Benchmark International

Benchmark International is pleased to announce the transaction between Surrey-based Card Geotechnics (CGL) and Palatine-backed CET Infrastructure.

CGL is a specialist geotechnical and geoenvironmental consultancy, providing services for a wide spectrum of ground-based challenges across the construction industry. Using advanced software, the company pioneers time and cost-effective solutions to accommodate clients’ specifications. Operating from seven locations across the UK and Ireland, the company serves clients across a range of market sectors including residential, commercial, infrastructure and energy.

CET Infrastructure is a provider of specialist geotechnical, environmental and materials testing services to the construction and engineering sector. The company is backed by mid-market investor, Palatine Private Equity.

The acquisition, the company’s largest to date, continues its buy-and-build strategy and will take annual revenues at CET Infrastructure to over £30m, as well as significantly broaden the breadth and depth of the technical services it offers to customers.

Peter Eglinton, CEO of CET Group, says: “We are delighted to welcome the team at CGL to CET and excited about the range of skills and services that we can now offer. From the first time we met the team at CGL, we knew that we had a very similar focus around developing our staff and delivering for our customers.”

On behalf of everyone at Benchmark International, we would like to wish both parties the very best going forward.

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