Independent construction consultancy
MAC Construction Consultants advises clients on the cost, programme, risk and condition of construction projects across the UK. We are not the architect or the contractor — we are the consultancy appointed to make sure your project is deliverable, funded and properly managed.
Selected work
Each of these schemes shows a different appointment: securing funding, holding a budget, administering a contract, or keeping a live building safe while work goes on around it.
The business
MAC was established over a decade ago and has grown through repeat appointments rather than acquisition. Our teams work across seven offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes and Sheffield, supported by a supply chain network across the UK.
Clients come to us for a rounded consultancy service from the start of a project to the very end — and they come back because the advice is specific, commercially honest and delivered by the same people throughout.
Sector expertise
A trust chasing a funding deadline, a retailer protecting trade and a hotel operator keeping guests on site need different advice. Start where your project sits.
Schools and academy trusts, from funding bids to phased delivery around a live school.
Store programmes, refurbishments and rolling maintenance for national retailers.
New build, conversion and remediation across private rented and for sale housing.
Colleges and universities investing in teaching, research and student facilities.
People
Every appointment has a director close to it. These are three of the people clients deal with directly.
Director
Education estates · Condition Improvement Fund bids · School Condition Allocation
Director · Sheffield
Contract administration · Employer’s Agent services · Dilapidations
Director · London
Quantity surveying · Project and programme management · Retail and commercial
Insights
MAC news
MAC Director Paul Holt chaired Building Bolton Better, an event facilitated by the University of Bolton bringing public and private sector organisations together to discuss development in the town.
MAC news
MAC appointed Chartered Building Surveyor Jonathan Nellar to its Building Consultancy team, alongside the launch of its national External Wall Systems service.
Sector briefings
MAC and Jo Marchant MBE carried out the first School Estate Practitioner survey during 2025, gathering evidence directly from the people managing state funded school estates in England.
Next step
Whether you have a funding deadline, a cost plan that no longer works, or a building that needs assessing, start with a conversation with the nearest office.
