M-EC Development Technical Consultants

What M-EC Development Technical Consultants does

M-EC Development Technical Consultants, trading as MEC Consulting Group Ltd, is a privately-owned UK engineering and environmental consultancy that provides multi-disciplinary technical services to the development sector. The firm, headquartered in Hugglescote, Leicestershire and operating additional offices in Birmingham, Brighton, and Nottingham, serves developers, promoters, landowners, architects, planning consultants, and public sector clients across England. Under its former name Mewies Engineering Consultants Ltd, the company has operated as a limited company with continuity of leadership under Managing Director Edward Mewies.

The firm's core offering consists of eleven integrated service lines: Civil Engineering, Transport, Flood Risk & Drainage, Structures, Geo-Environmental, Acoustic and Air Quality, Utilities, Geomatics, Lighting, and Expert Witness, supported by a Travel Plan Coordinator Online Portal for sustainable travel monitoring. Underlying technology is a conventional mix of CAD, surveying, modelling (e.g., CadnaA), drone/aerial mapping, and 3D laser scanning tools used to deliver feasibility studies, planning-stage technical reports, and detailed construction design packages for residential, commercial, industrial, retail, leisure, education, and healthcare projects ranging from single dwellings to ~1,000-2,000 plot housing schemes.

The business model is a B2B professional services consultancy with quote-based, project-specific pricing and bespoke engagement terms. Go-to-market is direct client engagement through the four UK offices, supplemented by organic presence on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, and Instagram and a content-rich company website. Revenue is generated through fee-bearing technical reports, investigations, strategies, design solutions, and ongoing monitoring engagements; no software licensing, subscription, or SaaS revenue model is disclosed outside the travel plan portal. The firm is self-funded from consulting operations with no identified external investors, parent company, or acquisitions.

Name

M-EC Development Technical Consultants

Legal name

MEC Consulting Group Ltd

Website

https://m-ec.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

M-EC is a privately-owned UK development technical consultancy delivering multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental services (civil, transport, flood risk, structures, geo-environmental, acoustics, utilities, geomatics, lighting, expert witness) to private and public sector clients across England from offices in Leicester, Birmingham, Brighton, and Nottingham.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hugglescote

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Technical Consultancy: Revenue generated through providing technical reports, investigations, strategies, design solutions, and consultancy services to private and public sector clients across residential, commercial, industrial, retail, leisure, education, and healthcare sectors. Services include civil engineering design, transport assessments, flood risk assessments, structural design, geo-environmental assessments, acoustic and air quality assessments, utilities consulting, geomatics surveys, and lighting design.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MEC is a multidisciplinary development technical consultancy providing civil engineering, transport, flood risk & drainage, structures, geo-environmental, acoustic & air quality, utilities, geomatics, and lighting services to public and private sector clients across the UK. It supports development projects from initial concept and planning application through to construction design, delivering technical reports, investigations, strategies, and design solutions as a single integrated package.

Product overview

M-EC is a multidisciplinary development technical consultancy offering a unified portfolio of engineering and environmental services rather than a software platform. The core offering consists of eleven integrated service lines: Civil Engineering, Transport, Flood Risk & Drainage, Structures, Geo-Environmental, Acoustic and Air Quality, Utilities, Geomatics, Lighting, Expert Witness, and a Travel Plan Coordinator Online Portal. These services are designed to work together as an inclusive package to deliver clients' key development projects, from initial concept through planning to construction design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering Infrastructure viability and concept design, Section 278 highway junction design, vehicle swept path analysis, Section 38 highway design, earthworks cut and fill analysis, and Section 104/106/98 detailed drainage design for development projects.
• Transport Transport Assessments and Statements, Travel Planning, site access advice, preliminary highway design, Road Safety Audits, Environmental Impact Assessments, and Planning conditions support for development projects.
• Flood Risk & Drainage Flood Risk Assessments, drainage investigations, flood modelling, flood alleviation and mitigation, conceptual drainage design including SuDS, and Planning conditions & Section 106 negotiations.
• Structures Building foundation design, building structures design, civil engineering structures design, structural surveys and assessments, temporary works and method statements, and structural alterations and refurbishment.
• Geo-Environmental Ground investigation services, contaminated land appraisal, geotechnical design services, legacy mining stability assessments, Materials Management Planning (MMP), and remediation strategies, validation and waste classification.
• Acoustic and Air Quality Noise/vibration surveys and assessments, overheating assessments, building acoustics design, air quality assessments, air quality monitoring, and odour assessments.
• Utilities Capacity assessments, diversion assessments, constraints plans, combined services layouts, locating existing utilities, and new connections & disconnections.
• Geomatics Topographical surveys, measured building surveys, underground utilities mapping, engineering surveys, drone/aerial mapping, and 3D laser scanning.
• Lighting Lighting Impact Assessments, ecology lighting strategies, daylight/sunlight and overshadowing assessments, private lighting designs, and Section 38 and Section 278 street lighting designs.
• Expert Witness Expert witness services for legal and planning proceedings.
• Travel Plan Coordinator Online Portal Online portal for coordinating travel plans, producing regular updates and surveys to local residents, and providing annual reporting to local authorities on sustainable travel management for development sites.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cundall: Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with strong UK presence covering civil, structural, transport, geo-environmental and sustainability services for development clients — overlapping service model and private-sector developer focus.
• Waterman Group: UK-headquartered multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy offering civil, structural, transport, flood risk and geo-environmental services to developers and public sector clients — directly comparable service portfolio to M-EC.
• Hydrock: UK engineering consultancy (now part of Stantec) offering civil, structural, geo-environmental, transport, flood risk and acoustic services across development and infrastructure sectors — strong multi-disciplinary overlap with M-EC.
• Clarkebond: UK engineering consultancy specialising in civil, structural, geotechnical and environmental services for residential, commercial and infrastructure development projects — comparable mid-sized multi-disciplinary peer to M-EC.
• Fairhurst: UK multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy delivering civil, structural, geotechnical, environmental and transportation services to developers, contractors and public bodies — directly comparable development-focused practice to M-EC.
• BWB Consulting: Mid-sized UK multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy covering transport, civil, structural, geo-environmental and infrastructure design for private developers and local authorities — closely comparable mid-market UK peer to M-EC.
• Pell Frischmann: UK consultancy delivering civil and structural engineering, transport planning, environmental and infrastructure services to development and infrastructure clients — overlapping discipline mix and similar client base to M-EC.
• Crozier Consulting Engineers: UK development-focused civil and structural engineering consultancy serving private developers, architects and local authorities — similar project types and discipline breadth at the smaller end of the market.

Others

• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture and environmental consultancy with substantial UK presence (including acquired Hydrock) offering overlapping development, infrastructure and environmental services — broader and deeper than M-EC but competing for many of the same clients.

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Global professional services firm with a large UK engineering practice covering transport, environment, property and development — overlaps with M-EC on development technical consultancy but operates at much greater scale with broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/M_ECEngineers
• Facebookfacebook.com/engineersmec
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/m-ec
• Instagraminstagram.com/mecconsulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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