Consultant company
Mott MacDonald Ltd
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Company type
| Private
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Industry
| Multidisciplinary
consultancy
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Founded
| 1989
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Headquarters
| ,
England
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Area served
| International
[1]
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Key people
| James Harris, Group Chairman
Cathy Travers, Group Managing Director
Denise Bower, Group External Engagement Director
Ian Galbraith, Group Strategy Director
Ed Roud, Group Finance Director
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Number of employees
| 18,000 (2022)
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Website
| Mott MacDonald Group website
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The
Mott MacDonald Group
is a management, engineering and development consultancy headquartered in the
United Kingdom
. It employs +18,000 staff in 150 countries.
[2]
Mott MacDonald is one of the largest
employee-owned companies
in the world.
[3]
History
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Mott MacDonald was formed in 1989 through the merger of
Mott, Hay and Anderson
and
Sir M MacDonald & Partners
.
[4]
Mott, Hay and Anderson was a transportation engineering consultancy responsible for projects such as the
London Underground
[5]
while Sir M MacDonald & Partners was a water engineering consultancy with projects that included the
Aswan Dam
.
[4]
The merger made Mott MacDonald one of the first international engineering, management, and development consultancies.
[4]
Mott, Hay & Anderson
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Mott, Hay and Anderson was founded as a private partnership between
Basil Mott
and
David Hay
in 1902, with the original firm name of Mott & Hay. Prior to forming the original partnership, Mott and Hay had spent time building
London tube railways
and Hay had worked on the
Blackwall Tunnel
. Both engineers had worked together since 1888 on the
City & South London Railway
under
Sir Benjamin Baker
and
James Henry Greathead
. Early projects included the reconstruction and extension of the City and South London Railway (C&SLR), the building and extension of the Central London Railway, the construction of lifts beneath
St Mary Woolnoth
church at
Bank tube station
, the underpinning of Clifford's Tower, the reconstruction of
Southwark Bridge
and the widening of
Blackfriars Bridge
. Mott and Hay employed a young engineer called David Anderson as resident engineer for the latter project.
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citation needed
]
The firm also advised on proposals for underground railways in
Sydney
, Africa, and Russia.
David Anderson
was made a partner in 1920 after returning from army service. The firm was thereafter known as Mott, Hay and Anderson. During the 1920s, it designed the rolling bridge over the
River Dee
at
Queensferry
, the
Tyne Bridge
in
Newcastle
and the
Trent Bridge
in
Nottingham
.
[6]
It also designed the enlargement of the
City & South London Railway tunnels
and their extension past
Camden Town
and
Clapham South
to form the
Northern line
of the
London Underground
.
[5]
Both founding partners died in 1938, at which time most of the construction projects stopped. During the 1940s after
World War II
, it began expanding and working on additional projects, some of which including repairing of roads and bridges damaged or destroyed during the war, and, later, included the
Victoria line
of the London Underground and Australia's
Melbourne Underground Rail Loop
. The firm continued in these fields until the merger with Sir M MacDonald & Partners in 1989, at which time it was also working on the
Channel Tunnel
between the United Kingdom and
France
beneath the
English Channel
.
[5]
Sir M MacDonald & Partners
[
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Sir M MacDonald & Partners was named after
Murdoch Macdonald
, a British civil engineer and later politician. The company formed out of affairs relating directly to British infrastructure development in Egypt between 1890 and 1930, in particular MacDonald's involvement with
Aswan Low Dam
, starting in 1898. MacDonald was involved in the original construction of the Aswan Dam and later became an advisor to the Egyptian Ministry of Public Works after the dam was completed in 1902.
[7]
He became closely associated with the development and first heightening of the Aswan Low Dam for the development of
hydroelectricity
.
[8]
MacDonald retired from his service with the Egyptian government in 1921 and returned to Britain where he began a partnership with Archibald MacCorquodale. In 1927, the two were later joined by PH East (also an engineer in the Egyptian government from 1907 to 1926) and
Oswald Longstaff Prowde
, at which time the name of the company was changed to Sir M MacDonald & Partners. One of the first major projects of the partnership included the second heightening of the Aswan Low Dam, which continued from 1929 through design and construction stages until 1933.
[8]
[9]
The firm continued on projects through its merger with Mott, Hay and Anderson in 1989.
Post-merger
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Mott MacDonald began to expand after the 1989 merger. Early acquisitions included the consultancies of
Husband & Company
as well as James Williamson & Partners. These acquisitions brought Mott MacDonald's total staffing to 3,300.
[10]
Its 1994 acquisition of Ewbank Preece expanded its reach into the power and telecommunication fields,
[11]
with its 2000 purchase of Cambridge Education Associates expanding its education consultancy.
[12]
Additional early acquisitions included India-based firm Dalal Consultants in 2001,
[13]
cost consultants Franklin + Andrews in 2002
[14]
and health practice HLSP in 2003.
[15]
In 2007, Mott MacDonald bought Dutch firm Euroconsult BMB who specialized in international development and natural resource management.
[16]
2008 marked the first year that Mott MacDonald earned more internationally than it did in the United Kingdom, earning it recognition by
New Civil Engineer
as the
International Consultant of the Year
.
[17]
Its top two international projects for that year were the
Delhi Metro
in India and
Macau City of Dreams
in China. The same year, the firm had 7,021 staff assigned to overseas projects, with 6,669 working overseas.
[17]
Mott MacDonald purchased Fulcrum Consulting in 2009 as a way of expanding its sustainable energy consultancy in the building sector.
[18]
Fulcrum was a building services engineer consultancy and a founding member of the
UK Green Building Council
, specializing in green and eco-friendly engineering and design. Fulcrum was responsible for projects such as the
Darwin Centre
and considered a pioneer of
low-energy building techniques
.
[18]
MacDonald also expanded to open principal offices in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Albania, and Serbia while opening smaller offices in throughout Africa.
[19]
It also purchased
Merz & McLellan
, a South African electrical engineering consultancy.
[18]
2009 also marked the opening of
Mbombela Stadium
, a stadium in South Africa for which Mott MacDonald designed the roof.
[20]
In 2010 it added South African healthcare and development specialist HDA, and Australian engineering consultancy Hughes Trueman to its portfolio.
[21]
In 2011 Mott MacDonald purchased Australian firm Mortimer Project Management and opened an office in
Auckland
, New Zealand.
Mott MacDonald continued to expand its international presence in April 2013 with the purchase of Habtec Engenharia Ambiental,
[22]
[23]
a Brazil-based environmental consultancy with 80 people. Later the same month, it purchased PD Naidoo & Associates, a consultancy based in South Africa with 550 people.
[24]
The acquisitions added to the company's previous purchases of Canadian consultancy Engineering Northwest, oil and gas firm Procyon, and the oil and gas operations of
Mouchel
.
[24]
In 2014 Mott MacDonald acquired AWT, a specialist water technology and consulting company based in New Zealand and Australia.
[25]
In 2014 Mott MacDonald acquired its UK water industry design and build joint venture partner Bentley Holdings Ltd (including its subsidiary company JN Bentley Ltd). The move was a natural progression in the highly successful 15 year partnership between the companies through the joint venture Mott MacDonald Bentley.
In 2015 Mott MacDonald and Hatch have announced that the
Hatch Mott MacDonald
(HMM) joint venture will be separated into two distinct businesses. HMM’s Canada business will become part of Hatch while HMM’s US business will become part of Mott MacDonald. HMM’s pipelines business, which operates in both Canada and the US, will also join Mott MacDonald.
[26]
Projects
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Mott MacDonald has worked on many notable projects. It was the
design engineer
for
Heathrow Terminal 5
sub-structures and foundations, as well as providing rail assurance services, tunnelling advice and project and program management.
[27]
The project began in 2002, with construction being completed in 2008.
[28]
Mott MacDonald was the engineer and worked with
Denton Corker Marshall
on the design of the
Manchester Civil Justice Centre
which was completed in 2007.
[29]
The Centre was the largest court complex in the United Kingdom built in a century and has won 26 awards for its design, including the
Major Project of the Year Award
in 2008 from Building.com.
[29]
The Centre was designed and constructed to have minimal impact on the environment and included a narrow form, acoustic privacy, and natural ventilation.
[30]
It was also featured in the book
Microgeneration: Low Energy Strategies for Larger Buildings
for its sustainability features.
[31]
In 2012, Mott MacDonald was chosen as the concept designer for engineering the
New Mosaic Stadium
.
[32]
Girls’ Education South Sudan
(GESS) was launched in 2012/13 in an initiative to assist the education of girl's in South Sudan. South Sudan became an independent country in 2011 whewn it was estimated that only 10% of women could read and write. Over the years partners like
UKaid
and the European Union have stopped their activity but GESS has continued. The project has grown to involve 300 staff in 3,000 schools.
[33]
Akuja de Garang
was a GESS team leader working with Mott MacDonald.
[33]
She was awarded an
MBE
for her advocacy and her work.
[34]
Mott MacDonald was chosen to be part of the design-build team for a $41 million bridge rehabilitation project announced by New York Governor
Andrew Cuomo
in January 2014.
[35]
The project is scheduled to repair bridges in
Niagara County
in the western part of New York.
[36]
The $125 million contract for engineering the single bore tunnel segment of the
Silicon Valley BART extension
was awarded to a
joint venture
bid placed by Mott MacDonald and
San Francisco
based PGH Wong Engineering in January 2019.
[37]
Since 1998, Mott MacDonald has been providing waste water management for
Union Pacific
.
[38]
In January 2018, a Mott MacDonald employee distracted by a cell phone call left a tank unattended for an hour while working at the railroad's
Albina Yard
in
Portland, Oregon
, United States. The tank overflowed and released several thousands gallons of oil into the environment according to
US attorneys
. 1,800 gallons of the released oil was estimated to have been lost into the
Willamette River
. The former employee Robert LaRue Webb II was convicted with violating the
Clean Water Act
in October 2019 and was sentenced to a probation and a fine for negligently causing the oil release. The clean up and emergency response cost the railroad over $500,000.
[39]
[40]
[41]
United States Coast Guard
,
EPA
and
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
assisted with the clean up.
[42]
[43]
Further reading
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- Newman Neame Ltd. (1965),
Mott, Hay & Anderson, Consulting Civil Engineers
- Mott MacDonald (2002),
One hundred years of transportation
References
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.
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. 20 March 2009
. Retrieved
25 January
2014
.
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. Retrieved
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2014
.
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.
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2020
.
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.
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.
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c
Anderson, G (2003).
The Channel Tunnel Story
. CRC Press.
ISBN
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.
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Scott, Richard (2001).
In the Wake of Tacoma: Suspension Bridges and the Quest for Aerodynamic Stability
. ASCE Publications.
ISBN
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.
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"Eminent Scottish Engineer ? Sir Murdoch Macdonald"
.
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. Retrieved
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2014
.
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a
b
Howell, P.P. (1994).
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. Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
9780521450409
.
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Murdoch MacDonald
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"Husband and James Williamson Join Mott MacDonald Group"
.
Construction News
. 25 January 1990
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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"World desalination targeted by U.K.'s merged M. Macdonald, Ewbank Preece"
.
Desalination (subscription required if accessing more than 3 articles)
. 14 April 1994
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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Philips, Deborah (2013).
The Trojan Horse: The Growth of Commercial Sponsorship
. A&C Black.
ISBN
9781472508386
.
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"CARE sets A+/PR1+ ratings on Mott MacDonald's bank lines"
.
ADP Debt News
. 16 December 2010. Archived from
the original
on 11 June 2014
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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Clark, Phil (2002).
"Mott MacDonald to merge with Franklin + Andrews"
.
Building.com
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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Clark, Phil (2004).
"Mott MacDonald targets L500M"
.
Building.com
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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"Mott MacDonald signs agreement to acquire ARCADIS Euroconsult"
.
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. Retrieved
9 April
2020
.
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a
b
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.
New Civil Engineer
. 20 March 2009
. Retrieved
25 January
2014
.
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a
b
c
Boyd, Olivia (11 December 2009).
"Mott MacDonald buys Fulcrum Consulting"
.
Building.com
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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"Mott MacDonald: the global pioneers score a hat trick"
.
New Civil Engineer
. 1 April 2010
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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Reina, Peter (3 March 2010).
"Firms See South Africa Prospects Differently"
.
Engineering News Record (subscription required)
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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"Mott MacDonald buys Australian consultant Hughes Trueman"
.
New Civil Engineer
. 13 August 2010
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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Bottom, Hannah (17 April 2013).
"Mott MacDonald buys Brazilian consultant Habtec"
.
New Civil Engineer
. Retrieved
15 May
2023
.
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Withers, Iain (17 April 2013).
"Mott MacDonald snaps up Brazilian engineer"
.
Building.com
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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a
b
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"Mott MacDonald hits global acquisition trail"
.
New Civil Engineer
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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Hackley, Randall (2 April 2014).
"Mott MacDonald Expands in Australia, New Zealand With Water Deal"
.
Bloomberg Businessweek
. Archived from
the original
on 8 May 2014
. Retrieved
30 April
2014
.
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"New direction for Hatch Mott MacDonald - Mott MacDonald"
.
www.mottmac.com
. Retrieved
25 December
2017
.
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"On the fly"
.
FM World
. 2 April 2012
. Retrieved
24 January
2014
.
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Heathrow's Terminal 5: History in the Making
. John Wiley & Sons.
ISBN
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.
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a
b
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.
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. 2008
. Retrieved
24 January
2014
.
- ^
"Manchester Civil Justice Centre / Denton Corker Marshall"
.
Architect Daily
. 25 October 2009
. Retrieved
24 January
2014
.
- ^
Parker, Dave (2011).
Microgeneration: Low energy strategies for larger buildings
. Elsevier.
ISBN
9780080942292
.
- ^
"Mott MacDonald releases concept for $278M stadium in Regina"
.
On-Site Magazine
. Canada. 17 October 2012
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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a
b
"Education development in a fragile environment: lessons from Girls' Education South Sudan"
.
Humanitarian Practice Network
. Retrieved
21 May
2024
.
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"Akuja de Garang awarded MBE for passionate and powerful advocacy of girls' education - Camb-Ed"
.
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. Retrieved
21 May
2024
.
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"Cuomo announces $41M bridge rehabilitation project"
.
NBC WGRC
. 24 January 2014
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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"Governor Cuomo Announces Western New York's First Design-Build Project in Niagara County"
(Press release). Governor's Office, State of New York. 24 January 2014
. Retrieved
27 January
2014
.
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Meacham, Jody (11 January 2019).
"VTA awards general engineering contract for BART subway in San Jose"
.
Silicon Valley Business Journal
. Retrieved
14 January
2019
.
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"Union Pacific wastewater treatment - Mott MacDonald"
.
www.mottmac.com
. Retrieved
6 November
2019
.
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Bernstein, Maxine (28 October 2019).
"Former Union Pacific plant officer who allowed gallons of oil to seep into Willamette River gets probation"
.
oregonlive
. Retrieved
6 November
2019
.
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"Ex-railroad plant operator who allowed oil spill sentenced"
.
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. 29 October 2019
. Retrieved
6 November
2019
.
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.
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. 5 August 2019
. Retrieved
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.
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.
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2019
.
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.
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. Retrieved
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2019
.
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