Infrastructure
Architecture & development
DMC provides multi-professional engineering to developers: site identification and appraisal, concept layout and design, planning applications and negotiations, preliminary and detailed design, technical approvals and adoptions, public consultation, construction supervision and project management — covering highways and traffic, geotechnics, structures, drainage and infrastructure.
As construction has grown more complex, the demand for quality engineering advice at the earliest development stages has grown with it. The decisions that determine a scheme's viability — access, levels, drainage, ground conditions, capacity — are made long before anyone draws an elevation.
DMC offers a full range of multi-professional engineering services tailored to developers. Our project teams cover highways and traffic, geotechnics, structures, drainage and infrastructure, and we are structured to give developers integrated, cost-effective and practical advice.
We understand that a development has to produce a financial return, so our priority is completing projects on time and within budget, however large or complex the scheme.
Working with the wider team
Our long experience across the whole development process helps us work effectively with local and statutory authorities and with the other professionals on a scheme — planners, architects, landscape architects, economists and surveyors. Where required, we bring in additional in-house expertise in structural, environmental and project management specialisms.
Our network of associates gives clients a local point of contact backed by group support, including extensive computing, management and communication systems.
Sectors
- Commercial
- Retail
- Residential
- Leisure
- Industrial
- Municipal
- Defence
- Educational
- Healthcare
Selected activities
- Site identification and appraisal
- Concept layout and design
- Planning applications and negotiations
- Preliminary and detailed design
- Technical approvals and adoptions
- Public consultation
- Construction supervision
- Project management
- Litigation and expert witness advice
Also in Infrastructure
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Common questions
Frequently asked questions
At what stage should a developer bring in an engineer?
Before the layout is fixed. Access, levels, drainage, ground conditions and capacity determine a scheme's viability and are decided long before any elevation is drawn — changing them later is the most expensive kind of redesign.
Does DMC handle planning applications and approvals?
Yes. Planning applications and negotiations, technical approvals and adoptions, and public consultation are part of the scope, drawing on long experience of working with local and statutory authorities.