Excellence Since 1988
For decades, Keystone has been a reliable provider of qualified engineering resources and technically innovative solutions. On July 9, 1988, Keystone Engineering Inc. opened for business. The company was started by Ed Genois, P.E. and Rudy Hall, P.E. to provide quality project management, engineering, drafting, and procurement services. Keystone was founded to be an enduring company, and to provide an environment for our employees and clients to innovate, thrive, and be successful.
Mission
Developing career opportunities for our employees while consistently and safely exceeding our clients’ expectations for quality and responsiveness.
Vision
To be our clients’ preferred provider of engineering and design services.
Core Values
Build Teamwork
Engineering requires a professional team dedicated to achieving our goal of working on the next project.
Inspire Technical Excellence
Learn, share, and teach engineering principles and technical processes to accomplish difficult tasks.
Actively Communicate
Engage in active communication to create a transparent work environment.
Be Accountable
Resourceful and dependable employees that are accountable to the company and the client.
Commit to Quality
Perform every task with an attention to detail to produce quality work products.
Ensure Safety
Confirm safety in the workplace and design safety into our projects.
Brand Values
Start & Finish with Safety
We challenge each other to uphold the highest level of safety—not for the sake of a checkbox but to look out for everyone involved on the job.
Build a Relationship
Do more than propose a contract. Propose a partnership. Making our approach to business trustworthy and personal is a great way of making sure it lasts.
Trust Your Team
Our culture is about trust, both internally and externally. We rely on each other to get the job done for clients and to do it with the team’s safety in mind.
Quality-Proven
Excellence isn’t exclusive to perfection, but it means you did everything possible to solve a problem, to improve a client’s situation, and to deliver completed projects at the highest standard.
Keep Consistent & Be Accountable
We make sure that our quality is maintained while also finding where we need to improve. It’s an important way of keeping ourselves accountable.
Share the Success
Our company ownership structure makes it so that our employees have the opportunity to advance their career from within. As the company grows, so do our employees.
Preferred Partners Because of People-First Leadership
Trusted to Start & Finish with Safety
We challenge each other to uphold the highest level of safety—not for the sake of a checkbox but to look out for everyone involved on the job. We rely on each other to get the job done for our clients and to do it with the team’s safety in mind.
We incorporate our culture of safety into all aspects of our designs. We uphold our safety values in all of our projects, regardless of where we are. We extend our culture of safety to our families and our communities. We don’t just talk about safety, we live it.
Awards
United Way of Southeast Louisiana
Top 60 Most Generous Workplaces
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
PBF Energy Chalmette Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
Valero St. Charles Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
Valero Meraux Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
PBF Energy Chalmette Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
Valero Meraux Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
Valero St. Charles Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Safety Excellence Award - Technical Services Contractor
Valero St. Charles Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
Valero St. Charles Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
Valero Meraux Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
PBF Energy Chalmette Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
Valero Meraux Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
Valero St. Charles Refinery
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
PBF Energy Chalmette Refinery
Business Network for Offshore Wind
Member of the Year Award
Bentley Systems
Be Inspired Award for Offshore Innovation
Nola.com/The Times-Picayune
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
Valero St. Charles Refinery
Bentley Systems
Top Workplace Award
Highest Ranking Engineering Firm in Greater New Orleans Area
Gulf Coast Safety Council
Site Injury-Free Award - Technical Services Contractor
Valero Meraux Refinery
Well-Established Engineering Relationships
Ankor Energy
Apache
Arena Offshore
BP Energy
BP Lubricants
Birla Carbon
Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners
CF Industries
Cabot Corporation
Calumet Specialty Products
Cantium
Cargill
Carrizo
Chevron Company
Chevron Ornite
Chevron Pipeline
ConocoPhillips
Delek Logistics
Delek US
Dominion Virginia Power
Dupont
ENI Petroleum
Eastman Chemicals
EcoServices
Electricite de France
EnLink Midstream
Enbridge
Energy Transfer Company
Energy XXI
Enterprise Products
Enven Energy
Ergon Inc.
Exxonmobil
Formosa Plastics
Gulf Island Fabrication
Helis Oil&Gas Co.
Hess
JAB Energy Solutions
Kinder Morgan
LLOG Exploration Company
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP)
LyondellBasell
Marathon Oil
Marathon Petroleum
Mosaic Phosphates
Naranda Aluminina
National Grid
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Navitas Midstream
Occidental Oil & Gas
Orstead
PBF Energy
Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica
Phillips66
Placid Refining
Rain CII Carbon
Repsol
Shell Chemical
Shell Exploration & Production Company
Shell Pipeline
Siemens
Southern Ionics
Spectra Energy
Stolthaven
TC Energy
Targa Resources
Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA Inc.
U.S. Wind Inc.
United Bulk Terminals
United States Trade & Development Agency
VAALCO
Valero Energy
Ventura Foods
Vertex Energy Inc.
Westlake Chemicals Company
Williams Companies
Ankor Energy
Apache
Arena Offshore
BP Energy
BP Lubricants
Birla Carbon
Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners
CF Industries
Cabot Corporation
Calumet Specialty Products
Cantium
Cargill
Carrizo
Chevron Company
Chevron Ornite
Chevron Pipeline
ConocoPhillips
Delek Logistics
Delek US
Dominion Virginia Power
Dupont
ENI Petroleum
Eastman Chemicals
EcoServices
Electricite de France
EnLink Midstream
Enbridge
Energy Transfer Company
Energy XXI
Enterprise Products
Enven Energy
Ergon Inc.
Exxonmobil
Formosa Plastics
Gulf Island Fabrication
Helis Oil&Gas Co.
Hess
JAB Energy Solutions
Kinder Morgan
LLOG Exploration Company
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP)
LyondellBasell
Marathon Oil
Marathon Petroleum
Mosaic Phosphates
Naranda Aluminina
National Grid
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Navitas Midstream
Occidental Oil & Gas
Orstead
PBF Energy
Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica
Phillips66
Placid Refining
Rain CII Carbon
Repsol
Shell Chemical
Shell Exploration & Production Company
Shell Pipeline
Siemens
Southern Ionics
Spectra Energy
Stolthaven
TC Energy
Targa Resources
Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA Inc.
U.S. Wind Inc.
United Bulk Terminals
United States Trade & Development Agency
VAALCO
Valero Energy
Ventura Foods
Vertex Energy Inc.
Westlake Chemicals Company
Williams Companies
Ankor Energy
Apache
Arena Offshore
BP Energy
BP Lubricants
Birla Carbon
Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners
CF Industries
Cabot Corporation
Calumet Specialty Products
Cantium
Cargill
Carrizo
Chevron Company
Chevron Ornite
Chevron Pipeline
ConocoPhillips
Delek Logistics
Delek US
Dominion Virginia Power
Dupont
ENI Petroleum
Eastman Chemicals
EcoServices
Electricite de France
EnLink Midstream
Enbridge
Energy Transfer Company
Energy XXI
Enterprise Products
Enven Energy
Ergon Inc.
Exxonmobil
Formosa Plastics
Gulf Island Fabrication
Helis Oil&Gas Co.
Hess
JAB Energy Solutions
Kinder Morgan
LLOG Exploration Company
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP)
LyondellBasell
Marathon Oil
Marathon Petroleum
Mosaic Phosphates
Naranda Aluminina
National Grid
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Navitas Midstream
Occidental Oil & Gas
Orstead
PBF Energy
Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica
Phillips66
Placid Refining
Rain CII Carbon
Repsol
Shell Chemical
Shell Exploration & Production Company
Shell Pipeline
Siemens
Southern Ionics
Spectra Energy
Stolthaven
TC Energy
Targa Resources
Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA Inc.
U.S. Wind Inc.
United Bulk Terminals
United States Trade & Development Agency
VAALCO
Valero Energy
Ventura Foods
Vertex Energy Inc.
Westlake Chemicals Company
Williams Companies
Ankor Energy
Apache
Arena Offshore
BP Energy
BP Lubricants
Birla Carbon
Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners
CF Industries
Cabot Corporation
Calumet Specialty Products
Cantium
Cargill
Carrizo
Chevron Company
Chevron Ornite
Chevron Pipeline
ConocoPhillips
Delek Logistics
Delek US
Dominion Virginia Power
Dupont
ENI Petroleum
Eastman Chemicals
EcoServices
Electricite de France
EnLink Midstream
Enbridge
Energy Transfer Company
Energy XXI
Enterprise Products
Enven Energy
Ergon Inc.
Exxonmobil
Formosa Plastics
Gulf Island Fabrication
Helis Oil&Gas Co.
Hess
JAB Energy Solutions
Kinder Morgan
LLOG Exploration Company
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP)
LyondellBasell
Marathon Oil
Marathon Petroleum
Mosaic Phosphates
Naranda Aluminina
National Grid
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Navitas Midstream
Occidental Oil & Gas
Orstead
PBF Energy
Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica
Phillips66
Placid Refining
Rain CII Carbon
Repsol
Shell Chemical
Shell Exploration & Production Company
Shell Pipeline
Siemens
Southern Ionics
Spectra Energy
Stolthaven
TC Energy
Targa Resources
Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA Inc.
U.S. Wind Inc.
United Bulk Terminals
United States Trade & Development Agency
VAALCO
Valero Energy
Ventura Foods
Vertex Energy Inc.
Westlake Chemicals Company
Williams Companies
Keystone Engineering’s Affiliated Partners
At Keystone, we value our partnerships with organizations that help us provide clients with added services and integrated project solutions to make project management and process safety even easier and a higher priority. We’re proud to be affiliated with top-level companies Milestone Project Services, SIS Silverstone and VeraPro.
Click one of the links below to learn more at their sites.
Our Patents
European Patent Application No. 05821100.4
Validated in the following countries
Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Great Britain, France and Poland; directed to "Offshore Structure Support & Foundation for Use with a Wind Turbine & an Associated Method of Assembly", corresponding to European Patent Application No. 05821100.4
The ‘678 Patent
Pending Taiwan Patent Application No. 104116479
Directed to "Offshore Structure”
Pending PCT Application No. PCT/US2015/032284
Directed to "Offshore Structure", claiming priority to (“the ‘678 patent”)
US Patent Application No. 14/720,520
Directed to “Offshore Support Structure”, claiming priority to (“the ‘678 patent”)
U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/002,678
Directed to “Offshore Support Structure”
Pending South Korean Patent Application No. 10-2014-7017601
Directed to “Grouted cylindrical connection utilizing bearing surfaces for offshore monopole foundations”, corresponding to ‘414 patent
The ‘940 Patent
U.S. Patent 8,511,940
Directed to “Grout reinforced spherical head and cylindrical shell for offshore tubular joints and concrete reinforced spherical head and cylindrical shell for offshore tubular joints"
Canadian Patent No. 2,587,877
Offshore Structure Support & Foundation for Use with a Wind Turbine & an Associated Method of Assembly
corresponding to ‘453 patent
Pending European Patent Application No. 05821100.4
Offshore Structure Support & Foundation for Use with a Wind Turbine & an Associated Method of Assembly
claiming priority benefit of US 60/626,912
Pending Canadian Patent Application No. 2858354
Directed to “Grouted cylindrical connection utilizing bearing surfaces for offshore monopole foundations”, corresponding to ‘414 patent
Pending European Patent Application No. 12852619.1
Directed to “Grouted cylindrical connection utilizing bearing surfaces for offshore monopole foundations”, corresponding to ‘414 patent
The ‘414 Patent
U.S. Patent 8,888,414
Directed to “Grouted cylindrical connection utilizing bearing surfaces for offshore monopole foundations”
South Korean Patent No. 1437379
Directed to “Offshore Support Structure and Associated Method of Installing”, corresponding to ‘940 patent
Chinese Patent No. 1024828608
Directed to “Offshore Support Structure and Associated Method of Installing”, corresponding to ‘940 patent
Pending European Patent Application No. 10736880.5
Directed to “Offshore Support Structure and Associated Method of Installing”, corresponding to ‘940 patent
Japanese Patent No. 5422050
Directed to “Offshore Support Structure and Associated Method of Installing”, corresponding to ‘940 patent
Canadian Patent No. 2,765,046
Directed to “Offshore Support Structure and Associated Method of Installing”, corresponding to ‘940 patent
The ‘453 Patent
U.S. Patent 7,198,453
Directed to offshore structure support and foundation for use with a wind turbine and an associated method of assembly
Canadian Patent 2,478,574
Directed to structure supports, corresponding to the ‘305 patent.
European Patent 1,425,476
Validated in the following countries
Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain and France, corresponding to ‘305 patent.
Offshore Structure Support
U.S. Patent 7,942,611
The ‘611 patent, which is a divisional of the '305 patent
The '809 Patent
U.S. Patent 7,134,809
Including claims directed to structure supports and related methods and which is a continuation of the ‘305 patent
The '305 Patent
U.S. Patent 6,783,305
Directed to offshore structure supports
