What Moretrench Industrial does

Moretrench Industrial is a US-based industrial construction services provider that operates as a general contractor, design builder, and subcontractor for clients in the power, mining, and manufacturing industries. Founded in 1885 in Buffalo, New York and relocated to Riverview, Florida in 2003, the company is a subsidiary of Keller Group following a 2018 acquisition and operates with 51-100 employees. The company self-performs approximately 95% of its work using an in-house heavy equipment fleet and an experienced workforce, offering a portfolio of ten core services including civil works, concrete, mechanical, piping, in-plant excavations, emergency response (24-hour hotline), by-product management, storage facilities, mapping and surveying, and solar farm development. Marquee clients include Mosaic Fertilizer, Tampa Electric Company (TECO), and Cargill Fertilizer, with relationships spanning multiple decades.

The company's underlying technology stack centers on advanced surveying and geospatial capabilities deployed for industrial project execution rather than as standalone software products. Proprietary tools include a 42-megapixel UAV for aerial topographical surveying covering 500+ acres per session, a terrestrial 3D laser scanner capturing 50,000 points per second, a confined-space UAV with GPS-free stabilization for hazardous indoor inspections, a 656-foot depth-rated underwater inspection drone, a GNSS-equipped bathymetric survey boat with dual-frequency echo sounder, and 3-D grade control systems on excavators and graders linked via satellite and cellular data links. The company also performs specialized techniques such as 200-ton micropile installation to 80-foot bedrock depths and operates a zero-line strike pre-excavation utility verification protocol.

Moretrench generates revenue through project-based contracts as a general contractor, design builder, and subcontractor, with pricing determined per project via quote-based competitive bidding. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting large industrial clients in the southeastern United States, primarily Florida, with occasional project expansion into adjacent markets such as Maryland. Marketing channels include a professional website with project case studies, LinkedIn presence, and direct inquiry forms. The company has earned multiple customer safety awards from TECO and Mosaic, and draws on Keller Group's global geotechnical expertise and financial backing for specialized capabilities. No public revenue figures are disclosed.

Name

Moretrench Industrial

Legal name

Moretrench Industrial

Website

https://moretrenchindustrial.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1885

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Moretrench Industrial is an industrial construction services provider operating as a general contractor and design builder for power, mining, and manufacturing clients in the southeastern United States. Founded in 1885 and based in Riverview, Florida, the company self-performs civil, concrete, mechanical, piping, and surveying work with a 51-100 person workforce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Construction Services

NAICS

Specialty Trade Contractors (238), Building Equipment Contractors (2382)

SIC

Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment (3590), Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530)

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Breakdown & Rapid Response Maintenance Services (IMAIACAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Energy Services (Retrofits/Commissioning/Testing & Balancing) (IMAIABAI)

Keywords

• Industrial construction services
• Civil works contracting
• Concrete construction services
• Industrial piping installation
• Geotechnical construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Riverview

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, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Construction Services: Project-based revenue as general contractor, design builder, and subcontractor for industrial construction projects. Services include civil works, concrete, mechanical, piping, emergency work, solar farm development, and by-product management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Moretrench Industrial operates as a general contractor, design builder, and subcontractor delivering industrial construction services to the power, mining, and manufacturing industries across the southeastern United States. The company offers ten integrated services — by-product management, civil works, concrete, emergency response, in-plant excavations, mapping and surveying, mechanical, piping, solar farm development, and storage facilities/ponds — that clients can single-source through a single contract. The firm self-performs approximately 95% of work with its in-house heavy equipment fleet and provides 24-hour emergency mobilization.

Product overview

Moretrench Industrial is an industrial construction services company that operates as a general contractor, design builder, and subcontractor. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of 10 distinct service offerings that clients can use alone or in combination, enabling single-sourcing of many industrial construction needs. Core services include concrete work, civil works, piping, mechanical, in-plant excavations, and emergency response, complemented by specialized capabilities in by-product management and containment, storage facilities and ponds, mapping and surveying (using advanced UAV and 3D scanning technology), and solar farm development. The company primarily serves the power, mining, and manufacturing industries in the southeastern United States, drawing on over a century of industry experience since its founding in 1885.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• By-product management and containment

Quantifiable outcome

• Completed Power Plant Upgrades project with 2,000-ton crane operation and 400-ton precipitator lift with half-inch clearance in just two hours
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Keller GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Moretrench Environmental Services (MES) was acquired by Keller in 2018 and operates independently within the Keller Group as Moretrench Industrial. Keller is the largest geotechnical specialist contractor in the world with offices in more than 40 countries across five continents. The partnership allows Moretrench to draw on specialized geotechnical techniques and provides financial strength and global reach.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EMCOR Group: National mechanical and electrical construction services firm with strong industrial and power plant exposure. Comparable to Moretrench because both deliver specialty mechanical, piping, and electrical contracting for industrial sites, with EMCOR offering broader service lines and geographic reach.
• Granite Construction: Heavy civil construction firm with significant site work, earthwork, and infrastructure capabilities. Comparable to Moretrench because of overlapping civil works, concrete, and site development scope, though Granite operates at much larger scale across multiple geographies.
• Sterling Infrastructure: Heavy civil and infrastructure construction services provider with a sizable industrial segment. Comparable to Moretrench because of shared civil works, concrete, and site development work for industrial clients, operating at significantly larger scale.
• Quanta Services: Leading utility and infrastructure construction services provider with extensive power, renewable, and pipeline work. Comparable to Moretrench because both serve investor-owned utilities on power plant upgrades and solar development, though Quanta is multiple orders of magnitude larger.
• MasTec: Large publicly traded infrastructure construction company serving power, utility, communications, and oil & gas end markets. Comparable to Moretrench because it operates as a specialty contractor doing power plant, pipeline, and solar site work, but at vastly greater scale and national scope.
• IES Holdings: Electrical and mechanical contractor serving industrial, commercial, and infrastructure markets. Comparable to Moretrench because of mechanical and piping service overlap for industrial clients, with IES operating a broader portfolio across multiple regions.
• Comfort Systems USA: National mechanical and HVAC contractor serving industrial and commercial clients. Comparable to Moretrench because of overlapping mechanical services for industrial facilities, though focused on HVAC and plumbing rather than heavy industrial concrete and civil work.

Direct peers

• Garney Construction: Privately held water and industrial infrastructure contractor with strong self-perform culture. Comparable to Moretrench because of similar specialty contractor model, self-perform philosophy, and treatment of dewatering, civil, and pipeline work as core competencies for industrial clients.
• Orion Group Holdings: Specialty industrial and marine construction services company. Closely comparable to Moretrench in scope and scale: similar industrial construction focus, comparable headcount range, project-based revenue, and specialization in concrete, civil, and mechanical work for energy and industrial clients.

Regional players

• Briadon Industries: Regional industrial services contractor offering mechanical, civil, and construction services to chemical and industrial clients in the Gulf Coast/Southeast region. Comparable to Moretrench because of overlapping industrial contractor services and similar end-market focus, though primarily operating in Texas and Louisiana rather than Florida.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/KellerGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/moretrench-industrial

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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