- Business
- Layne Christensen Company, a subsidiary of Granite Construction Incorporated, provides global water management, infrastructure services, and drilling solutions for water, mineral, and energy markets; its core offerings encompass water resources services including hydrologic design, source exploration, well and intake construction, pump sales/installation/maintenance/rehabilitation, water treatment equipment/engineering for contaminants, and Ranney Collector Wells for high-capacity groundwater extraction; Inliner technologies for process/sanitary/storm water pipeline rehabilitation via cured-in-place pipe, slip lining, and structural renewal; mineral services featuring core drilling, reverse circulation, dual tube, hammer, and rotary air-blast methods for exploratory/ definitional drilling targeting gold, copper, and base metals; and energy services supporting unconventional natural gas production, soil stabilization, and dewatering. The company operates primarily in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and broader Americas regions, serving government agencies, investor-owned utilities, industrial facilities, multinational mining firms, oil/gas/power companies, agribusinesses, and consulting engineers. Founded in 1882 and headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, Layne Christensen, formerly Layne Inc. until its 1996 name change, was acquired by Granite Construction in a $565 million stock-for-stock transaction completed in June 2018, integrating it into Granite's Water and Mineral Services operating group alongside entities like LiquiForce and Kenny Construction's underground unit to expand trenchless rehabilitation and infrastructure capabilities. Recent activities include securing a contract in August 2025 from the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System for constructing two high-capacity horizontal collector wells each at 25 million gallons per day in southeast South Dakota, with construction starting September 2025 and completion by June 2028, building on a prior 2021 Ranney well project; earlier divestitures encompassed the 2015 sale of its geoconstruction business for $43 million and various 2010-2012 acquisitions like Bencor Corporation of America and full ownership of Costa Fortuna.