA).

  • Welded wire mesh facings launched (TerraTrel®).

  • TechSpan® arches launched (in Spain and then Canada).

  • The company broke the 10 million m² barrier in terms of Tierra Armada® walls built around the world..

  • Geoquest incorporated into the Freyssinet Group, thereby expanding its product range with Freyssisol®, a process based on geosynthetic reinforcements.

  • GeoMega® system launched.

  • “Geoquest India” founded.

  • “Slaton Brothers” acquired in the USA.

  • Soletanche Freyssinet created as a parent company for Soletanche Bachy, Menard, Geoquest, Freyssinet and Nuvia.

  • Geoquest celebrated the 50th birthday of the Reinforced Earth® patent.

  • The company broke the 50 million m² barrier in terms of Reinforced Earth® structures built around the world.

  • Geoquest India built the tallest Reinforced Earth® structure in the history of the company in Thindharia, India, raising at 102.8m.

  • The company broke the 70 million m² barrier in terms of Reinforced Earth® structures built around the world.

  • Geoquest celebrated the 60th birthday of the Reinforced Earth® patent.

  • Celebrating 50 years of operation in Australia.

  • We rebrand to Geoquest; reflecting our evolving purpose and portfolio.

Read our Activity Report to discover our projects and achievements, and learn more about our future plans in the interview with our CEO, Vincent Oudin.