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PROUDLY DELIVERING ROOFING & CLADDING EXCELLENCE
MAC has a long and distinguished heritage, installing world class roofing and cladding systems since 1975
The MAC Timeline – 1975 to Present Day
June 2025
Busy Careers Fair at Southwark College
This week MAC attended a busy careers fair at Southwark College as part of our commitments with Multiplex on the Elephant and Castle project in London.
Celebrating World Green Roof Day
Today we wish everyone a very happy World Green Roof Day! Occasions such as this are a great reminder of how sustainable roofing can transform the spaces above us into thriving, biodiverse environments.
May 2025
Supporting the Annual Nurses’ Day Celebrations!
This week we were proud to donate prizes which were awarded to the fantastic nurses working at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.
April 2025
Engaging with Ambitious Young People
We recently supported a large careers fair in conjunction with our work for BAM UK & Ireland on the Victoria Building at Blackburn College.
Malcolm Anthony Carter starts MAC Roofing and Contracting Limited (4 staff and 4 x 3 man gangs of roofers).
Most of MAC Roofing’s vehicles were ex-GPO vans purchased at the auctions. On ‘wet weather days’, the MAC Team had to paint the bright yellow vans MAC blue and then sign-write them with a stencil!
MAC Roofing purchases fleet of new Nissan & Daihatsu pick-up trucks.
Roy Cavanagh (Terry & Lee’s Dad) starts working for MAC Roofing.
MAC Roofing wins biggest order to date – a block of five schools for Lancashire County Council valued at £425K.
Roy Cavanagh negotiates management buy-out with Malcolm Carter. Terry Cavanagh starts work at MAC, aged 16 as a roofing apprentice.
MAC’s installation team waterproofs Wylfa Power Station in Anglesey – our first £million project.
The MAC Timeline – 1975 to Present Day
Malcolm Anthony Carter starts MAC Roofing and Contracting Limited (4 staff and 4 x 3 man gangs of roofers).
Most of MAC Roofing’s vehicles were ex-GPO vans purchased at the auctions. On ‘wet weather days’, the MAC Team had to paint the bright yellow vans MAC blue and then sign-write them with a stencil!
MAC Roofing purchases fleet of new Nissan & Daihatsu pick-up trucks.
Roy Cavanagh (Terry & Lee’s Dad) starts working for MAC Roofing.
MAC Roofing wins biggest order to date – a block of five schools for Lancashire County Council valued at £425K.
Roy Cavanagh negotiates management buy-out with Malcolm Carter. Terry Cavanagh starts work at MAC, aged 16 as a roofing apprentice.
MAC’s installation team waterproofs Wylfa Power Station in Anglesey – our first £million project.
MAC Company Formed
1975
Malcolm Anthony Carter starts MAC Roofing and Contracting Limited (4 staff and 4 x 3 man gangs of roofers).
MAC Gets Going!
1975-1980
Most of MAC Roofing’s vehicles were ex-GPO vans purchased at the auctions. On ‘wet weather days’, the MAC Team had to paint the bright yellow vans MAC blue and then sign-write them with a stencil!
MAC's First Fleet of Vehicles
1983
1983MAC Roofing purchases fleet of new Nissan & Daihatsu pick-up trucks.
The Family Dynasty Begins
1983
Roy Cavanagh (Terry & Lee’s Dad) starts working for MAC Roofing.
MAC's Wins Biggest Order
1985
MAC Roofing wins biggest order to date – a block of five schools for Lancashire County Council valued at £425K.
MAC Becomes a Family Business
1995-1996
Roy Cavanagh negotiates management buy-out with Malcolm Carter. Terry Cavanagh starts work at MAC, aged 16 as a roofing apprentice.
MAC Completes first £1m Project
2000
MAC’s installation team waterproofs Wylfa Power Station in Anglesey – our first £million project.
Lee Cavanagh (Co-Owner) Joins the Business
2002
2002Lee Cavanagh joins the business at 16, starting out as a roofing apprentice learning different disciplines before joining the Estimating Team where he now heads up the division.
Terry Takes the Helm
2004
2004Roy Cavanagh unexpectedly passes away, leaving Terry Cavanagh to become Managing Director of MAC Roofing at the age of 22.
Landmark Project Completed
2005
2005MAC Roofing waterproofs prestigious Budenberg Haus Apartments in Altrincham – the first Foster & Partners project outside of London.
MAC Headquarters Established
2010
2010MAC Roofing Headquarters moves to a new, purpose-built premises in Bromborough, Wirral.
Les Turnell Joins the MAC Team
2013
2013Les starts work at MAC Roofing to increase the company’s profile in the new build sector.
MAC Acquires JWD
2016
2016MAC Roofing acquires JWD Architectural Aluminium, adding a specialist fabrication division to its portfolio.
MAC Expands Operations into the South
2016
2016Rowan Gutteridge joins as Group Director to establish and develop MACs Southern division and support the sales, bid and marketing team throughout the UK.
MAC Acquires GRS
2019
2019MAC acquires Graham Roofing (Scotland) Ltd, continuing its regional expansion into Scotland.
From humble beginnings to remaining humble in success – MAC continues to invest and grow into the £50m powerhouse it is today.
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