Artelia

Artelia
Company typeSociété par actions simplifiée
IndustryEngineering
Founded2010
FounderAlain Bentejac, Jacques Gaillard
HeadquartersSaint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleAlain Bentejac (co-president)
Jacques Gaillard (co-president)
Benoit Clocheret (CEO)
Revenue€745 million
OwnerManagers and Employees: 100%
Number of employees7300
Websitewww.arteliagroup.com

Artelia is a French design firm specializing in engineering, project management, and consultancy. Launched in 2010, Artelia is active building construction, water, energy, environment, industry, maritime operations, transportation, urban development, and multi-site projects. The group also participates in public-private partnership. Artelia is ranked 83rd among international design firms.

History

Coteba was founded in 1961 as a subsidiary of Compagnie Générale des Eaux. It was known as one of the leading French companies specializing in project management of large-scale building construction projects. Coteba expanded its activities to include engineering, transportation and major urban infrastructure. Coteba was also known for managing multi-site projects for international clients.

In 1995, Coteba became part of Nexity. In 2003, Coteba's management and specialized funds Crédit Mutuel-CIC and Crédit Agricole acquired Coteba from Nexity. In 2006, Coteba acquired, for an undisclosed price, the engineering departments of Thales Engineering & Consutlting (THEC), which specialize in infrastructure, building construction—in particular hospitals—and industrial processes. Coteba recruited an additional 300 workers, an increase of 40% of its 700 staff size at the time. In 2007, Coteba's entire share capital was taken over by its management. Between 2003 and 2007, Coteba's staff size doubled.

Sogreah

Sogreah was founded in 1923 when the Laboratoire Dauphinois d’Hydraulique was built in Grenoble. In 1955, the laboratory renamed itself Société Grenobloise d’Etudes et d’Applications Hydrauliques (Sogreah). Sogreah specialised in design studies and construction projects in the field of hydraulics. It has a hydraulics physical scale model laboratory, a shiphandling training centre, and a range of numerical models. In 1958, the company moved into rural engineering, irrigation, water supplies and sewerage systems. Sogreah also operated in the water, energy, the environment and urban development sectors. It participated in the design of the tidal power station on the River Rance in France and developed the tetrapod, a concrete breakwater armouring block. In 1967, Sogreah became part of the Alstom group, which subsequently became Alcatel. On 31 December 1998, Sogreah become an independently held company via a MBO, after which its staff size tripled to over 1200 employees.

Merger

In July 2009, a merger between Coteba and Sogreah was announced. At the end of 2009, a memorandum of agreement was signed by the two firms defining their merger into a holding company named Artelia. In 2011, the merger was completed.

Artelia

Artelia's development since its foundation has consisted of internal and external growth. Between 2010 and 2013, 12 companies joined the group. At the beginning of 2010, Sodeg, a building engineering consultancy specialising in healthcare, industrial, educational, cultural and leisure facilities, joined the group as it was being founded. In April 2011, Artelia acquired Spretec, an engineering firm specialising in structural mechanics, and in May 2011, Détente Consultants, a consultancy firm specialising in tourism.

In 2012, the group completed six acquisitions, adding 200 new employees to its workforce and extra turnover of €23 million for a complete financial year. It first acquired the technical design firms GECC AICC, RL Consultant and Ingetech, building construction specialists in the Rhône-Alpes region of France that design institutional kitchens. In March 2012, Artelia acquired UK-based building form Appleyards, which provides project management and consultancy services for construction and infrastructure projects on behalf of clients. In April 2012, the group acquired Sotec, a former subsidiary of the Systra group that specialised in water, the environment and urban development. In May 2012, Artelia acquired DPG Plan in São Paulo, Brazil, specialising in engineering, architecture and project management in construction and infrastructure. In September 2012, Artelia acquired Copramex, which specialises in coastal environment studies around the Mediterranean Sea and in polluted soil remediation. In November 2012, the group acquired Haskoning France, which specialises in polluted site and soil rehabilitation, industrial risks and sustainable management of natural resources.

In April 2013, Artelia acquired ICADE's engineering department, consisting of Arcoba, Gestec and Setrhi-Setae, thereby strengthening its building construction and industrial facilities sector and making it the French leader in the field. The same year, the group consolidated the range of its infrastructure engineering services by acquiring Secoa and Quadric, specialists in civil engineering structures.

Organisation

Artelia's operational organisation consists of nine "business units": •Bâtiments Ile-de-France •-Bâtiments régions & équipements •Mobilités & infrastructures •Villes & territoires •Europe & Retail •Asie, Inde, Amérique •Eau & Afrique Moyen-Orient •Industrie •MOE (Denmark) It has 55 branch offices in France and offices in 40 countries. In 2019 the group's international turnover represented 36% of the group total.

Notable projects

Following is a selection of recent, notable projects led by Artelia in France and elsewhere:

Notes and references

  1. ^ The top 225 International design firms, Engineering News Record
  2. ^ a b Coteba repris par ses dirigeants, Les Échos, 25 September 2003
  3. ^ Coteba reprend officiellement la maîtrise d'oeuvre du tramway niçois, Le Moniteur, 26 April 2006
  4. ^ Shell emmène Coteba dans six nouveaux pays, Les Echos, 22 January 2009
  5. ^ Coteba se prépare à intégrer les ingénieristes de Thales, Les Échos, 5 May 2006
  6. ^ Thales cède sa filiale ingénierie THEC hors défense à Coteba, Usine Nouvelle, 23 March 2006
  7. ^ Thales cède une partie de son ingénierie à Coteba, Le Moniteur, 23 March 2006
  8. ^ a b Coteba est repris à 100 % par son management, Les Échos, 3 October 2007
  9. ^ a b c d e Histoire de Sograh Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Proscot
  10. ^ Ingénierie : naissance du premier groupe indépendant en France, Les Échos, 2 July 2009
  11. ^ "Actualités Architecture et Urbanisme – Profession et Culture – Profession – page 1". 18 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  12. ^ Artelia joue dans la cour des grands, Olivier James, Usine Nouvelle, 29 April 2010
  13. ^ Sodeg, Les Echos, 24 November 2009
  14. ^ Sprectec dans le giron du groupe Artelia, Le Moniteur, 12 April 2011
  15. ^ "La société Détente Consultants rejoint le groupe Artelia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  16. ^ French firm Artelia buys QS Appleyards, building.co.uk, 23 March 2012
  17. ^ Artelia acquiert le toulousain Sotec Archived 12 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Le Moniteur, 16 April 2012
  18. ^ Ingénierie : Artelia acquiert la société brésilienne DPG Plan, Le Moniteur, 21 May 2012
  19. ^ Artelia acquiert la société marseillaise Copramex, Le Moniteur, 10 September 2012
  20. ^ Artelia fait l'acquisition d'Haskoning France, Le Moniteur, 12 November 2012
  21. ^ Artelia confirme sa place de numéro un de l'ingénierie du bâtiment, Le Moniteur, 8 April 2013
  22. ^ Ingénierie : Artelia rachete Secoa, Le Moniteur, 19 September 2013
  23. ^ Ingénierie : Artelia acquiert le spécialiste des ouvrages d'art Quadric, Le Moniteur, 7 January 2014
  24. ^ "Réaménagement des Halles de Paris". Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  25. ^ Désignation des maîtres d'oeuvres pour la ligne 15 sud Archived 12 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Société du Grand Paris, 5 September 2013
  26. ^ "Artelia UK | The Grenfell Tower Inquiry". www.uk.arteliagroup.com. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

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