What McAndrew Utilities does

McAndrew Utilities Ltd is a UK civil engineering and utility services contractor headquartered in Derby with an operational base in Denby, founded in 1999 and operating under family ownership (Sean, Debora, and Seamus McAndrew). It delivers infrastructure works across seven service lines — civil engineering, clean and waste water, gas, power, communications, highways, infrastructure and transport, and reinstatement — and positions itself as the largest water service supplier in the East Midlands while extending nationwide across the UK.

The business model is project- and framework-based contracting: McAndrew is prequalified under Lloyds-register accreditations (WIRS, NERS, GIRS) and holds ISO9001, ISO18001, Constructionline, CHAS, Achilles, and Watermark certifications, allowing it to bid for regulated utility and major contractor scopes. Its customer base spans UK water utilities (Severn Trent, Anglian Water, Thames Water, Metropolitan Thames Valley) and Tier 1 contractors and developers (Balfour Beatty, Laing O'Rourke, Galliford Try, Amey, Vinci, Persimmon, St Modwen), with go-to-market executed via direct sales (phone and web enquiry forms) into framework and tender opportunities rather than through a channel or reseller model.

Commercially, McAndrew monetises through unit-priced and schedule-of-rates contracts for civils and reinstatement work in regulated infrastructure programmes, including the UK water sector's AMP cycle. It employs 101-250 staff and operates private-company financials with no disclosed funding rounds, M&A, or external investors. Multi-utility bundling — delivering water, gas, power, and comms scopes under a single supplier relationship — is the core commercial differentiator and the lever for cross-sell into housebuilder and developer-led schemes.

Name

McAndrew Utilities

Legal name

McAndrew Utilities Ltd

Website

https://mcandrewutilities.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

McAndrew Utilities is a UK family-owned civil engineering and multi-utility contractor headquartered in Derby, delivering water, gas, power, communications, highways, and reinstatement services to water utilities, Tier 1 contractors, and housebuilders, and positioning as the largest water service supplier in the East Midlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering and Utility Services

NAICS

Utility System Construction (2371), Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (23711)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Water & Wastewater Pipeline Construction (Mains, Force Mains, Interceptors) (IMAFAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Storage & Conveyance Structures (Reservoirs, Tanks, Culverts, Tunnels) (IMAFAGAE), Underground Distribution (Cable, Duct Bank & Vault) EPC (EUAEACAB)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Multi-utility infrastructure
• Water utility services
• Gas and power installation
• Highways and reinstatement

Headquarters

HQ city

Denby

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Civil Engineering and Utility Services: Project-based revenue from delivering civil engineering and multi-utility services including clean and waste water, gas, power, communications, highways, and infrastructure. Services are offered in integrated combinations to provide comprehensive infrastructure solutions to clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

McAndrew Utilities is a UK civil engineering and utility services contractor delivering an integrated portfolio of eight service lines — Civil Engineering, Clean and Waste Water, Gas, Power, Communications, Highways, Infrastructure and Transport, and Reinstatement. Services are typically bundled and combined in any configuration to provide multi-utility capabilities such as potable water delivery, gas and power infrastructure installation, communications networks, and highways construction. The company operates across the entire UK from its Derby head office and is the largest water service supplier in the East Midlands.

Product overview

McAndrew Utilities is a civil engineering and utility services contractor offering an integrated portfolio of eight service lines: Civil Engineering, Clean and Waste Water, Gas, Power, Communications, Highways, Infrastructure and Transport, and Reinstatement. Rather than a software platform, the company provides bundled, multi-utility services that can be combined to deliver integrated infrastructure capabilities to clients across the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering General civil engineering services for infrastructure development and maintenance, delivered as part of McAndrew Utilities' integrated multi-utility offering to enterprise clients across the UK.
• Clean and Waste Water Water infrastructure services including potable water delivery and waste water management, provided to utility clients such as Severn Trent Water across the UK.
• Gas Gas utility infrastructure installation and maintenance services delivered under GIRS (Gas Industry Registration Scheme) accreditation as part of the integrated multi-utility offer.
• Power Electrical power infrastructure installation and maintenance services delivered under NERS (National Electricity Registration Scheme) accreditation as part of the integrated multi-utility offer.
• Communications Communication infrastructure services including telecom and data infrastructure installation, delivered as part of the multi-utility bundle alongside gas, electric, and water services.
• Highways Highway infrastructure civil engineering services delivered to construction and public sector clients as a standalone or combined service within the multi-utility offering.
• Infrastructure and Transport Transport infrastructure development and maintenance services delivered alongside highways and civil engineering capabilities for larger infrastructure projects.
• Reinstatement Road and surface reinstatement services following utility works, provided to ensure sites are returned to specification after infrastructure installation.

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Clancy Group: UK multi-utility infrastructure contractor offering water, gas, electric, and telecom services to utilities and developers. Closely comparable as a directly competitive UK multi-utility specialist with similar one-stop-shop positioning.
• Morrison Utility Services: UK specialist utility infrastructure contractor delivering design, build, and maintenance for water, gas, electric, and telecoms. Closely comparable scale, service mix, and customer profile to McAndrew Utilities.
• Network Plus: UK multi-utility service provider delivering infrastructure for water, gas, electric, and telecoms clients including major UK utilities. Directly comparable as a similarly positioned multi-utility infrastructure specialist.
• Costain Group: UK smart infrastructure contractor focused on water, energy, and transport. Directly comparable on multi-utility civil engineering service offering and customer base (UK water utilities).
• Galliford Try: UK construction group with a dedicated Environment (water) business unit. Directly comparable as a UK contractor delivering water and utility infrastructure, and an existing McAndrew customer.

Broad incumbents

• Amey: UK infrastructure services provider with significant utility, highways, and water operations, including long-term framework contracts. Comparable as a multi-discipline utility infrastructure contractor, and a current McAndrew customer.
• Balfour Beatty: One of the UK's largest infrastructure groups with significant water, utilities, and highways construction operations. Comparable as a multi-utility infrastructure contractor that competes with McAndrew for the same framework work and is also a current McAndrew customer.
• Kier Group: UK infrastructure and construction group operating across utilities, highways, and water. Comparable as a national UK multi-utility infrastructure contractor, larger in scale.
• Laing O'Rourke: Major UK and international construction group with substantial utility infrastructure capabilities. Comparable in scope of multi-utility civil engineering work and is also a current McAndrew customer.
• Skanska UK: UK arm of the global Skanska construction group with utilities and infrastructure operations. Comparable as a large UK civil engineering and utility infrastructure contractor; competes for the same framework bids.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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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