GeoStructures

What GeoStructures does

GeoStructures, Inc., founded circa 1924 and now operating as ICOP Group following its 2024 merger with ASAP Group, is a privately held U.S. design-build geotechnical contractor headquartered in Purcellville, Virginia. The combined entity fields more than 1,000 experienced professionals organized around in-house design, engineering, and construction teams that deliver turnkey geotechnical solutions across three integrated service categories: Ground Improvement (Rigid Inclusions, Rammed Aggregate Piers, Rapid Impact Compaction, and Grouting), Earth Retention (Silent Piler, Sheet Piling, Soundwalls, Secant/Tangent Pile Walls, and Soldier Pile & Lagging), and Deep Foundations (Micropiles, Helical Piles, Ductile Iron Piles, Auger Cast Piles, Drilled Shafts, and Driven Piles). The company holds and operates specialized heavy equipment — including vibration-free Silent Piler systems — that materially shapes its competitive position on urban and infill projects.

The business sells exclusively to enterprise general contractors and developers on a project-based, custom-quoted contracting model with multi-year bid cycles. Named customers include Suffolk Construction, Balfour Beatty, KAST Construction, MasTec, Stiles, Southern Engineering, Edgerton, and Lead Engineering Contractors, with end-market exposure distributed horizontally across commercial development, industrial facilities, residential development, public infrastructure, healthcare and education, data centers, environmental, and warehousing and distribution. Service delivery is concentrated regionally across the Eastern United States, and revenue mechanics are anchored in design-build specifications that are effectively locked in once awarded, creating structural project retention. The 2025 PDCA Project of the Year recognition and below-industry-average EMR and TRIR safety metrics function as core buyer-side pre-qualification assets.

There is no public disclosure of revenue, funding history, or ownership structure; the company operates as an independent, privately held platform with no identified institutional or private equity backing. The principal strategic developments since the 2024 merger have been vertical expansion into data center foundation work, warehousing and logistics, and environmental remediation, alongside consolidation of the ground improvement, earth retention, and deep foundations service lines into a single Turnkey Geotechnical Construction Solutions offering. No AI/ML capabilities, software platform, or technology licensing surface is evident — the technology moat resides entirely in physical methods, equipment, and human engineering expertise.

Name

GeoStructures

Legal name

ICOP Group

Website

https://geostructures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

GeoStructures, operating as ICOP Group, is a U.S. design-build geotechnical contractor delivering turnkey ground improvement, earth retention, and deep foundation solutions to enterprise general contractors and developers on large-scale projects across the Eastern United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geotechnical Construction Services

NAICS

Site Preparation Contractors (23891)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Piling & Deep Foundations (Driven, Bored, CFA, Micropiles) (IMAFAOAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Earth Retention & Excavation Support (Sheet/Soldier Piles, Diaphragm Walls, Bracing) (IMAFAOAD), Topsoil Stripping, Stockpiling & Reinstatement (IMAFAKAB), Shallow Foundations & Ground Support (Footings, Rafts, Ground Beams) (IMAFAOAB)

Keywords

• Geotechnical construction services
• Ground improvement solutions
• Earth retention systems
• Deep foundation installation
• Design-build contractor

Headquarters

HQ city

Purcellville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Geotechnical Construction Services: Project-based design-build geotechnical construction services including ground improvement, earth retention, and deep foundations for commercial, industrial, residential, and infrastructure projects. Revenue generated through direct contracts with contractors and developers for specific construction projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GeoStructures (now operating as ICOP Group) is a design-build geotechnical construction contractor delivering ground improvement, earth retention, and deep foundation solutions for commercial, industrial, residential, infrastructure, healthcare, education, data center, environmental, and warehousing projects. The firm combines in-house design, engineering, and construction teams to stabilize weak soils, support excavations, and transfer structural loads to competent strata for leading U.S. contractors across the eastern United States.

Product overview

ICOP Group is a design-build geotechnical contractor formed from the merger of GeoStructures, Inc. and ASAP Group, offering turnkey geotechnical construction solutions across three integrated service categories: (1) Ground Improvement services including Rigid Inclusions, Rammed Aggregate Piers, Rapid Impact Compaction, and Grouting for soil stabilization; (2) Earth Retention systems including Silent Piler, Sheet Piling, Soundwalls, Secant/Tangent Pile Walls, and Soldier Pile & Lagging for excavation support and infrastructure protection; and (3) Deep Foundations including Micropiles, Helical Piles, Ductile Iron Piles, Auger Cast Piles, Drilled Shafts, and Driven Piles for transferring structural loads to competent strata. The company serves commercial development, industrial facilities, residential development, public infrastructure, healthcare & education, data centers, environmental, and warehousing & distribution markets across the eastern United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ground Improvement

Quantifiable outcome

• EMR and TRIR below industry average
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nicholson Construction Company: Specialty geotechnical and foundation contractor offering deep foundations, earth retention, and ground improvement. Directly overlaps with ICOP's service portfolio and contractor-customer mix across the Eastern U.S. and beyond.
• Hayward Baker (Keller Group): Largest U.S. geotechnical specialty contractor under Keller Group, directly competing across ground improvement, earth retention, and deep foundations. Operates the same design-build model on commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects across North America.
• Schnabel Foundation Company: Specialty foundation contractor providing earth retention, underpinning, grouting, and deep foundations. Competes head-to-head with ICOP on heavy-civil and commercial foundation projects, with a similar design-build ethos.
• Foundation Constructors, Inc. Pile driving and deep foundations specialty contractor. Directly comparable offering of driven piles, drilled shafts, and other foundation systems to general contractors and developers.
• Moretrench (Soletanche Bachy): Specialty geotechnical contractor focused on ground improvement, dewatering, and earth retention. Now part of Soletanche Bachy; competes with ICOP on complex foundation and excavation-support projects in the Eastern U.S.
• Berkel & Company Contractors: Ground improvement and deep foundations contractor specializing in rigid inclusions, auger cast piles, and drilled shafts. Direct overlap with ICOP's ground improvement and deep foundations service lines for commercial and infrastructure clients.
• GeoStabilization International: Geotechnical contractor specializing in slope stabilization, landslide repair, and foundation retrofit using micropiles, soil nails, and grouting. Overlaps with ICOP's earth retention and deep foundations capabilities for infrastructure and emergency response.

Broad incumbents

• Keller Group plc: Public global specialty geotechnical services group operating through Hayward Baker and other U.S. brands. Diversified across piling, ground improvement, and earth retention with materially greater scale and geographic reach than ICOP.
• Terracon Consultants: Large U.S. geotechnical, environmental, and materials engineering consulting firm with thousands of professionals. Adjacent rather than directly competitive: Terracon's design and engineering services complement ICOP's construction execution and share the same Eastern U.S. customer base.
• Soletanche Bachy: Global leader in geotechnical and foundation engineering with a full portfolio of ground improvement, deep foundations, and earth retention services through subsidiaries including Moretrench. Larger, diversified incumbent with overlapping capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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