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Authors
Klaus Kirsch was born in 1938 in Chemnitz, Germany and graduated
in 1964 as a civil engineer (Dipl.-Ing.) from the Technical University
Darmstadt, Germany. Until 1969, he worked with Gruner AG in Basel,
Switzerland, and later he joined Keller in Germany as site and project
engineer. From 1972 to 1975, he was heading the R&D department and
gained comprehensive knowledge in the use and application of ground
improvement technologies worldwide, helping to introduce the vibro
replacement stone column technology in the United States. He was instrumental in the development of a new generation of depth vibrators and their
worldwide use for all types of structures.
From 1976 to 1985, he was responsible for Keller’s overseas activities,
mainly in the Middle and Far East and Africa. Major contracts included
the drilling and grouting works for large dams such as the Tarbela dam in
Pakistan and the Mosul dam in Iraq. After the completion of individual
ground improvement contracts in Singapore and Malaysia, he also opened
up new subsidiaries for Keller in this part of the world.
From 1985 onward, he was in charge of Keller’s operations in Continental
Europe and Overseas and was a main board director of Keller Group plc
until his retirement in 2001. During this period, new subsidiaries were set
up in France and Italy and, following the reunification of Germany, Keller
expanded into Eastern Europe with new subsidiary companies in the Czech
Republic, Poland, and Slovakia.
After his retirement from active service, he was a consultant to the
Board of Keller Group plc until 2008, chairing at the same time its Group
Technology Committee and the Supervisory Board of Keller in Germany.
He is a member of the German Geotechnical Society (DGGT) and author
and editor of numerous publications in ground engineering.
Fabian Kirsch was born in 1971 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and studied
civil engineering at the Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany, graduating as Dipl.-Ing. in 1997 after spending visiting terms at the Indian Institute
of Technology, New Delhi, India, and at the University of Glasgow, Scotland,
United Kingdom. He worked from 1998 to 2003 as research engineer at
Authors
Klaus Kirsch was born in 1938 in Chemnitz, Germany and graduated
in 1964 as a civil engineer (Dipl.-Ing.) from the Technical University
Darmstadt, Germany. Until 1969, he worked with Gruner AG in Basel,
Switzerland, and later he joined Keller in Germany as site and project
engineer. From 1972 to 1975, he was heading the R&D department and
gained comprehensive knowledge in the use and application of ground
improvement technologies worldwide, helping to introduce the vibro
replacement stone column technology in the United States. He was instrumental in the development of a new generation of depth vibrators and their
worldwide use for all types of structures.
From 1976 to 1985, he was responsible for Keller’s overseas activities,
mainly in the Middle and Far East and Africa. Major contracts included
the drilling and grouting works for large dams such as the Tarbela dam in
Pakistan and the Mosul dam in Iraq. After the completion of individual
ground improvement contracts in Singapore and Malaysia, he also opened
up new subsidiaries for Keller in this part of the world.
From 1985 onward, he was in charge of Keller’s operations in Continental
Europe and Overseas and was a main board director of Keller Group plc
until his retirement in 2001. During this period, new subsidiaries were set
up in France and Italy and, following the reunification of Germany, Keller
expanded into Eastern Europe with new subsidiary companies in the Czech
Republic, Poland, and Slovakia.
After his retirement from active service, he was a consultant to the
Board of Keller Group plc until 2008, chairing at the same time its Group
Technology Committee and the Supervisory Board of Keller in Germany.
He is a member of the German Geotechnical Society (DGGT) and author
and editor of numerous publications in ground engineering.
Fabian Kirsch was born in 1971 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and studied
civil engineering at the Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany, graduating as Dipl.-Ing. in 1997 after spending visiting terms at the Indian Institute
of Technology, New Delhi, India, and at the University of Glasgow, Scotland,
United Kingdom. He worked from 1998 to 2003 as research engineer at