What MAC Construction Consultants does

MAC Construction Consultants is a privately-held UK construction consultancy (legal entity: MA Cost Consulting Ltd, Company No. 06901841), founded in 2010 and headquartered in Milton Keynes. The firm delivers a multi-disciplinary professional services portfolio spanning seven core service lines: Capital Funding (CIF, Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund, Post-16 Capacity and T Level Capital Fund bids for academies), Cost Management / quantity surveying, Project & Programme Management, Building Consultancy, Health Safety & Compliance (including CDM 2015 and Building Safety Act advisory), Principal Contractor Support Services, and External Wall Systems (EWS) services for cladding and fire risk work. Operations run from seven UK offices — Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes and Sheffield — with 101–250 employees, a director-led leadership team carrying nearly 200 years of combined project experience, and RICS/CABE-qualified professionals supporting the EWS offering.

The business model is professional services: fees are generated from consultancy engagements typically priced as fixed fees, percentage of project value, or hourly rates, with a distinctive "no win no fee" commercial model for academy funding bids. Revenue mechanics therefore depend on secured fee work plus success-based CIF/funding advisory income. The technology footprint is modest: a proprietary Site Audit App/Platform captures H&S data, compiles compliance statistics, and is configurable to contractor requirements, but the firm is a service-led consultancy rather than a software company. Customers span education (primary), retail (M&S, B&Q, Holland & Barrett, Papa Johns UK), healthcare (NHS trusts), residential development (Manchester Life JV with Manchester City Council, High Street Residential, build-to-rent schemes), and industrial/manufacturing (Travis Perkins, Braime Group), giving the firm a diversified vertical mix anchored in a strong education franchise that has generated over £180m in CIF funding across 200+ projects over the last five years.

Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: direct enterprise engagement, framework agreements (e.g., multi-year M&S framework), repeat instructions (Travis Perkins on multiple mandates), industry events, and thought leadership such as the School Estate Practitioner Survey 2025. Distribution is wholly domestic (UK only) with no international footprint. Ownership appears founder/management-owned, with no external private equity or venture capital backing evidenced in the source data.

Name

MAC Construction Consultants

Legal name

MA Cost Consulting Ltd

Website

https://macconsultingltd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

MAC Construction Consultants is a UK-based, privately-held multi-disciplinary construction consultancy operating from seven national offices. It delivers cost management, project management, building consultancy, health & safety/CDM advisory, and specialist education capital funding (CIF) and External Wall Systems services to education, retail, healthcare, residential, and industrial clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Consultancy Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Construction consultancy services
• Cost management consulting
• Project programme management
• Building consultancy services
• Health safety compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Milton Keynes

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Professional Consultancy Services: MAC provides construction consultancy services including cost management, project management, building consultancy, health and safety compliance, and EWS services. Revenue is generated through professional fees, typically charged as fixed fees, percentage of project value, or hourly rates depending on service type and project scope.
2. Capital Funding Advisory: MAC supports academies with funding bids (CIF, Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund, etc.) often on a 'no win no fee' basis, generating fees from successful funding applications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MAC Construction Consultants is a national UK construction consultancy that delivers professional services across the built environment, including cost management, project and programme management, building consultancy, health and safety compliance, capital funding advisory (notably CIF bids for academies), principal contractor support, and external wall systems (EWS) services. The firm employs multi-disciplinary in-house teams across seven UK offices to serve clients in education, healthcare, retail, residential, industrial, and leisure/hospitality sectors. Revenue is generated through professional consultancy fees, with a 'no win no fee' commercial model for academy capital funding bids.

Product overview

MAC Construction Consultants is a national construction consultancy offering a unified suite of professional services delivered through specialist teams. The portfolio comprises seven core service lines: Capital Funding (education sector funding bid support), Principal Contractor Support Services (CDM 2015 compliance), Cost Management (quantity surveying and commercial management), Project & Programme Management, Building Consultancy, Health Safety and Compliance, and External Wall Systems (EWS) Services. These services operate as an integrated consultancy offering, with multi-disciplinary teams working across seven UK offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, and Sheffield to serve clients across education, healthcare, retail, residential, and public sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Capital Funding Secures CIF (Condition Improvement Funding), Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund, Post-16 Capacity, and T Level Capital Fund bids for academies nationally, often on a 'no win no fee' basis, supporting bid production, evidence gathering, and dedicated project management for delivery. Aimed at academies, multi-academy trusts, and schools requiring capital funding for estates improvements.
• Principal Contractor Support Services Reviews, advises, and supports businesses to deliver the Principal Contractor role in accordance with CDM 2015, including GAP analysis, policy development, training, and site H&S audits (utilising a proprietary site audit app/platform). Aimed at contractor clients requiring CDM compliance support.
• Cost Management Quantity surveying, commercial management, masterplan cost studies, procurement advice, benchmarking, KPI development, grant fund assistance, and fund monitoring services. Aimed at developers, retailers, NHS trusts, academies, and other construction clients.
• Project & Programme Management Programme management, project management and consultancy, employer's agent and contract administrator services, development appraisal, quality control, assessment, and risk management. Aimed at clients across education, retail, healthcare, residential, industrial, and leisure/hospitality sectors.
• Building Consultancy Contract administration, fit out and new build works, dilapidations assessments, commercial surveys, investment due diligence, defects analysis, party wall services, planned maintenance, and measured surveys. Aimed at property owners, investors, and commercial clients.
• Health Safety and Compliance CDM advisory services, Building Regulations Principal Designer support, Building Safety Act advisory, fire risk assessments, H&S policy development, contractor onboarding, SSIP support, and retained H&S advisor services. Aimed at construction clients requiring compliance and safety advisory across projects.
• External Wall Systems (EWS) Services Specialist team of RICS and CABE qualified professionals providing desktop studies, investigations, inspections, sampling, EWS1 form reporting, cost and project management, due diligence, and government funding assistance for cladding and facade assessment. Aimed at building owners, investors, lenders, and public sector clients with external wall system/facade compliance needs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over £180m in CIF funding generated for academies over five years
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Manchester City CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partner with private investor in Manchester Life development, aiming to make significant contribution to achieving growth and prosperity in Ancoats and New Islington areas through brownfield site redevelopment. MAC provided quantity surveying, Principal Designer and CDM Adviser services for approximately 1,000 residential units across six sites.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB): Global cost management and quantity surveying consultancy offering the same core service lines as MAC (cost management, project management, building consultancy) across education, healthcare, retail, and residential sectors, and is a direct competitor for academy and NHS framework bids.
• Turner & Townsend: Global cost and project management consultancy competing head-to-head with MAC on UK academy CIF bids, NHS capital projects, and retail/industrial refurbishments; shares the same enterprise-client DNA and multi-disciplinary service mix.
• Currie & Brown: International cost consultancy with strong UK presence in cost management, project management, and building consultancy — directly comparable to MAC's core service offering and overlapping education, healthcare, and retail client base.
• Pick Everard: UK construction consultancy delivering cost management, building surveying, project management, and education-sector advisory — a near-direct competitor in academy framework bids and a similarly mid-sized PE-relevant target.

Broad incumbents

• Mace Group: Larger UK-headquartered construction and consultancy group that competes with MAC on project management and cost consultancy within UK public-sector and commercial builds, and increasingly pushes down into mid-sized schemes where MAC operates.
• AECOM: Global engineering and professional services firm whose UK Cost Advisory practice directly competes with MAC on NHS, education, and developer commissions, though AECOM also serves far larger infrastructure mandates outside MAC's scope.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm whose UK cost and project management practice overlaps with MAC on healthcare and education capital projects; broader portfolio in environmental, water, and mobility dilutes direct overlap but competes for the same pool of public-sector commissions.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering consultancy whose UK buildings and project management teams overlap with MAC on healthcare and education estates work, although Mott MacDonald skews to larger healthcare and infrastructure commissions and is less active in CIF funding bids.
• WSP: Global engineering and professional services firm with a UK Project & Cost Management practice that overlaps with MAC on commercial, education, and healthcare builds, alongside larger transport and infrastructure mandates outside MAC's scope.

Regional players

• Pennington Choices: Mid-sized UK building and project management consultancy operating across education, residential, and commercial sectors; competes with MAC for academy trust framework work and shares talent flows (several MAC senior hires joined from Pennington Choices).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mac-construction-consultants
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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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