Divisions

About Us

We are a provider of refurbishment, modernisation and planned maintenance services to buildings and facilities for property owners across the UK. Established since 1929, we deliver projects utilising a combination of directly employed skilled trades-people and approved specialist subcontractors. Our senior management team has delivered over £2bn of projects for public and private clients in Housing & Public Buildings, Commercial & Retail, Industrial & Defence, Utilities & Infrastructure and Education & Healthcare.

Our Board

Eamonn McGarvey

Managing Director

Eamonn established Apollo Property Services Group and Keepmoat (now Equans) in Scotland, growing the regional business from zero to £70m/annum turnover, delivering construction and refurbishment services to some of Scotland’s largest private and public sector property owners. In August 2018 Eamonn and Rob McGregor took over McConnell upon the retirement of previous MD Angus Tosh.

Rob McGregor

Chairman

Rob was previously the CEO of Apollo Property Services Group, a £400m/annum turnover company delivering a broad spectrum of construction, building refurbishment and property & facility maintenance services across the UK. Rob and Eamonn have worked together since 1988.

Kenny Downs

Finance Director

Kenny has previously held a number of operational and strategic finance roles within the construction industry with Urban Union, Keepmoat and City Facilities Management. As well as directing the financial operations of McConnell, Kenny is responsible for the growth and development of the business support functions.

Jon Wallis

Regional Director

Jon was previously Business Director of United Living Property Services responsible for delivering an annual budget of around £50m/annum specialising in the refurbishment and regeneration sector. Prior to that Jon worked with Rob and Eamonn at Apollo Property Services Group and later Keepmoat Regeneration where he became Commercial Director responsible for business integration and improvement within an organisation turning over circa £800m/annum.

Alan Burton

Operations Director

Alan has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, working in senior operational roles across all sectors for Mowlem, Ballast, McTaggart and Keepmoat.

Craig Hartley

SHEQ Director

Craig is a seasoned Health and Safety professional, responsible for ensuring that McConnell meets or exceeds our industry’s strict Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality standards.

Ken Wales

Divisional Director

Ken has headed up our RCC (Roofing, Cladding & Coatings) division since 2010. His vast knowledge of these specialist areas extends to all types of flat and pitched roofing, and specialist coatings & painting, primarily for large scale Housing, Commercial, Retail and Industrial applications.

Alex Gerrie

Divisional Director

Alex progressed through the management ranks of McAlpine, becoming a Chartered Builder, and furthered his career with a couple of other major Tier 1 contractors before becoming a director of a specialist roofing and cladding contractor in 2015. Alex directs the operations of our RCC (Roofing, Cladding, Coatings) division in Scotland and the North of England.

Our direction is to continue to evolve the heritage of our company by:

Delivering a high-quality service that represents fair and reasonable value for our clients
Creating a safe working culture and environment
Engaging positively with our clients and the communities that we work within
Reducing the environmental impact of our operations
Creating opportunities and security for our people so they can fulfil their potential

Services

Principal Contracting

We are an accredited and quality assured Principal Contractor working for some of the UK's largest public and private sector property and infrastructure owners.

Roofing

We have a specialist roofing division that utilises directly employed skilled trades-people and managers to deliver a complete service for roofing and waterproofing projects from diagnostics and design through to installation and maintenance.

Cladding

We have an in-house division specialising in the design and installation of building cladding and sheeting systems, primarily to replace or over-clad existing systems.

Coatings

We were established in 1929 as a painting and decorating business and though the business service offering has widened considerably, we have retained a division that specialises in larger-scale commercial painting and specialist coatings application for public and private sector clients.

Principal Contracting

We are an accredited and quality assured Principal Contractor working for some of the UK's largest public and private sector property and infrastructure owners.

Roofing

Cladding

We have an in-house division specialising in the design and installation of building cladding and sheeting systems, primarily to replace or over-clad existing systems.