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Basic information
| Name | NAMA Consulting Engineers and Planners SA |
| Greek name | ΝΑΜΑ Σύμβουλοι Μηχανικοί και Μελετητές Α.Ε. |
| Also known as | NAMA, NAMA S.A., ΝΑΜΑ |
| Type | Engineering consulting and services firm |
| Founded | 1990, Athens, Greece |
| Headquarters | 32 Perrikou str, 115 24 Athens, Greece |
| Size | More than 100 engineers and specialists |
| Operating regions | Greece and internationally |
| Subsidiary | NAMALAB — geotechnical and construction-materials laboratory |
| Website | https://www.namanet.gr/ |
| Contact | nama@namanet.gr · +30 210 6974600 |
About NAMA
NAMA is a multidisciplinary engineering consulting and services firm based in Athens, Greece. Since 1990 it has shaped major infrastructure and building projects in Greece and internationally, designed to add lasting value to communities and endure over time. NAMA serves national and regional governments, infrastructure operators, developers, concessionaires and international funding bodies.
Markets & capabilities
- Water: Hydraulic engineering, water supply and treatment, water safety plans, desalination, water reuse, dams, reservoirs, flood and stormwater management, water supply and sewerage networks, irrigation networks, storage tanks, leakage control and land reclamation.
- Environment: Environmental studies, ESIA reporting, strategic environmental impact assessments, climate resilience technical reporting, water resources strategies, wastewater treatment, industrial wastewater management, solid waste management, sustainability consulting and climate-resilient design.
- Mobility: Railways, heavy-haul railways, metros, trams, LRTs, highways, airports, ports, bridges, viaducts, tunnels, major transport corridors, advanced mobility solutions, sustainable urban mobility plans and traffic modelling.
- Energy: Energy infrastructure, thermal, hydroelectric and geothermal power plants, oil and gas pipelines and storage facilities, renewables, offshore wind farms, power grids and subsea cable projects.
- Data Centers: data center design and supporting infrastructure.
- Urban Development: Urban infrastructure, commercial and residential buildings and city development projects.
- International Development: Consulting and delivery on donor-funded programmes.
- Climate Resilience & Adaptation: climate-proof infrastructure, post-flood damage evaluation and rapid restoration of critical assets.
- Mining: Mine-site design, planning and supporting infrastructure.
- Digital Twins: AI powered and sensor-driven digital twin ecosystem for structural health monitoring, predictive maintenance and ISO aligned asset management applied to bridges, railways, highways and other infrastructure projects.
- Full list of services
Notable projects
Psyttaleia Sewage Treatment Plant
Description: 1,000,000 m³ per day of maximum capacity serving 5.6 million people, among the top 15 of the largest wastewater treatment plants in the world by daily capacity and 2nd largest in Europe.
NAMA's role: Entrusted with the hydraulic and environmental engineering, structural and geotechnical design, design of the electromechanical systems, topographic and geospatial support and construction supervision of Phase B.
Thessaloniki Sewage Treatment Plant
Description: 1,300,000 person equivalent capacity Wastewater Treatment Plant processing not only urban sewage but also complex industrial waste from the surrounding industrial zones, Greece's First Large-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plant.
NAMA's role: Entrusted with the full design, including the sophisticated sludge treatment system with anaerobic digestion, enabling generation of electric power to power part of the plant.
Wastewater Treatment Plant in Finikia, Heraklion, Crete
Description: Membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology Wastewater Treatment Plant with 30,000 person equivalent capacity, the first major municipal project in Greece to integrate membranes directly into the biological digestion process (MBR).
NAMA's role: Full design, including the four membrane tanks for submerged hollow-fibre membrane modules and a fully automated operating system with local PLCs and central SCADA control.
Kallidromo Tunnel
Description: Twin-bore railway tunnel on the Athens-Thessaloniki line, 9km long, the longest tunnel in Greece and the Balkans, through challenging geological formations.
NAMA's role: Entrusted with the final detailed design, construction supervision of the drilling in the last 6km sections of both branches and design checking of existing studies.
Western Bypass Interchanges, Gaborone (Botswana)
Description: Grade-separated interchanges at three of the busiest junctions on Gaborone's Western Bypass, replacing at-grade junctions with bridges and ramps to keep arterial traffic flowing and improve safety. Part of the Gaborone Transport Master Plan, jointly funded by the Government of Botswana and the World Bank.
NAMA's role: Comprehensive consulting services across the full project lifecycle — conceptual and preliminary design, bidding documents and technical specifications, tender assistance for EPC contractor selection, and construction supervision through the defects liability period. Funding: Government of Botswana & World Bank
Athens Tram
Description: The first modern, comprehensive light rail system designed in Greece — a 26 km double-track network that returned the tram to Athens for the first time since 1955, launched in July 2004 for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
NAMA's role: Lead design consultant, entrusted with the majority of the technical design — railway alignment and stations, structures (bridges, steel structures, pedestrian crossings), traffic and mobility studies, hydraulic and utility networks, and the maintenance depot — executed at final construction design stage. Scale: 26 km double-track, 47 stations, 70-acre depot
Tithorea–Domokos Railway Line
Description: A 107 km double-track high-speed railway section on the Athens–Thessaloniki corridor of the European rail network, bypassing the mountainous Othris and Kallidromo ranges in Central Greece through major tunnels and bridges — including the 9 km twin-bore Kallidromo Tunnel and the 7 km Othris Tunnel.
NAMA's role: Entrusted with the construction studies and technical refinement of the project — final track alignment, structural and geotechnical final design (cut-and-cover structures and retaining walls, with site investigations and lab testing), station and hydraulic design, ~40 km of adjacent roads, conflict resolution with the E65 motorway, temporary rail connections, and the project-wide Safety Plan and TSI / Hellenic standards compliance. · Scale: 107 km double-track, 9 km Kallidromo Tunnel + 7 km Othris Tunnel, 23 cut-and-cover structures, 46 railway bridges, 5 stations and 2 stops.
Strategic Transport Plan of Attica (STPA)
Description: The 20-year strategic blueprint for public transport across the Athens metropolitan region — the technical and policy framework, through 2044, for an integrated, multi-modal network spanning metro, suburban rail, tram and bus.
NAMA's role: Leading role in developing the plan — inventory and existing-situation analysis, strategic transport demand and supply modelling, integrated multi-modal network planning, and costed action plans assessed for technical and economic feasibility. · Scope: Metro, suburban rail, tram and bus across Attica.
Group company
NAMALAB SA is NAMA's geotechnical and construction-materials laboratory subsidiary, providing soil, rock and materials testing and construction quality control. Website: www.namalab.gr
Key facts & accreditations
- Founded 1990; more than 36 years of engineering practice.
- More than 1400 projects delivered.
- Trusted by government bodies across 20+ countries.
- Multidisciplinary across railway, structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, environmental and traffic engineering, with full consulting services.
- The only Greek firm prequalified by Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) for railway infrastructure design.
- Certified by Eurocert to EN ISO 9001:2015 (quality), EN ISO 14001:2015 (environmental) and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (information security).
Last updated: November 2026.