General Information
GEOKON is a 100% employee-owned company headquartered in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA. Founded in 1979, the company currently has over 160 employees and operates worldwide through a network of regional sales representatives and affiliated agencies. GEOKON is recognized as a world leader in manufacturing geotechnical and structural instrumentation, earning a global reputation for its unsurpassed vibrating wire sensors, high-quality products, and responsive customer service. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 registration, Russian GOST certifications, and is a qualified supplier for US Nuclear Facilities.
Business Sector
GEOKON primarily operates in the manufacturing sector of geotechnical and structural instrumentation, as well as data loggers.
Application
GEOKON’s instruments are primarily used for monitoring the safety, stability, and performance of civil engineering and mining infrastructure. Key applications include:
- Dams, Tunnels, and Subways: Monitoring critical elements of earth and concrete dams, subway systems, and providing instruments for the NATM method of tunnel support.
- Mines and Slopes: Monitoring the stability of underground openings, pit slopes, and providing early warning signs for slope failures.
- Foundations and Excavations: Ensuring stability for deep foundations, slurry walls, tiebacks, bracing, and adjacent structures in urban environments.
- Bridges and Embankments: Permanent or temporary monitoring of strain, displacement, temperature, and consolidation for bridge structures, highway embankments, and levees.
- Pile Testing: Instrumentation for steel and concrete piles (driven or cast-in-place), sheet piling, and coffer dams.
- Environmental and Geogrid Monitoring: Tracking groundwater, lake, and stream levels, as well as monitoring the effectiveness of geogrid reinforcements.
- Other Infrastructure: Wind turbines, pipelines, landfills, and nuclear waste repositories.
Products
GEOKON manufactures a comprehensive line of standard and custom-made geotechnical instruments. Their primary product offerings include:
- Extensometers and Inclinometers
- Piezometers (including standpipe piezometers)
- Strain gages and Crackmeters
- Jointmeters and Settlement sensors
- Load cells and Pressure cells
- Dataloggers, downhole water level loggers, and low-power data acquisition systems
- Water level meters, pressure transducers, and displacement transducers
- Custom instrumentation designed to order for specialized applications.
