With its origin in the firms PROYECTA, S.A. and PRESSING, S.A., was in 1986 when Mr. Víctor Martínez Segovia, Structural Engineer and an indisputable authority in the area of the structural engineering, founded the present company MARTINEZ SEGOVIA, FERNANDEZ, PALLAS Y ASOCIADOS. INGENIERIA Y ARQUITECTURA, S.A. (MSFPA, S.A.) that, under his leadership along 25 years, has achieved a unanimous prestige in its main expertise area.
Currently, a multidisciplinary team with a broad experience works under the Technical Direction of Mr. José Manuel Fernández Carballada, co-founder of the firm and reputed expert in the field of the structural engineering, and applies the essential principles that should govern any engineering work: accuracy, simplicity and economy.
The consultancy in engineering services for concrete and steel building projects has been the main activity of the technical team who currently is a part of the Company's permanent staff.
The Company activities include 3 main fields:
- Heavy Industrial plants (cement, steel, sugar, paper, alimentary).
- Public works, mainly bridges and road design.
- Special buildings structures: Museums, Air Terminals, Exhibition Halls, Railway Stations.
Cement industry has been the most specific branch where the company has been present since the beginning.
Throughout its professional life, the Company has actively contributed to the evolution of the cement industry in Spain:
- From 1970 to 1978: the cement industry takes off, with an increase of more than 15 million tons per year of the Spanish production capacity. This is the period where new factories or new lines in existing factories are built.
- From 1978 to 1982: the factories become more efficient. Several mill modification projects are carried out, along with the installation of preheater towers and precalciners systems.
- Years 1980: change of the combustion systems because of the oil crisis. Coal mills and storage facilities are built in most of the Spanish factories.
- Years 1990: energy efficiency improvement and diversification of finished products. Separators and roller press mills are built as well as different types of silos.
- From 1992 to 1996: environmental awareness leads to several improvements. Most of the open or in hall clinker storages are replaced with big capacity silo systems.
