MDT Construction, Mc Dermott & Trearty Ltd

Name

MDT Construction, Mc Dermott & Trearty Ltd

Legal name

MDT Construction

Website

https://mdtconstruction.ie

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MDT Construction is an Irish main contractor delivering new builds, renovations, and heritage conservation projects across commercial, healthcare, education, and public sectors in Ireland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Letterkenny

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Contracting: MDT Construction generates revenue as a main contractor on construction projects including new builds, renovations, and refurbishments across commercial, education, and healthcare sectors. Revenue is project-based with contracts ranging from smaller projects to major construction programs. The company also undertakes heritage conservation projects and contract management services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

MDT Construction is a main contractor delivering building and civil engineering projects across commercial, healthcare, education, and heritage sectors in Ireland. The company offers six core services — Renovations, New Builds, Contract Management, Surveying, Design, and Engineering — provided through in-house engineering and modern surveying technology, with full BCAR compliance and Design Team liaison. Projects range from small renovations to major new builds, including notable work such as Dungloe Hospital (€3.0m), Newtown Cunningham Primary Care Centre (€2.8m), and Sligo University Hospital (€1.4m).

Product overview

MDT Construction (Mc Dermott & Trearty Ltd) is a construction services company operating in the Northwest of Ireland. The company offers a unified suite of construction services organized around six core offerings: Renovations, New Builds, Contract Management, Surveying, Design, and Engineering. These services are delivered across four project categories: Commercial Construction (theatres, libraries, sports facilities), Education Construction (schools and colleges), Healthcare Construction (hospitals, nursing homes, primary care centres), and Heritage Projects (conservation of listed buildings). The company is headquartered in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal and serves clients including the Department of Education, HSE, and local authorities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Renovations

Quantifiable outcome

• Accident and incident free project completion on IT Sligo project

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Van Dijk ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm engaged on Dungloe Hospital refurbishment project. Van Dijk Architects (Brian Mc Guirk) provided architectural services for the €3.0m alteration and refurbishment works to Dungloe Community Hospital, including new extension, link corridor, and M&E works.
• Tracy ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm engaged on Newtown Cunningham Primary Care Centre project. Tracy Architects based in Derry provided architectural services for the €2.8m construction of a new Primary Care Centre including GP rooms, Physio, and Nurses treatment rooms.
• DC PilingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialist piling contractor engaged for the Donegal GAA Centre of Excellence project. DC Piling carried out piled foundations for the new training centre construction incorporating 8 changing rooms, gym, canteen, and 250-seater spectator stand.
• Mc Donnell PilingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialist piling contractor from Cork engaged for the Mount Carmel Secondary School project. Mc Donnell Piling carried out bored piled foundations due to the city centre location in Dublin 1.
• Mc Monagle StoneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStone supplier engaged for the St. Peters College Dunboyne project. Mc Monagle Stone supplied approximately 300m2 of natural stone paving for the main street elevation of the new school building extension.
• Balor Theatre GroupminorOthersTheatre group tenant in the completed Butt Hall Centre development in Ballybofey, Co. Donegal. The 4-storey over basement building includes theatre with 350-seat tiered retractable seating, office and retail units.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Walls Construction: Dublin-based Irish contractor delivering commercial, residential, healthcare, and education projects. Comparable to MDT in core service offering and customer types, though operating more heavily in the Leinster market than the Northwest.
• Townmore Construction: Mid-sized Irish main contractor active in commercial, hospitality, healthcare, and education sectors with a comparable project size band. Direct competitor for many of the same mid-tier public and institutional tenders MDT pursues.
• Conway Group (Rohcon): Irish construction group with operations across building, civil engineering, and fit-out sectors including healthcare, education, and commercial projects. Comparable to MDT in service breadth and Irish public-sector customer exposure.
• JJ Rhatigan & Company: Irish building contractor delivering commercial, healthcare, education, and residential projects across Ireland. Directly comparable to MDT in scope of services, project size band, and customer mix including public sector and institutional clients.
• PJ Hegarty & Sons: Cork-headquartered Irish main contractor with a long track record in healthcare, education, commercial, and heritage projects. Comparable to MDT in operating model, Irish public sector client base, and multi-sector delivery capability.
• Flynn Management & Contractors: Irish construction firm delivering building, fit-out, and civil engineering projects across commercial, healthcare, education, and public sectors. Operates at a similar project scale and geographic footprint to MDT, serving comparable public and private clients.
• McNamara Construction: Galway-based Irish contractor with operations spanning commercial, healthcare, education, and heritage builds. Comparable to MDT in regional Irish positioning, project size band, and public sector tendering exposure.

Broad incumbents

• John Sisk & Son: One of Ireland's largest construction contractors with a broad portfolio across commercial, healthcare, education, infrastructure, and data centres. A scaled incumbent that competes with MDT for public tenders but operates at materially larger project sizes and capital base.
• BAM Ireland: Irish arm of Royal BAM Group delivering commercial, healthcare, education, and civil engineering projects across Ireland. Comparable end-markets to MDT but a much larger player competing on financial standing, scale, and framework agreements.

Regional players

• Stewart Construction: Northern Ireland-based contractor delivering commercial, education, healthcare, and heritage projects across the UK and Ireland. Comparable to MDT in service mix and project scale, with adjacent rather than overlapping geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/McDermottandTrearty
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mdt-construction

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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