Thinking Precast Concrete? Think FP McCann

At FP McCann, we have established ourselves as Great Britain’s most comprehensive precast concrete manufacturer through continuous investment in manufacturing facilities, product development, technical expertise, and customer service. Our product range has never been more diverse, competitive, or aligned with the evolving needs of the UK construction industry. From standard catalogue products to bespoke engineered solutions, we manufacture precast concrete elements that deliver superior performance, faster construction, and exceptional value across every building and civil engineering market sector.

Nine UK Manufacturing Facilities

Our strategic network of nine precast concrete manufacturing facilities across England and Scotland ensures comprehensive geographic coverage, convenient product access, and fast delivery throughout Great Britain. Each facility is equipped with modern manufacturing equipment, quality control systems, and experienced production teams and benefits from group-wide technical support, quality standards, and continuous product development.

UK Facilities:

• Alnwick, Northumberland – Serving North East England and Scottish Borders
• Byley, Cheshire – Serving North West England and North Wales
• Cadeby, Leicestershire – Serving the Midlands and Central England
• Ellistown, Leicestershire – Serving the Midlands and surrounding regions
• Grantham, Lincolnshire – Serving East Midlands and Lincolnshire
• Littleport, Cambridgeshire – Serving East Anglia and surrounding areas
• Lydney, Gloucestershire – Serving South West England and South Wales
• Uddingston, Glasgow – Serving Central Scotland and surrounding regions
• Weston Underwood, Derbyshire – Serving Derbyshire and the Peak District

This extensive facility network minimises delivery distances, reduces transport costs, and ensures products arrive on site in optimal condition. Our regional teams provide local knowledge and personalised service backed by national resources and expertise.

Comprehensive Quality Certification

All FP McCann UK facilities operate under rigorous quality management systems certified to ISO 9001:2015, ensuring consistent product quality, full traceability, and compliance with British Standards. Our precast concrete products are manufactured to BS EN 206-1 and relevant product-specific British Standards, with comprehensive testing, quality control, and certification ensuring acceptance by building control authorities, structural engineers, and warranty providers throughout the UK.

Quality certification provides our customers with confidence that every precast concrete element meets exacting specifications, performs as designed, and delivers the long-term durability and reliability essential for successful construction projects.

Our UK Precast Concrete Product Range

FP McCann manufactures the UK’s most comprehensive range of precast concrete products, with 21 distinct categories covering virtually every construction and civil engineering application. This unparalleled breadth of capability allows customers to source multiple precast elements from a single trusted manufacturer, simplifying procurement, ensuring product compatibility, and benefiting from integrated technical support across all aspects of precast concrete construction.

Architectural

Our architectural precast concrete range delivers exceptional aesthetic versatility combined with precast construction’s structural performance, durability, and cost-effectiveness. From smooth off-form finishes to textured surfaces, exposed aggregates, and bespoke architectural treatments, we manufacture precast cladding panels, feature walls, façade elements, and architectural components that bring design vision to life while meeting demanding structural and performance requirements.

Architectural precast is ideal for commercial buildings, residential developments, educational facilities, retail centres, and public buildings where distinctive appearance, consistent quality, and long-term durability are essential.

Agricultural

FP McCann’s agricultural precast concrete products are engineered specifically to meet the demanding requirements of modern farming operations. Our agricultural range includes slurry stores, silage clamps, cattle housing systems, feed storage structures, and specialist agricultural elements designed to withstand aggressive agricultural environments, heavy loads, and intensive use while providing decades of maintenance-free service.

Our agricultural precast products are manufactured to meet agricultural building standards and environmental regulations. They help farmers and agricultural contractors build efficient, durable, compliant facilities that support productive farming operations.

Bagged Products

Our bagged concrete and mortar products bring professional-grade quality to smaller projects, repairs, and applications where ready-mixed concrete or full precast elements are impractical. Available in convenient bag sizes for trade and DIY use, our bagged products include general-purpose concrete, high-performance concrete, mortar, grout, and specialist repair products, all manufactured to the same exacting standards as our precast and ready-mixed concrete.

Bagged products are ideal for post-installation, small foundations, repairs, pointing, and countless other construction and maintenance applications.

Box Culverts & Portal Frames

FP McCann manufactures precast concrete box culverts and portal frame structures for drainage, watercourse management, pedestrian and vehicular underpasses, and utility crossings. Our box culvert range offers rapid installation, superior structural performance, and long-term durability for highway drainage, flood management, infrastructure projects, and civil engineering applications.

Precast box culverts eliminate the need for complex formwork and extended curing times, dramatically reducing construction periods and site disruption while ensuring consistent quality and compliance with highway and drainage standards.

Bridges

Our precast concrete bridge solutions encompass bridge beams, decks, parapets, abutments, and complete bridge systems for highway bridges, footbridges, railway bridges, and agricultural bridges. Compared to traditional in-situ construction, precast bridge construction delivers significant time savings, superior quality control, and enhanced safety, making it the preferred choice for bridge projects across the UK.

FP McCann’s bridge engineering expertise supports projects from initial concept through design, manufacture, and installation, providing complete bridge solutions backed by comprehensive technical support.

Building Products

Our building products range includes precast concrete elements for residential and commercial construction, including lintels, cills, copings, pier caps, and architectural components. These essential building products combine structural performance with aesthetic appeal and are manufactured to precise dimensions for fast, accurate installation in masonry construction.

Precast building products ensure consistent quality, eliminate on-site fabrication delays, and provide the durability and low maintenance essential for long-term building performance.

Concrete Roof Tiles

FP McCann manufactures high-quality concrete roof tiles that combine traditional appearance with modern performance, durability, and value. Our tiles suit residential, commercial, and agricultural roofing applications and offer excellent weather resistance, long life expectancy, and low maintenance requirements.

Concrete roof tiles are available in various profiles and colours and provide an attractive, cost-effective roofing solution backed by comprehensive technical support and quality assurance.

Dock Leveller Pits

Our precast concrete dock leveller pits provide the foundation for loading bay dock levelling equipment. They are manufactured to precise dimensions for fast, accurate installation. Precast dock leveller pits eliminate complex formwork and curing delays, allowing loading bay construction to proceed rapidly while ensuring structural integrity and compliance with loading bay standards.

Ideal for warehouses, distribution centres, manufacturing facilities, and logistics operations requiring efficient loading and unloading capabilities.

Drainage

FP McCann’s comprehensive drainage product range is one of the UK’s most extensive, encompassing pipes, manholes, gullies, channels, inspection chambers, attenuation systems, and specialist drainage elements for surface water management, foul water drainage, highway drainage, and civil engineering applications. Our drainage products comply with all relevant British Standards and are specified on projects throughout Great Britain.

From small domestic drainage to major highway and infrastructure drainage systems, FP McCann provides complete precast concrete drainage solutions backed by technical expertise and nationwide availability.

Fencing

Our precast concrete fencing systems include posts, panels, gravel boards, and complete fencing solutions for security, boundary, agricultural, and commercial perimeter protection. Precast concrete fencing offers superior durability, minimal maintenance, and decades of service life compared to timber or metal alternatives, making it cost-effective for long-term fencing requirements.

Available in various heights, finishes, and configurations to suit security, agricultural, commercial, and residential applications.

Filter Beds

FP McCann manufactures precast concrete filter bed systems for wastewater, water, and industrial effluent treatment applications. Our filter bed products include media support systems, distribution channels, and structural elements designed specifically for water treatment environments. They provide corrosion resistance, structural integrity, and long service life in demanding treatment applications.

Precast filter bed systems offer faster installation and superior quality than in-situ construction, which is essential for water treatment facility projects.

Flooring

Our precast concrete flooring systems include beam and block flooring, hollowcore flooring, and solid precast floor slabs for residential, commercial, and industrial construction. Precast flooring delivers rapid installation, excellent spanning capabilities, superior acoustic and thermal performance, and immediate load-bearing capacity, making it the preferred flooring solution for modern construction.

Precast flooring eliminates the need for complex formwork and propping, dramatically reducing construction time while providing exceptional structural performance and long-term durability.

Natural Stone Paving

FP McCann supplies natural stone paving products, including sandstone, limestone, and granite, for landscaping, public realm, commercial paving, and residential applications. Our natural stone range combines the timeless beauty of natural materials with the quality assurance and service of a leading building materials supplier.

Natural stone paving is ideal for patios, pathways, driveways, public spaces, and architectural landscaping where a distinctive appearance and natural materials are desired.

Power and Infrastructure

Our power and infrastructure products include cable ducting, utility chambers, substation bases, transformer plinths, and specialist precast elements for electrical infrastructure, telecommunications, utilities, and energy projects. These products are engineered to meet the demanding requirements of utility and infrastructure applications, providing protection, structural support, and long-term reliability.

Precast infrastructure products offer rapid installation and consistent quality, which is essential for utility and infrastructure construction projects.

Railway

FP McCann manufactures precast concrete products for railway and light rail applications, including platform copings, cable troughing, drainage systems, and structural elements for railway infrastructure. Our railway products meet Network Rail specifications and industry standards, providing the durability, precision, and quality essential for railway construction and maintenance.

Railway precast products support infrastructure projects, station construction, track drainage, and railway civil engineering works throughout the UK.

Specialist Solutions

Our specialist solutions capability encompasses bespoke precast concrete elements engineered and manufactured to customer-specific requirements. From complex architectural features to unique structural elements, specialist chambers, and custom precast components, we work with designers, engineers, and contractors to convert design concepts into manufactured reality.

Specialist solutions demonstrate FP McCann’s technical expertise, manufacturing flexibility, and commitment to supporting innovative construction projects with custom precast concrete solutions.

Stormstore Systems

FP McCann’s Stormstore systems provide precast concrete attenuation and storage solutions for surface water management, flood mitigation, and sustainable drainage (SuDS) applications. Our attenuation products offer superior structural performance, long-term durability, and reliable capacity compared to plastic alternatives, making them ideal for highway drainage, commercial developments, and infrastructure projects requiring robust surface water management.

Stormstore systems combine rapid installation with precast concrete construction’s proven performance and longevity.

Structural Solutions

Our structural precast concrete products include columns, beams, walls, stairs, and structural frames for multi-story construction, industrial buildings, commercial developments, and infrastructure projects. Precast structural elements offer superior quality control, faster construction, enhanced safety, and excellent structural performance, making precast construction the preferred choice for modern building projects.

FP McCann’s structural engineering expertise supports projects from concept through design, manufacture, and installation, providing complete structural precast solutions.

Tunnels and Shafts

FP McCann manufactures precast concrete tunnel segments, shaft rings, and underground structure elements for tunnelling projects, underground infrastructure, utilities, and civil engineering applications. Our tunnel and shaft products are engineered to demanding specifications, providing the structural integrity, water tightness, and durability essential for underground construction.

Precast tunnel segments offer superior quality control and faster installation compared to in-situ construction, which is critical for tunnelling project success.

Walling

Our precast concrete walling range includes retaining walls, boundary walls, acoustic barriers, security walls, and architectural walling for highways, commercial developments, industrial sites, and infrastructure projects. Precast walling systems offer rapid installation, superior structural performance, and long-term durability, making them cost-effective for projects requiring reliable wall construction.

From standard retaining walls to bespoke architectural walling, FP McCann provides complete precast walling solutions backed by structural engineering support.

Why Choose Precast Concrete?

Precast concrete construction delivers substantial advantages over traditional in-situ concrete construction and alternative building methods. It provides financial, performance, quality, and sustainability benefits, making precast the preferred choice for modern construction projects across the UK.

Impressive design flexibility –

Precast concrete manufacturing allows unlimited design possibilities, with moulds and formwork built to suit unique architectural and structural requirements. From complex geometric shapes to intricate surface textures, exposed aggregates, and integrated features, precast concrete brings design vision to life while maintaining the structural performance and durability essential for long-term building success. This flexibility extends from architectural cladding and feature elements to complex structural components and bespoke engineered solutions.

High strengths –

Precast concrete provides exceptional compressive strength, tensile capacity, and structural performance, enabling long spans, high loading capacities, and efficient structural designs. It is manufactured under controlled factory conditions with precise mix proportions, optimal curing, and rigorous quality control, achieving superior strength compared to site-cast alternatives. This high strength translates to longer spans, reduced structural depth, lighter foundations, and more efficient building designs.

Exceptional Durability and Minimal Maintenance –

Precast concrete delivers decades of maintenance-free service, providing exceptional durability in demanding applications and harsh environments. It maintains structural integrity and appearance throughout its extended service life and is resistant to weathering, freeze-thaw cycles, chemical attack, fire, and impact damage. This durability eliminates alternative materials’ ongoing maintenance, repair, and replacement costs, delivering superior whole-life value and long-term cost savings.

Enhanced Aesthetic Possibilities–

Precast concrete manufacturing delivers diverse aesthetic options, from smooth grey off-form finishes produced in steel casting beds to textured surfaces, exposed aggregates, acid-etched finishes, sandblasted textures, and architectural treatments. Integral colouring, surface treatments, and finishing techniques create distinctive appearances while maintaining concrete’s structural performance and durability. This aesthetic versatility makes precast concrete suitable for applications ranging from utilitarian infrastructure to prestigious architectural projects.

Dramatically Faster Construction –

Precast concrete construction typically reduces on-site construction time by approximately 75% compared to traditional in-situ methods. While precast elements are manufactured off-site, groundworks and foundations can proceed simultaneously, eliminating sequential construction delays. Once foundations are ready, precast elements are delivered and installed rapidly, with immediate load-bearing capacity and no curing delays. This construction speed reduces project duration, minimises site disruption, accelerates project completion, and allows earlier occupation or revenue generation.

Significant Cost Savings –

Precast concrete construction delivers substantial cost savings through multiple mechanisms. Reduced construction time lowers site establishment, preliminaries, and financing costs. Elimination of complex formwork, propping, and scaffolding reduces temporary works costs. Lower on-site labour requirements minimise labour costs. Reduced material wastage and precise manufacturing eliminates material cost overruns. Precast concrete typically provides significant cost advantages over alternative construction methods when evaluated on a whole-project basis.

Improved Site Management and Safety –

Precast concrete construction creates cleaner, safer, and more organised construction sites. Manufacturing occurs off-site in controlled factory environments, making construction sites less cluttered, with reduced material storage requirements, fewer site operatives, and minimal construction waste. Product deliveries can be scheduled precisely to match construction sequences, eliminating storage issues and site congestion. This improved site management enhances safety, reduces site accidents, and creates more efficient construction operations.

Consistent High Quality –

Precast concrete is manufactured in purpose-built factories with controlled conditions, precise batching systems, skilled operatives, and rigorous quality control, ensuring consistent high quality across all products. Every element is manufactured to exact specifications, tested and certified, and delivered with full traceability. This quality consistency eliminates the variability inherent in site-cast construction, where weather conditions, site constraints, and variable workmanship can compromise quality.

Reliable Production Unaffected by Weather –

Precast concrete manufacturing in covered factory facilities eliminates weather delays, frequently disrupting site-cast concrete construction. Rain, frost, extreme temperatures, and adverse weather conditions that halt site work do not impact precast manufacturing, ensuring reliable production schedules and predictable delivery times. This weather independence is particularly valuable in the UK climate, where weather delays can significantly impact construction programs.

Minimised Construction Waste –

Precast concrete construction dramatically reduces construction waste. Exact elements are manufactured to precise dimensions and delivered to the site ready for installation. This eliminates the formwork waste, excess concrete, cutting waste, and general construction debris typical of traditional construction. Precast manufacturing facilities recycle materials, optimise production processes, and minimise waste generation, contributing to more sustainable construction practices and reduced waste disposal costs.

Superior Acoustic Performance –

The high mass of precast concrete provides excellent acoustic insulation, creating practical sound barriers for highway noise attenuation, industrial noise control, and building acoustic separation. This acoustic performance makes precast concrete ideal for acoustic barriers, party walls, floor systems, and applications where sound insulation is critical for occupant comfort or regulatory compliance.

Reduced Environmental Impact –

Precast concrete manufacturing in controlled factory environments is more efficient and environmentally responsible than site-based construction. Factory production optimises material usage, minimises waste, recycles materials, and operates under environmental management systems. Reduced construction time and site activity minimises site disruption, noise, air pollution, and environmental impact. Concrete’s thermal mass contributes to energy-efficient building designs, while the longevity and durability of precast concrete reduce the environmental impact of replacement and maintenance over building life cycles.