What Concast does

Concast is a private, family-run precast concrete manufacturer founded in 1975 and headquartered in Newcastle, Co. Dublin, Ireland. The company designs, manufactures, delivers and installs bespoke off-site precast structural solutions — including beams, columns, walls, floors, stair and lift cores, bridge elements and marine products — for building and civil construction projects across the UK and Ireland. Its customer base comprises top-tier main contractors (BAM, McLaren, Winvic, Sisk, Goldbeck, Vinci) and end-clients such as Amazon, Waitrose, Asda, Sky, Dublin Airport Authority, the GAA and NHS Trusts, spanning eight end-verticals from distribution warehousing and multi-storey car parks to stadiums, marine infrastructure and road/rail civils.

The company's core technology is factory-controlled precast production at two Irish manufacturing sites (Dublin and Carlow), equipped with automated steel beds, battery moulds, tilting tables, bespoke mouldage, and specialised moulds with inbuilt vibration and curing systems. Concast positions itself as a pre-stressing specialist capable of producing elements spanning up to 45 metres, with internal factory gantry cranage rated to lift individual elements up to 126 tonnes. It supplements this with an in-house design team of specialist engineers and detailing technicians, an owned delivery fleet providing just-in-time, stacked-in-sequence logistics, and specialist installation crews using its own crawler and mobile cranes. Sustainability features include bespoke Environmental Product Declarations and the use of GGBS concrete mixes to lower manufacturing carbon footprint.

Commercially, Concast operates a one-time, project-based revenue model with bespoke pricing determined by scope, quantity, complexity and specification; no standard pricing is publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales: direct engagement with main contractors and large end-clients, supported by repeat business, a project-case-study website, and senior leadership visibility in industry bodies (Director Caroline Quinn's presidency of the Irish Concrete Federation). The company holds a comprehensive UK and Ireland compliance stack — ISO 9001, ISO 14001, CE, UKCA, Achilles Building Confidence, Achilles RISQS, Constructionline Gold, CHAS Elite, SSIP, SafeContractor and IS EN 206 — which underpins eligibility for major-contractor, government and rail procurement. No external institutional investors or M&A activity are evidenced; the business is founder/family-owned and operating from a 101-250 employee base across Irish manufacturing and a UK regional sales and design office in Burton On Trent.

Name

Concast

Website

https://concastprecast.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Concast is a private, family-run Irish precast concrete manufacturer founded in 1975 that designs, manufactures and installs bespoke off-site structural solutions for building and civil projects across the UK and Ireland, serving top-tier main contractors and end-clients in warehousing, commercial, stadia, marine and infrastructure sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precast Concrete Manufacturing

NAICS

Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing (3273), Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors (23812)

SIC

Concrete Products, Except Block & Brick (3272), Concrete, Gypsum & Plaster Products (3270)

akta.pro primary industry

Precast Concrete Products (IMADAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Concrete Pipe, Box Culverts & Drainage Structures (IMADAAAD), Retaining Walls & Slope Stabilization (Embankments, Rockfall Protection) (IMAFAEAH)

Keywords

• Precast concrete manufacturing
• Structural precast solutions
• Building construction products
• Civil engineering infrastructure
• Prestressed concrete elements

Headquarters

HQ city

Newcastle

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Precast Concrete Products and Installation: One-time project-based revenue from design, manufacturing, delivery and installation of bespoke precast concrete structural solutions for building and civil projects. Projects include total precast solutions or individual elements supplied on a project-by-project basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Concast designs, manufactures, delivers, and installs bespoke off-site precast concrete structural solutions for the building and civil construction industries across the UK and Ireland. The product range covers beams, columns, walls, floors, stair and lift cores, bridge beams, civil elements, and marine components, which can be supplied individually or combined into total precast frames, cross-wall frames, or access core solutions that integrate with steel or in-situ concrete structures.

Product overview

Concast is a design-focused precast concrete manufacturing company providing bespoke off-site precast solutions for the Building and Civil industries. The company operates as a single unified offering with two main product categories: Building Products (Beam, Column, Wall, Floor, Stair & Lift, and Warehouse Solutions) and Civil Products (Bridge, Civil structures, and Marine Products). These products are manufactured individually and combined into total precast solutions including cross wall frames, beam and column frames, and access core solutions, or can form part of hybrid structures interacting with steel or in-situ concrete. The company provides end-to-end services from in-house design through manufacturing, delivery, and installation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Precast Beams

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced on-site installation programme for multi-storey car parks
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Techrete: Techrete is an Irish architectural precast specialist focused on high-quality cladding, facades and bespoke architectural precast. Less direct overlap in structural elements but competes in the Irish/UK market for large commercial and stadium projects where Concast also supplies.
• Milbank Concrete Products: Milbank Concrete Products is a UK-based precast concrete manufacturer producing a wide range of structural elements including beams, columns, flooring, stairs, and bespoke architectural products. Comparable UK-focused competitor serving similar main contractor clients.
• Bison Precast (Forterra): Bison Precast is the UK's largest precast concrete manufacturer, producing columns, beams, hollowcore flooring, stairs and wall panels for commercial, residential and infrastructure projects. Operates at significantly larger scale than Concast but offers directly overlapping products and competes for the same UK main contractor business.
• Banagher Precast Concrete: Banagher Precast Concrete is an Irish precast manufacturer serving the UK and Irish markets with structural precast frames, hollowcore flooring, stairs and bespoke architectural elements. Directly comparable in geography and product scope to Concast's building solutions business.
• FP McCann: FP McCann is a leading UK and Ireland precast concrete manufacturer supplying structural precast, drainage, tunnels, floors and walls for building and civil projects. Directly comparable to Concast across product portfolio (beams, columns, flooring, bridge beams, retaining walls) and geographic footprint across UK and Ireland.
• Creagh Concrete: Creagh Concrete is one of the largest precast concrete manufacturers in Ireland and the UK, producing floor planks, beams, columns, walls and structural hollowcore. Closest direct competitor to Concast in geography, product range (beams, columns, walls, flooring) and customer base (Irish/UK main contractors and developers).
• Shay Murtagh Precast: Shay Murtagh Precast is an Irish precast concrete specialist producing bridge beams, culverts, retaining walls, tunnel segments and structural building elements. Comparable to Concast in Ireland-based manufacturing for civil infrastructure and heavy structural applications.
• Spanwright UK: Spanwright manufactures precast concrete flooring, walls, columns, beams and stairs from UK facilities, serving residential, commercial and infrastructure projects. A smaller-scale direct peer to Concast in the UK structural precast market.

Broad incumbents

• Heidelberg Materials (formerly Hanson): Heidelberg Materials operates cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates and precast operations across Europe, including a substantial UK heritage via Hanson. Competes with Concast on structural precast and concrete solutions for large UK infrastructure and commercial projects.
• CRH plc: CRH is one of the world's largest building materials groups, with significant precast, ready-mix, aggregates and masonry operations across Europe including UK and Ireland. Although not a pure-play precast specialist, CRH's scale and vertical integration set the competitive ceiling and pricing benchmark for Concast's end market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/concast-precast-group

Compliance17 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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