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Our history and timeline

rond 1962 Rechts Astrid Mohr, Jeanette Vosser em Herman Zuidberg in het nieuwe laboratorium in de achtertuin van de Voorburgseweg. ....Astrid Mohr, Jeanette Visser en Herman Zuidberg in the new laboratory in the back garden of the Voorburgseweg.

Fugro was founded as an engineering company on 2 May 1962. Our name is an abbreviation of the Dutch words for Foundation Technology & Soil Mechanics.

Take a look how Fugro evolved over the years.

1968 Fugro op Curacao. Rechts uitvoerder Klaas Kooi.....Fugro in Cura�ao. Foreman Klaas Kooi on the right.

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Fugro in the 1960s

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Fugro in the 1970s

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Fugro in the 1980s

‘deep tow’ system with which the seabed is being charted

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Fugro in the 1990s

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Fugro in the 2000s

Deployment of Ocean Bottom Nodes (OBN).
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Fugro in the 2010s

Fugro Orca / Blue Essence / Taqa project / North Sea / 3 March 2022
Fugro Blue Essence USV and Blue Volta eROV in the North Sea

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Fugro in the 2020s

Site investigation (CPT and drilling) and monitoring
Performing CPT, drilling and monitoring of the Grimburgwal canal in Amsterdam

What we do at Fugro

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