Eric Drooff, Chief Operating Officer, Keller

Eric Drooff is President, North America at Keller.

Nationality: American

Member since: 2018

Skills and experience:
Eric Drooff is the President of Keller North America which includes the geotechnical and foundation companies of Keller as well as Geo-Instruments, Moretrench Industrial, RECON, and Suncoast Post-Tension.

Eric holds a BSCE from Bucknell University and has been involved in the design and construction of foundation and ground stabilisation projects for over 30 years. He is a member of the ASCE Geo Institute where he currently serves as a member of the Grouting Committee, he is a past Chairman of the ASTM D1816 Grouting Committee, and he is a member of the Deep Foundations Institute, and The Moles.

Notable projects managed by Eric include North America’s first compensation grouting project at the St. Claire River Tunnel in Sarnia, Ontario, compaction grouting for seismic mitigation for the Paiton Power Station in Java, Indonesia, and chemical grout ground stabilisation for the CA/T, C11A1, Atlantic Avenue Tunnel. He has authored numerous papers and frequently presents on specialised geotechnical construction.