A Family Run Business With a Belief in Community, Diversity, Inclusion and Collaboration

We’re an award-winning agency with over 20 years’ experience and have worked with some of the world’s most epic brands!

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IntroductionFamily Run Design Business With 20+ Years’ Experience

You have an idea for an office or commercial space. We have the imagination and know-how to turn it into reality. From quirky, kooky and cool, to sophisticated luxury, we’ve been there and designed that. We designed Facebook’s first London offices and we’ve designed the offices of Disney, KPMG and Adobe, too. All the while ensuring the spaces reflected the client’s culture and values.

But it’s not just about the brands we’ve worked with — it’s about who we are and what we stand for. We are a family run business and we treat our clients like our tribe. We believe in community, communication and inclusion through design. We also believe in optimising each space we touch; both aesthetically and functionally.

OUR BELIEFSWhat We Believe In

We’re design-crazed and obsessed with the intricate nuances of design. There’s no doubt about that. But beyond staring ourselves crazy at colour palettes and new office furniture, we believe design has a purpose.

For us, design is about inclusion; it’s about community. It’s about taking a space and optimising it for a client and their staff on a functional level, so as to ensure it fosters community and inclusion, as well as productivity in the workplace. At the same time, we need to ensure it’s aesthetically pleasing and aligned with company values and culture.

EXPERIENCEOur Story

We’ve been in business for over twenty years. We know — it’s a long time; we’re impressed too. In that time, we’ve been awarded the Housing Award for the Ujima Housing Scheme, been a finalist in the Mixology Awards and our founder, Daniel Taylor, became a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Business Design and Workplace Diversity.

Through all this, we’ve remained a family run business with down-to-earth values. We believe in treating our customers like our tribe; we believe in diversity in the workplace; and we believe in giving clients a product that’s better than that offered elsewhere. Of course, we also believe in great design and communication, and inclusion through design.

We set out to leave a legacy and we’re making headway towards that goal!

DIRECTORS AT MDCOur Directors

Daniel Taylor
Founder & CEO

Daniel’s persistence and drive is what put MDC on the map in the first place. His ability to build long lasting relationships with both suppliers and clients, as well as his belief in inclusion and diversity, has led to MDC becoming a unique family firm in the Design and Build industry. He’s been awarded an MBE for his work in office design and diversity in the workplace.

Tiana Watt
Procurement Director

Tiana has been working with MDC for more than 10 years. She directs and manages the Procurement and Customer Service Team within the company, and also negotiates all deals with sub-contractors. It’s thanks to her we’re always on budget!

Michelle Beckford
HR Director

Michelle has been working for the MDC group for over 8 years. While Michelle is officially the HR Director, she wears many hats and has a lot of responsibilities, including managing the company’s finances. Michelle is always approachable and understands that a client’s needs come first and that to be able to meet their needs you need a motivated and happy workforce!

Naomi Williams Taylor
Account Director

Naomi’s open and warm approach to clients, and efficiency in overseeing each project ensures client satisfaction every time. Building lasting relationships is her speciality and she excels at it!

From Our Clients

“By understanding our specific business needs, and a desire on their part to explore the options available, MDC were able to integrate their design concepts with our own fastidious demands. Along with the challenging site conditions and a testing fit-out programme deadline, both the time and budget targets were met, yet still managed to deliver a final solution that exceeded our expectations.“

Antony ByrneDesign Manager, Herman Miller

“Some months into our occupancy of our new office space, I thought it time to write to express Boeing’s complete satisfaction with the work MDC performed for us in the management of designing and outfitting our new London Office. Put simply, we have been extremely pleased with all aspects of MDC’s involvement in this project. Since the project’s inception, to the preliminary design and bidding phase, through to project implementation, MDC has provided us with the highest level of service in a friendly and knowledgeable manner. At the same time, I remain convinced MDC implemented the best value for money solution to our needs.“

Thomas A. BellPresident UK Operations, Boeing Aerospace UK Ltd

“I was particularly impressed with the innovative design, which transformed a dark and unappealing floor space into light and interesting offices. The workmanship was of the highest standard and I was pleased to be able to present to our Partners our new office space delivered on time and on budget. I speak with experience, having also been responsible for the 12th floor fit-out, which often came under criticism from Prudential Management Services because of the level of noise and disruption caused by the contractors.“

Margaret JacksonOffice Manager, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae

“It has been a pleasure to work with the whole MDC team through the project and in particular you, Tiana and Runaldo, you all managed to understand the needs of the business. Your enthusiasm, energy and passion helped enormously to get to the end result and we cannot thank you enough for your input and support.

Frankly speaking, I did not have confidence in the time arrangement as you promised, since in my experience there is always a delay, let alone two weeks’ time for such a project, but despite the difficulties, you managed to finish the work and we moved in as scheduled. Taking this opportunity, I would also like to thank you for your kind appreciation of the fact that we, as foreigners whose mother tongue is not English, having difficulties in understanding the techniques and practice in this country.“

Zhao ShuxianChief Representative, The People’s Insurance Company of China, European Office

“To have completed two fast-track projects with such a high design element on time and within budget was an exceptional achievement of which we should all be very proud. Please feel free to use these facilities at any time to show to prospective clients your exceptional quality of work.“

Jim SparhamSpring

AwardsOur Awards

Housing Award for the Ujima Housing Scheme

Finalist in the Mixology Awards

AchievementsOur Proudest Moments

Our founder Daniel Taylor, became a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Business Design and Workplace Diversity
Winning the Conservative Party’s HQ project
Completing a BREAMM scheme for the Transport Research Laboratory
Completing schemes for South Central Ambulance Service across the UK
Being the only BAME Design and Build firm in the UK
Celebrating 20 years of MDC Group in 2018
Relocating to our own brand-new 9000 SF facility in Croydon

AccreditationsOur Accreditations

BREEAM AP – This new qualification demonstrates MDC’s specialist skills in sustainability and environmental design, combined with a high level of competence in the BREEAM assessment process.

ISO QAR: Quality Management Systems – We hold this certification of British standards, which proves that our organisation works to international or national best practices, and demonstrates our credibility and competence to our stakeholders and customers.

ISO 9001: Quality Management Systems – Our Design and Build services are certified as meeting the quality requirements of ISO 9001.

ISO 14001: Environmental Management Systems – Our Design and Build services are certified as meeting the environmental requirements of ISO 14001.

OHSAS 18001: Occupational Health and Safety – MDC are able to demonstrate that we have a system in place for occupational health and safety.

Considerate Constructors Scheme – Each site is judged on the “Code of Considerate Practice”, which is broken down into five categories: Care About Appearance, Respect the Community, Protect the Environment, Secure Everyone’s Safety and Value their Workforce. MDC has demonstrated high levels of consideration in all areas.