Company History

Britannia G APLL in 1966. Image courtesy of the Airline History website. Fugro BKS (formerly BKS Surveys) was established in 1956 in Leatherhead, Surrey. The founding shareholders being J.W.Barnby, M.Keegan and R.W. Stevens who gave the company its initials B.K.S. At this time the main source of business was aerial photography and topographical survey work.

In 1965, BKS expanded its operation through new offices in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, and in 1967, the Leatherhead production facility was transferred to an enlarged Coleraine unit from which all Overseas and European operations have since been controlled.

In April 2008 BKS joined the Fugro group. The Fugro group, based in Holland, has more than 300 operating companies worldwide providing a range of geotechnical, survey and geoscience’s services.

Today the company employs 100+ people at the head-office in Coleraine, on the north coast of Ireland, with sub-offices in Leeds and Uppingham.