Mota-Engil
Encyclopedia
Mota-Engil is a Portuguese
industrial conglomerate
. Its principal activities include civil engineering
and construction of infrastructure
including bridge
s, dam
s, industrial buildings, school
s, chimney
s and road
s; energy and steel works (including steel structures, energy equipments and electricity); transport concession
s and environment and services (waste
, water treatment
and multi services). It also deals with logistics
, retail and warehousing. The company has operations in Europe, Africa and America.
Mota-Engil SGPS, the holding company of the group, is listed in the PSI-20
, the main stock market index of Euronext Lisbon
Lisbon.
. Until 1974 the Mota & Companhia activities focused on the Angolan territory, firstly in the exploration and processing of wood and then as of 1948 also in the area of construction and public works. In 1952, Mota & Companhia was awarded the implementation of the Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
near Luanda
, the first major public work carried out by the company within this territory at the time still under Portuguese colonial administration.
In the same year and in Lisbon
, Portugal
, Fernando José Saraiva and António Lopes de Almeida founded Engil, Sociedade de Engenharia Civil, Lda. In 1954, Simões Cúcio and António Valadas Fernandes joined Engil and gave it a new boost and renewed energy.
In 1961, Engil’s activity until then centred in the region of Lisbon starts spreading to other regions within Portuguese territory through the adjudication by the Escola Industrial e Comercial (Industrial and Commercial School) of Castelo Branco
, Portugal and the construction, in Mirandela, of the Bridge over the Tua River. 1969 will be remembered for the celebration of a contract with Siemens-Baunnion, which afforded Engil the exclusivity for Portugal of the patent of the Siemcrete sliding formwork system allowing it to carry out countless major works as from then, involving silos and chimneys. Under the expansion of its operations the North delegation was created in Porto
.
In 1975, Mota & Companhia expanded its activity to other African territories and started in Namibia
with the construction of the Dreihuk dam. In Botswana
, it was responsible for the infrastructures of the Sun City Resort and of the Matooster – Bierkraal road. Later, in Swaziland
the company built the Lonhlupheko – Lomahasha road. All these constructions led Mota & Companhia into a process of progressive internationalization of its activities and businesses.
1976 was marked by an upturn of Mota & Companhia in Portugal, through the award of works to be carried out to a small dam (Lucefecit, Alentejo). Shortly afterwards, Mota & Companhia was awarded the contract for the regularization works of the Lower Mondego River. This allowed the company to launch itself as one of the top construction companies for large national building projects and soon became the third largest Portuguese company within this sector.
In 1978, together with Retosa, with head office in Caracas
- Venezuela
, Engil participated for two years in the construction of factories and of the Guri Dam in said country. As of 1980, Mota & Companhia expanded its activities within the Republic of Angola. In this same year and in a partnership with the Angolan state, it set up the company Construção de Terraplenagens (Construction of Embankments) Paviterra, UEM. Mota & Companhia and Paviterra were for many years the only corporate structures involved in the construction of public works in Angola.
In August 1987, Mota & Companhia, a limited company, was transformed into a public limited corporation, following which it floated 12% of its equity capital on the stock market and requested admission to the Lisbon Stock Exchange. That year Engil SGPS was incorporated endeavouring to meet the evolving public and private works market and the need to diversify its activities. In the following years the company acquired these companies: Sociedade de Empreitadas Adriano (1988), Gerco - Sociedade de Engenharia Electrotécnica, SA (1990) and Ferrovias e Construções (1991).
The year 1987 became associated with the major public work - the construction of the Lindoso Dam. The size and technical features of this construction work make of it a landmark amongst the major works developed by Engil. By entering the Angolan market in 1989 Engil’s internationalization process is once again relaunched. In 1933, 1994 and 1996, a new boost was given to the internationalization process when the company entered the following markets: Mozambique, Germany and Peru. As of 1990, Mota & Companhia gave a push to the diversification of its activities. It goes into business in the following areas: real estate development, road signs, prefabrication of structural elements, ceramics, asphalt masses, commercialization of vehicles and equipment, maritime transport and paint industry.
In 1994, Mota & Companhia integrated the building consortium for the Vasco da Gama Bridge, in Lisbon to connect the north and south river banks. The year is further marked by more diversification of businesses by venturing into the area of Transport Concessions together with other reference companies. Lusoponte, the concessionaire company of the crossings over the river Tagus
, downstream from Vila Franca de Xira
, Portugal, was thus created.
On 23 July 1999, companies of the Mota family, launched a take-over bid for the whole of the equity capital of Engil SGPS, and this led to the constitution of the Mota-Engil Group in the year 2000. In 2002 the merger of Mota & Companhia, SA, Engil – Sociedade de Construção Civil, SA and Mota-Engil Internacional, led to the creation of the largest Portuguese construction company. Simultaneously, there is an intensification of the diversification strategy, with special focus on the transport concessions and environment and service sectors.
In 2003 four distinct business areas where defined for the Group. The holding company Mota-Engil SGPS aggregates Mota-Engil, Engenharia e Construção, SA, Mota-Engil, Ambiente e Serviços, SGPS, SA, MEITS – Mota-Engil, Imobiliário e Turismo, SA, Mota-Engil, Concessões de Transportes, SGPS, SA, and holds the capital of Mota-Engil Serviços Partilhados Administrativos e de Gestão, SA. At international level there was a reinforcement of the order book in Eastern Europe. Following the merger of the two Group associates Mota-Engil Polska was constituted, giving rise to the fourth largest construction company operating in Poland.
In 2005 Mota-Engil is included in the PSI-20, main index of Euronext Lisbon. At the end of 2006, via Mota-Engil Ambiente e Serviços, SGPS, the Mota-Engil Group acquired a controlling position in the Tertir Group assuming an enhanced position in the logistics and port sector.
In 2007, the associate of the Mota-Engil Group, Martifer SGPS, requested admission to listing on Euronext Lisbon
. This operation constituted a capital increase from 75 million shares to 100 million, via a IPO of 25,000,000 shares representing the share capital.
In 2008 Ascendi is set up, resulting from a partnership between Espírito Santo Concessões and Mota-Engil Concessões. This new company will comprise the assets of the two Groups in the sector of the transport concessions. On 26 May 2008 the Mota-Engil SGPS Board of Directors deliberated the constitution of an Executive Commission and nominated Jorge Coelho as Chairman.
In 2009 there was the celebration of a memorandum of understanding as pertains the setting up of an Angolan company called Mota-Engil Angola, 51% held by Mota-Engil Engenharia and 49% by an Angolan consortium led by Sonangol Group
. 2009 also saw the start of the requalification works of the Luanda Bay in a partnership between Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção and Soares da Costa .
On the 5 of January 2011, Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção, S.A. was awarded the Nielsen Norman Group
2011 Intranet Design Award
.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
industrial conglomerate
Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate structure , usually involving a parent company and several subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company...
. Its principal activities include civil engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
and construction of infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
including bridge
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
s, dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
s, industrial buildings, school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
s, chimney
Chimney
A chimney is a structure for venting hot flue gases or smoke from a boiler, stove, furnace or fireplace to the outside atmosphere. Chimneys are typically vertical, or as near as possible to vertical, to ensure that the gases flow smoothly, drawing air into the combustion in what is known as the...
s and road
Road
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...
s; energy and steel works (including steel structures, energy equipments and electricity); transport concession
Concession (contract)
A concession is a business operated under a contract or license associated with a degree of exclusivity in business within a certain geographical area. For example, sports arenas or public parks may have concession stands. Many department stores contain numerous concessions operated by other...
s and environment and services (waste
Waste management
Waste management is the collection, transport, processing or disposal,managing and monitoring of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity, and the process is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health, the environment or aesthetics...
, water treatment
Water treatment
Water treatment describes those processes used to make water more acceptable for a desired end-use. These can include use as drinking water, industrial processes, medical and many other uses. The goal of all water treatment process is to remove existing contaminants in the water, or reduce the...
and multi services). It also deals with logistics
Logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...
, retail and warehousing. The company has operations in Europe, Africa and America.
Mota-Engil SGPS, the holding company of the group, is listed in the PSI-20
PSI-20
The PSI-20 is a benchmark stock market index of companies that trade on Euronext Lisbon, the main stock exchange of Portugal. The index tracks the prices of the twenty listings with the largest market capitalisation and share turnover in the PSI Geral, the general stock market of the Lisbon exchange...
, the main stock market index of Euronext Lisbon
Euronext Lisbon
Euronext Lisbon is a stock exchange in Lisbon, Portugal. It belongs to the NYSE Euronext group, the first global stock exchange.Euronext Lisbon trades equities, public and private bonds, participation bonds, warrants, corporate warrants, investment trust units, and exchange traded funds...
Lisbon.
History
In June 1946, Manuel António da Mota founded Mota & Companhia in Amarante. On that same month and year a branch was opened in AngolaAngola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
. Until 1974 the Mota & Companhia activities focused on the Angolan territory, firstly in the exploration and processing of wood and then as of 1948 also in the area of construction and public works. In 1952, Mota & Companhia was awarded the implementation of the Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport is located in Luanda, a city in the Luanda Province and the capital of Angola. Quatro de Fevereiro is Portuguese for February 4th, a national holiday in Angola marking the start of the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime on 4 February...
near Luanda
Luanda
Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
, the first major public work carried out by the company within this territory at the time still under Portuguese colonial administration.
In the same year and in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, Fernando José Saraiva and António Lopes de Almeida founded Engil, Sociedade de Engenharia Civil, Lda. In 1954, Simões Cúcio and António Valadas Fernandes joined Engil and gave it a new boost and renewed energy.
In 1961, Engil’s activity until then centred in the region of Lisbon starts spreading to other regions within Portuguese territory through the adjudication by the Escola Industrial e Comercial (Industrial and Commercial School) of Castelo Branco
Castelo Branco
Castelo Branco Municipality is located in Castelo Branco District, in Centro Region, Portugal. The name means "white castle". It contains the city of Castelo Branco....
, Portugal and the construction, in Mirandela, of the Bridge over the Tua River. 1969 will be remembered for the celebration of a contract with Siemens-Baunnion, which afforded Engil the exclusivity for Portugal of the patent of the Siemcrete sliding formwork system allowing it to carry out countless major works as from then, involving silos and chimneys. Under the expansion of its operations the North delegation was created in Porto
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
.
In 1975, Mota & Companhia expanded its activity to other African territories and started in Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
with the construction of the Dreihuk dam. In Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
, it was responsible for the infrastructures of the Sun City Resort and of the Matooster – Bierkraal road. Later, in Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
the company built the Lonhlupheko – Lomahasha road. All these constructions led Mota & Companhia into a process of progressive internationalization of its activities and businesses.
1976 was marked by an upturn of Mota & Companhia in Portugal, through the award of works to be carried out to a small dam (Lucefecit, Alentejo). Shortly afterwards, Mota & Companhia was awarded the contract for the regularization works of the Lower Mondego River. This allowed the company to launch itself as one of the top construction companies for large national building projects and soon became the third largest Portuguese company within this sector.
In 1978, together with Retosa, with head office in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
- Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, Engil participated for two years in the construction of factories and of the Guri Dam in said country. As of 1980, Mota & Companhia expanded its activities within the Republic of Angola. In this same year and in a partnership with the Angolan state, it set up the company Construção de Terraplenagens (Construction of Embankments) Paviterra, UEM. Mota & Companhia and Paviterra were for many years the only corporate structures involved in the construction of public works in Angola.
In August 1987, Mota & Companhia, a limited company, was transformed into a public limited corporation, following which it floated 12% of its equity capital on the stock market and requested admission to the Lisbon Stock Exchange. That year Engil SGPS was incorporated endeavouring to meet the evolving public and private works market and the need to diversify its activities. In the following years the company acquired these companies: Sociedade de Empreitadas Adriano (1988), Gerco - Sociedade de Engenharia Electrotécnica, SA (1990) and Ferrovias e Construções (1991).
The year 1987 became associated with the major public work - the construction of the Lindoso Dam. The size and technical features of this construction work make of it a landmark amongst the major works developed by Engil. By entering the Angolan market in 1989 Engil’s internationalization process is once again relaunched. In 1933, 1994 and 1996, a new boost was given to the internationalization process when the company entered the following markets: Mozambique, Germany and Peru. As of 1990, Mota & Companhia gave a push to the diversification of its activities. It goes into business in the following areas: real estate development, road signs, prefabrication of structural elements, ceramics, asphalt masses, commercialization of vehicles and equipment, maritime transport and paint industry.
In 1994, Mota & Companhia integrated the building consortium for the Vasco da Gama Bridge, in Lisbon to connect the north and south river banks. The year is further marked by more diversification of businesses by venturing into the area of Transport Concessions together with other reference companies. Lusoponte, the concessionaire company of the crossings over the river Tagus
Tagus
The Tagus is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It is long, in Spain, along the border between Portugal and Spain and in Portugal, where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Lisbon. It drains an area of . The Tagus is highly utilized for most of its course...
, downstream from Vila Franca de Xira
Vila Franca de Xira
Vila Franca de Xira is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 317.7 km² and a total population of 133,224 inhabitants. Situated on the west bank of the Tagus River, just 32 km north-east of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, Vila Franca de Xira is said to have been founded by French...
, Portugal, was thus created.
On 23 July 1999, companies of the Mota family, launched a take-over bid for the whole of the equity capital of Engil SGPS, and this led to the constitution of the Mota-Engil Group in the year 2000. In 2002 the merger of Mota & Companhia, SA, Engil – Sociedade de Construção Civil, SA and Mota-Engil Internacional, led to the creation of the largest Portuguese construction company. Simultaneously, there is an intensification of the diversification strategy, with special focus on the transport concessions and environment and service sectors.
In 2003 four distinct business areas where defined for the Group. The holding company Mota-Engil SGPS aggregates Mota-Engil, Engenharia e Construção, SA, Mota-Engil, Ambiente e Serviços, SGPS, SA, MEITS – Mota-Engil, Imobiliário e Turismo, SA, Mota-Engil, Concessões de Transportes, SGPS, SA, and holds the capital of Mota-Engil Serviços Partilhados Administrativos e de Gestão, SA. At international level there was a reinforcement of the order book in Eastern Europe. Following the merger of the two Group associates Mota-Engil Polska was constituted, giving rise to the fourth largest construction company operating in Poland.
In 2005 Mota-Engil is included in the PSI-20, main index of Euronext Lisbon. At the end of 2006, via Mota-Engil Ambiente e Serviços, SGPS, the Mota-Engil Group acquired a controlling position in the Tertir Group assuming an enhanced position in the logistics and port sector.
In 2007, the associate of the Mota-Engil Group, Martifer SGPS, requested admission to listing on Euronext Lisbon
Euronext Lisbon
Euronext Lisbon is a stock exchange in Lisbon, Portugal. It belongs to the NYSE Euronext group, the first global stock exchange.Euronext Lisbon trades equities, public and private bonds, participation bonds, warrants, corporate warrants, investment trust units, and exchange traded funds...
. This operation constituted a capital increase from 75 million shares to 100 million, via a IPO of 25,000,000 shares representing the share capital.
In 2008 Ascendi is set up, resulting from a partnership between Espírito Santo Concessões and Mota-Engil Concessões. This new company will comprise the assets of the two Groups in the sector of the transport concessions. On 26 May 2008 the Mota-Engil SGPS Board of Directors deliberated the constitution of an Executive Commission and nominated Jorge Coelho as Chairman.
In 2009 there was the celebration of a memorandum of understanding as pertains the setting up of an Angolan company called Mota-Engil Angola, 51% held by Mota-Engil Engenharia and 49% by an Angolan consortium led by Sonangol Group
Sonangol Group
Group Sonangol is a parastatal that oversees petroleum and natural gas production in Angola. Sonangol actually had become a fundraising machine of government. The group consists of Sonangol EP and its many subsidiaries...
. 2009 also saw the start of the requalification works of the Luanda Bay in a partnership between Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção and Soares da Costa .
On the 5 of January 2011, Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção, S.A. was awarded the Nielsen Norman Group
Nielsen Norman Group
Nielsen Norman Group is a usability consulting company created by user experience experts Donald Norman, Jakob Nielsen, and Bruce Tognazzini. Besides these three principals, there are many lesser known experts in the company....
2011 Intranet Design Award
Intranet design annual
The Intranet Design Annual is a yearly intranet design contest with 10 winners. The contest focuses on usability. The contest is organised by Nielsen Norman Group who each year publishes a report with detailed case studies on the awarded intranets....
.