£20m of Worldwide Contracts Awarded

Keller Group PLC
6 December 1999


                    £20m of New Contracts
Keller Group plc, the global ground engineering services
company, has recently been awarded £20m of contracts from
around the world:

 - £10m in the UK - £2m of piling at Magor, Wales and
   specialist compensation grouting to the foundations of the
   Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

 - £10m of orders from Continental Europe, which includes
   soil mixing in Crakow, Poland; soilcrete grouting at St.
   Ulrich, Italy and ground improvement at Blanquefort, France

Tom Dobson, Chief Executive, commented:  'These orders
underline our excellent coverage of Europe.  We are well
placed to benefit from these growing markets.'

 - Keller is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is
   capitalised at £161m.  It is on a forward multiple of 14
   times 1999 forecast earnings.

 - It has offices in 19 countries and approximately 2,400
   employees world-wide.

 - The Company announced interim results for the half year
   to 30 June, 1999 which showed profit before tax increased
   19% to £6.3m and earnings per share increased by 17% to 6.9p
   (1998: 5.9p). Gearing remained low.

 - Last year's preliminary results showed profits up 21% to £13.8m.

For further information:

Mike Moseley        Keller Group plc         0181 348 6424
Susy Streeter       GCI Focus Group          0171 398 0800