Portland Consulting Engineers Limited

What Portland Consulting Engineers Limited does

Portland Consulting Engineers Limited is a UK civil and structural engineering consultancy established in 2004 and headquartered in Gateshead, North East England. The firm operates as a private limited company owned by four shareholders — Managing Director Lee Barr, Stephen Hunter, Mark Quigley, and Carl Beet (added October 2025) — supported by a management team of approximately nine people. Its service offering comprises six core disciplines: structural engineering, civil engineering and infrastructure design, flood risk assessments, listed buildings consultancy, temporary works, and refurbishment engineering. Project values span £0.48M to £34M, indicating delivery capability across both small-scale fit-out work and substantial multi-million-pound schemes.

The firm generates revenue on a project-fee basis, charging for engineering consultancy services across new-build, refurbishment, and infrastructure programmes. Its go-to-market is relationship-led within the North East England and wider UK construction market, evidenced by a project portfolio spanning automotive retail, manufacturing, education, healthcare, social housing, and retail clients. Technical delivery is built around BIM/Revit-based design workflows, supporting coordinated 3D output for contractor and client BIM environments, and the firm holds SMAS WorkSafe and Building Safety Act compliance credentials that qualify it for regulated and higher-risk building work.

The business model is therefore a traditional professional services consultancy: fee-for-service engineering advice billed against project milestones or monthly drawdowns, with no disclosed productised, subscription, or platform-based revenue streams. The customer base is diversified at the sector level, though the wide spread of project values suggests a small number of mid-to-large anchors alongside a long tail of smaller engagements. Operations remain centred on a single Gateshead location after more than twenty years, with no evidence of branch network or international activity in the available data.

Name

Portland Consulting Engineers Limited

Legal name

Portland Consulting Engineers Ltd

Website

https://portlandconsulting.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Portland Consulting Engineers Limited is a Gateshead-based civil and structural engineering consultancy, founded 2004, delivering structural, civil infrastructure, flood risk, listed buildings, temporary works, and refurbishment design across UK automotive, manufacturing, education, healthcare, housing, and retail clients via BIM/Revit workflows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil & Structural Engineering Consultancy

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAIAA

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Engineering & Technical Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHAIAD

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Engineering & Technical Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHAIAB

Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Engineering & Technical Consulting

Keywords

• Civil engineering consultancy
• Structural engineering design
• Flood risk assessment
• Temporary works design
• Infrastructure engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Gateshead

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consultancy Services: Professional engineering consultancy fees charged for civil and structural engineering services. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements spanning from early feasibility through to construction stage services. The firm handles projects of all sizes with senior staff involvement throughout project lifecycles.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Portland Consulting Engineers Limited is a civil and structural engineering consultancy founded in 2004 and headquartered in Gateshead, UK. The firm provides structural engineering, civil and infrastructure design (highways and drainage), Flood Risk Assessments, listed-building conservation engineering, temporary works design, and refurbishment engineering services to clients across the United Kingdom. Senior staff are retained throughout project lifecycles, with the firm engaging at early project stages to influence design outcomes.

Product overview

Portland Consulting Engineers is a civil and structural engineering consultancy offering a suite of integrated design services. Their core offerings include Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering & Infrastructure Design, Flood Risk Assessments, Listed Buildings & Buildings of Historical Interest, Temporary Works, and Refurbishment & Reinvigoration Engineering. These services are implemented during project design phases, with early engagement optimised for delivering projects on time and within budget.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Curtins: UK-based civil and structural engineering consultancy of broadly comparable size, offering structural and infrastructure design across multiple sectors. Highly comparable business model—project-based consultancy fees, regional offices, and similar client mix of developers, education, and healthcare.
• Rodgers Leask: Civil and structural engineering consultancy serving UK developers, contractors, and public sector clients across building and infrastructure projects. Comparable mid-sized practice with overlapping service portfolio.
• Mann Williams: UK civil and structural engineering consultancy providing design services for buildings, infrastructure, and refurbishment projects. Comparable mid-sized practice with similar service lines and project values to Portland.
• Hydrock (now part of Stantec): UK-based integrated engineering consultancy with civil, structural, and geotechnical expertise including ground improvement and SUDS—directly comparable niche capabilities to Portland's specialist ground conditions work.
• MLM Group: UK engineering consultancy offering civil, structural, and building services design across commercial, education, healthcare, and residential sectors. Similar project mix and customer profile to Portland.
• Fairhurst: Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy providing structural and civil engineering design to UK public and private sector clients. Comparable in scale and service offering, with similar emphasis on buildings, infrastructure, and developer-led projects.
• Burrows Graham (BG Consulting): Independent UK civil and structural engineering consultancy delivering design services for commercial, residential, and education clients. Comparable scale, service offering, and project-based fee model.

Broad incumbents

• WSP in the UK: Major global consultancy with strong UK structural and civil engineering practice, frequently competing for the same public-sector frameworks and large developer-led schemes as Portland.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with extensive UK presence offering structural, civil, infrastructure, and environmental engineering. Operates across the same sectors but at significantly larger scale and with global footprint—representing the broader incumbent that Portland competes against for major projects.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management, and development consultancy with significant UK buildings and infrastructure practice. Competes for the same NHS, education, and developer-led work that Portland serves, but at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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