Mace
Mace is unique and proud to be so
Mace is one of the world's largest and most diverse management and construction companies, with a reputation for finding the best solutions to complex property and real estate challenges.
It strives to do things better, faster, more safely and more efficiently, and to champion best practice wherever it can.
Essentially a management and construction company, Mace provides consultancy and construction services to clients within the public and private sectors, across the globe. The Mace group comprises 11 companies, employs more than 2,200 people, operates in 21 countries and will have a turnover of more than £350 million in 2006.
Mace was formed in 1990 to provide construction management solutions, principally in the UK commercial sector. The company was established to provide the solution to what its founder directors saw as an acute and unfulfilled need in the UK construction industry, a sector not known for good relationships or for timely, on-budget delivery.
Mace’s founders rightly identified a place for ambitious, energetic consultancy organisations; companies that would be genuinely committed to getting things built, that could deliver first-class projects on time and budget, and whose approach and style circumvented situations giving rise to conflict and dispute. There was no magic formula, just a passion for doing the right things in the right way. Mace quickly began to “punch above its weight” as a result of early appointments with a number of blue-chip clients on high-profile projects. Where Mace stood out was in its commitment not just to adopting best practice but to defining it. Mace aligned itself with industry best practice organisations like M4I (‘Movement for Innovation’) and willingly assimilated best practice ideas from other sectors such as aerospace and auto-manufacturing.
Mace is owned by its board of directors. No city institutions, no venture capitalists – just the people whose futures are invested in the business and its success! This has certain implications. It means Mace can be light on its feet, control its own destiny and invest in markets for long-term gain. It means that it can take the pulse of its people, listen and react to the needs of its clients, and shape its business accordingly. The business is run on a day to day basis by a top team that comprises the shareholding directors of the company and a number of other directors with operational and corporate responsibilities.
Last year Mace launched its first operations in the Far East with a mega-project in Macau. In the UK, plans to diversify the infrastructure business bore fruit with a major ‘first’ in the water industry. In Scotland, the company delivered a stunning headquarters to Royal Bank of Scotland ahead of programme and on budget. Mace experienced a 42% growth in turnover through a plethora of landmark projects in the United Arab Emirates. But what still makes the company unique is the quality of its relationships with its clients, its people and its suppliers; relationships that are in many ways so interrelated as to be inseparable. As a result, a sense of passion and commitment marks every Mace project and results in a remarkable level of customer loyalty in an industry that, in general, still has much to learn about relationships and service. Mace aims to be a beacon of best practice and a champion in its industry.
That’s why Mace is unique – and it’s what makes its people proud.
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