At the forefront of engineering
Always based on a deep respect for Engineering, at BETAR we develop your projects with a spirit of continuous innovation and independence, so that they reflect your objectives and contribute to a more developed and sustainable World.
Indicators
+ 600
Building rehabilitation projects
+ 60 km
Extension of designed bridges
+ 15 000 km
Roads and railways managed by the GOA system
+ 1 350 km
Road and railway projects and supervision
+ 21 000
SPT tests
Betar Projects
Algeria, Angola, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, China, Denmark, East Timor, Germany, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Lebanon, Malawi, Mozambique, Peru, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Story
BETAR Group started in 1973, with the foundation of BETAR Estudos, having as main activity the provision of engineering services for the civil construction and public works sector.
In the early '80s there was a significant expansion in the public works market in Portugal, mainly due to the construction of new infrastructures and the modernization of road network in the country. BETAR Consultores was created in January 1988, as a response to this growth and to provide autonomy to the department of bridge and road projects.
In 1997, complementing the scope of Civil Engineering, BETAR organized a sector dedicated to Hydraulics projects, in the area of consultancy, design and rehabilitation of hydraulic and sanitation systems.
With an open mind and willingness to innovate, in 1998 BETAR developed and implemented the GOA Asset Management System, a tool and methodology now widespread throughout the country and abroad.
In 2007, the BETAR Group received ISO 9001 Certification, thereby demonstrating the quality of the set of procedures we have put in place in the development of our Projects and Works. The framework provided by ISO 9001 ensures the uniformity of our organizational processes and has helped us increase our productivity in such a way as to further improve the quality of service we offer our clients.
In 2009 the Group grows with the acquisition of Geotest, Geotechnical and Structural Consultants, established in 1979, and focused in Geotechnical Consulting, Engineering Geology and Foundations and Structures.
Because of the ever increasing volume of work in Angola, Mozambique and Malawi registered for the past decades, and the need to provide local support as well as the technical assistance for the construction works in progress, the BETAR Group expanded itself to those three countries with the establishment of BTR.AO, based in Luanda; MZ BETAR, based in Maputo; and BETAR Consultores Malawi, based in Blantyre.
The BETAR group has more recently expanded to other specialized fields of engineering and to new consultancy products for the roadways, railways and construction sector, including project management and coordination services. In that sense, in 2021 BETAR created a specific department for these activities and founded BETAR Consultoria e Projetos Eireli, in Brazil, headquartered in Vitória.
People, Engineering, Tradition, Innovation
Mission and Values
These are BETAR's keywords.
The awareness that BETAR is the People, the people who work here and our customers with whom we deal every day, leads us to always privilege the relationships between all of us. This is our way of being.
Respect for Engineering, developing quality work, is our path.
Prompt service to Customers and other partners is our focus, aiming to develop a relationship of mutual trust between all.
The Tradition of an Engineering group with more than 50 years is our culture.
The attempt at permanent innovation is our future.
Social Responsibility at Betar
Not all of our bridges seek to cross rivers: we know that there are other ways to bring people together, reduce inequalities, generate smiles. We feel that our position of visibility in the Engineering sector must necessarily be accompanied by greater responsibility towards the societies of the countries where we operate. Know some of our social projects:
Maputo Rugby Club, Mozambique
The Maputo Rugby Club is an Amateur Rugby Club, with the aim of training young people, physically and intellectually, with the values that this sport conveys.
mzBetar is proud to be part of the group of founders of this organization, as well as to continue, since then, to provide permanent support on several fronts.
Its growth has been exponential, with more than 80 registered athletes of different nationalities (Mozambicans, Portuguese, South Africans) and an average attendance of 50 athletes per training, twice a week.
Community Center of Manica, Mozambique
Pro-bono project for Architecture for Humanity:
The 200m2 community center serves more than 3000 young people in activities related to HIV and malaria prevention, language and computer classes, cultural and sports activities.
A structure in resistant masonry walls was adopted, formed by blocks of compressed earth stabilized with cement, and reinforced concrete columns and lintels, connected to both the walls and the roof structure.
For this purpose, a space for the production of compressed earth blocks was created, in order to establish a production line in the region, creating local employment and using an abundant local material with a low ecological footprint, the earth.
Casa do Gaiato, Boane, Mozambique
Casa do Gaiato provides education and technical training (particularly in the area of agriculture) to the more than 150 orphans and young people in need, that it welcomes.
In order to improve its financial resources, it intended to expand its banana cultivation area to 400ha, which forced it to increase its irrigation capacity.
BETAR carried out the detail design project of the new pipeline, from the Umbelúzi River, downstream of the Pequenos Libombos Dam, to its final destination in the artificial lagoon next to the plantation. It will be about 5.7km long and a foreseeable cost of 2 M €.
MzBetar also provides food support and some other necessary goods, particularly clothing.
Children's Home Madre Maria Clara, Maputo, Mozambique
Children's Home Madre Maria Clara is a house designed to welcome orphaned children or those in difficult family situations.
It welcomes around 100 girls, aged between 5 and 18 years old. In addition to accommodation and food, it has a strong component in training and education. It accompanies compulsory education with reinforcement of school support up to the 12th grade.
MzBetar has supported the institution with food support since 2017 and, during 2019, it also financially supported the delegation of the Institution located Marracuene, which welcomes about 200 children in very precarious situation.
Saint José de Lhanguene Home, Maputo, Mozambique
Home Saint Joseph of Lhanguene, in Maputo, is a Salesian Home that welcomes boys at risk and in need of support.
By supporting the professional or university studies of the most unprotected and vulnerable young people, it helps them to have a professional future that allows access to a stable income for themselves and their families.
MzBetar supports the institution by donating food.
Youth Center Tabor, Setúbal, Portugal
The Youth Center Tabor, located in Setúbal, is non-profit charitable entity, whose mission is to host 24 young people of both sexes, in situations of social risk, providing them with life structures as close as possible to those of families, with a view to their physical, spiritual, intellectual and moral development, promoting their insertion in society.
Betar was the author of the Center's requalification projects, in the specialties of Foundations and Structures, Water Supply and Wastewater Drainage.
Mozambican Rugby Federation
The Mozambican Rugby Federation, founded in 2017, aims to organize, train and develop Rugby in Mozambique.
MzBetar is proud to be part of the group of founders of this organization, as well as to continue, since then, to provide permanent support on several fronts.
Partners and Associates
