The Mott MacDonald Group is an employee-owned company management, engineering and development consultancy serving the public and private sectors world-wide. The firm employs more than 14,000 staff and works in 140 countries.
The firm was created in 1989 through the merger of Mott, Hay and Anderson, a transportation engineering consultancy, and Sir M MacDonald & Partners, a water engineering consultancy.
Mott, Hay & Anderson was founded in 1902 by...
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The Mott MacDonald Group is an employee-owned company management, engineering and development consultancy serving the public and private sectors world-wide. The firm employs more than 14,000 staff and works in 140 countries.
The firm was created in 1989 through the merger of Mott, Hay and Anderson, a transportation engineering consultancy, and Sir M MacDonald & Partners, a water engineering consultancy.
Mott, Hay & Anderson was founded in 1902 by Basil Mott and David Hay, engineers who had worked together on the City & South London Railway. David Anderson joined the firm in 1921 after returning from army service. The founders had two important mentors: J H Greathead and Sir Benjamin Baker.
Sir M MacDonald & Partners was founded by Sir Murdoch MacDonald, a former advisor to the Ministry of Public Works in Egypt, who entered into partnership with PH East (who had also been an engineer in the Egyptian Government Service) and OL Prowde.
The firm has expanded over the years through the...
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