Glenigan alternative for engineering consultants

M&E, building services and structural work from planning, for £39 a month.

Q: Is Glenigan worth it for an engineering consultancy?

Glenigan publishes no price, 2024 reviews quote renewals of £3,500 to £6,800 a year, and its terms renew a contract 12 months at a time unless you email 90 days’ notice. If you only need the alerts on new schemes in your area, SiteLens Pro is £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually.

Q: Does SiteLens name the M&E consultant or structural engineer on a scheme?

On Pro, on major schemes whose planning documents name them, alongside the architect and quantity surveyor. Every plan shows whether each role is named.

Q: Isn’t the design team already chosen by the time an application is public?

On many full applications it is, and the planning documents then name it (Pro), so you see which developers and architects use which practices. Outline applications reach SiteLens before the reserved matters that carry the detailed design. Glenigan’s own stage order puts Pre-Tender, Tenders and Contract Awarded after Plans Approved, so the contractor-side building services packages come later.

Q: How does a consultancy leave a Glenigan contract?

By email notice to its contracts address at least 90 days before the renewal date. Glenigan’s terms say no other address, and no phone call, counts, and after the first year fees can rise, once a year, by up to RPI plus 5%. A monthly SiteLens plan is not billed again once you cancel in account settings.

Q: Can I filter to the schemes with real M&E or structural content?

Yes. Filter by category, such as commercial or industrial, show major schemes only, set a minimum value band or floor area, pick the M&E, structural frame or steelwork tags, and save the search as a daily alert.

Glenigan: No public price. Reviews from 2024 quote renewals of £3,500 to £6,800 a year. Bigger contracts run higher: a 2024 government contract for data, reports and analyst access was valued at £60,000 for one year. Contracts renew 12 months at a time unless you email 90 days’ notice.
SiteLens: £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, with no contract and a free plan to start. The smaller 2024 renewal above, £3,500, would pay for more than 7 years of Pro at £39 a month, or nearly 3 years of Team for up to 5 people.

Checked 28 October 2026.

Every new application across 380+ UK councils, tagged for M&E and structural work, and on Pro the design team the planning documents name on major schemes. Built for consultancies that want the schemes in their area without an annual contract.

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Which should you choose?

Choose SiteLens if you run an M&E, building services or structural engineering practice and want the new schemes in your area tagged for your discipline, with the design team named on major schemes (Pro) and Companies House checks on the firms behind them. Start free, then £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, with no contract.

Choose Glenigan if you will use what its 160 researchers add by phone, such as confirmed values, bidders and decision-maker contacts, or its forecasts and in-house analysts, on a contract that renews a year at a time.

What SiteLens does better

The design team, named

On Pro, major schemes show the architect, structural engineer, M&E consultant and quantity surveyor where the planning documents name them. Every plan shows whether a role is named, so you know where a practice is already in place.

Your discipline, tagged

M&E, structural frame and steelwork are three of 22 works tags, so a building services practice can alert on M&E-heavy commercial and industrial schemes and leave householder work out.

Who works with whom

Companies House numbers are matched to applicants, agents and contractors on every plan. On Pro, each developer’s page lists its applications, its decision record and the firms it works with, structural engineers and M&E consultants included.

7,901 new applications tagged for M&E in the last 30 days

685 of them in the last 7 days. Figures to 3 Nov 2026, dated by when the council validated or received each application, or when SiteLens first found it.

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Busiest councils for M&E

By estimated value

<£10k271
£10k-50k1,269
£50k-100k2,262
£100k-500k2,361
£500k-1m978
£1m-5m438
£5m-20m205
£20m+113

Recent examples

West Suffolk · 29 Oct 2026Pending

Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7UU

326-home hybrid masterplan with school and commercial space, Kentford. Full detail covers demolition, housing and a listed stable conversion, with outline for the balance including a primary school…

Mixed useMajor£20m+Est.M&EDemolitionGroundworks

Mid Ulster · 29 Oct 2026Pending

Lands between The existing Tamnamore Main Substation, Drumkee Road, Dungannon, County Tyrone and…

15.6km overhead line uprate, Dungannon to Portadown, pre-application stage. Replaces towers and structures, adds an underground cable to Tamnamore, and removes the Killyman line. Steel towers…

InfrastructureMajor£20m+Est.M&EGroundworksSteel

BolsoverPending

Land West Of Chesterfield Road, Alfreton Amber Valley

177-home Alfreton scheme, reserved matters following outline appeal approval. Reserved matters cover layout, scale and appearance for up to 177 homes, with six conditions discharged alongside…

ResidentialMajor£20m+Est.M&EGroundworksDrainage

Sedgemoor · 28 Oct 2026Pending

Land to the East of (A38) Bristol Road, and North of, Downend Road, Puriton, Bridgwater, Somerset…

410-home outline scheme with commercial unit, Puriton, Bridgwater. Up to 410 homes and a Class E commercial building, access approved, other matters reserved. Groundworks, drainage, highway and…

ResidentialMajor£20m+Est.M&EGroundworksDrainage

Bracknell Forest · 27 Oct 2026Registered

The Compass Center, NELSON ROAD, LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT, HEATHROW, TW6 2GW

Heathrow Airport expansion on all four sides, observations stage. Bracknell Forest is commenting on the neighbouring scheme; this response authorises no works. Groundworks, drainage and structural…

InfrastructureMajor£20m+Est.M&EGroundworksDrainage

Causeway Coast and Glens · 27 Oct 2026Consultation

Lands at Killane Road including part of 52 Killane Road, to the rear and north of Nos. 40 to 48…

110-unit mixed residential scheme, Limavady. Delivers 39 detached, 52 semi-detached, 5 chalet bungalows, 12 townhouses and 2 apartments with open space, landscaping and play area at full application…

ResidentialMajor£20m+Est.M&EGroundworksDrainage

Structural work and major schemes, same 30 days

The structural tags a practice can add to its alert, and the new major schemes.

Tagged for a structural frame1,698
Tagged for steelwork4,019
New major applications901

New applications in the 30 days to 3 Nov 2026, dated by when the council validated or received each application, or when SiteLens first found it.

SiteLens vs Glenigan for engineering consultants, feature by feature

The rows a consultancy asks about first: price and contract, the named design team, who works with whom, tenders and forecasts. Each Glenigan entry comes from its own website unless the cell says otherwise. Checked 28 October 2026.

Feature	SiteLens	Glenigan
Price	£39/mo, or £29/mo billed annually	No public price; 2024 reviews quote renewals of £3,500 to £6,800/yr
Contract	Monthly or annual, no minimum term, cancel any time	Term set in your order, then renews for 12 months unless you email 90 days’ notice; fees can rise by up to RPI + 5% a year
Try before you pay	Free plan with no time limit, plus 7 days of Pro, no card	A free search showing 50 projects, and a “Free trial” page that books a demo
Sign-up	Self-serve, under 2 minutes	A call about your requirements, then a quote
Users	Pro for one; Team for up to 5 at £99/mo, or £79/mo billed annually	Five logins as standard
Planning applications	Every new application across 380+ UK councils, collected every night	Every UK and Ireland application, harvested by AI; “Up to 3 Weeks Earlier Insight via planning data from the Planning Portal”
Research by phone	No. Built from public records	160 researchers, 1 million+ calls a year
Trade tags	M&E, structural frame and steelwork among 22 works tags	Own sectors, such as Offices, Industrial and Health
Plain-English search	Included	Yes, AI Search in natural language
Planning documents	Read for figures and the named project team, with the document list	AI mines each application for the data its customers need
Contact details	The design team named on major schemes, the agent’s published email and phone, and 15 lookups a month (Pro)	Direct phones, emails and LinkedIn profiles for decision-makers
Company data	One page per firm: its applications, decision record and who it works with (Pro)	Who works with whom, and company activity
Tenders and contract awards	Near each site and in alerts, plus public contracts ending in the next 12 months	Tender and award stages, with the main contractors bidding
Alerts on new applications	Daily or weekly email by trade, area and keyword; hourly on Team	Real-time email updates on projects and companies
Market analytics	Approval rates, decision times and volumes by council (Pro)	Long-term forecasts by sector and region, and in-house analysts
Getting started	Six guided starting points by trade or role, design and professional services among them	Account management and training for every customer

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When you should still pick Glenigan

Glenigan’s 160 researchers make more than a million calls a year, adding confirmed values, bidders and direct contacts for decision-makers, and its in-house analysts and economists add long-term forecasts by sector and region. If your practice bids for large projects across the UK and Ireland and plans on those forecasts, that research is what the fee pays for.

If you win most of your work in a region, you need the new schemes there, tagged for your discipline, with the design team the documents name and the developers behind them. That is SiteLens Pro at £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually.

For every feature, read SiteLens vs Glenigan, or see how M&E contractors use SiteLens.

Frequently asked

Is Glenigan worth it for an engineering consultancy?

Glenigan publishes no price, 2024 reviews quote renewals of £3,500 to £6,800 a year, and its terms renew a contract 12 months at a time unless you email 90 days’ notice. If you only need the alerts on new schemes in your area, SiteLens Pro is £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually.

Does SiteLens name the M&E consultant or structural engineer on a scheme?

On Pro, on major schemes whose planning documents name them, alongside the architect and quantity surveyor. Every plan shows whether each role is named.

Isn’t the design team already chosen by the time an application is public?

On many full applications it is, and the planning documents then name it (Pro), so you see which developers and architects use which practices. Outline applications reach SiteLens before the reserved matters that carry the detailed design. Glenigan’s own stage order puts Pre-Tender, Tenders and Contract Awarded after Plans Approved, so the contractor-side building services packages come later.

How does a consultancy leave a Glenigan contract?

By email notice to its contracts address at least 90 days before the renewal date. Glenigan’s terms say no other address, and no phone call, counts, and after the first year fees can rise, once a year, by up to RPI plus 5%. A monthly SiteLens plan is not billed again once you cancel in account settings.

Can I filter to the schemes with real M&E or structural content?

Yes. Filter by category, such as commercial or industrial, show major schemes only, set a minimum value band or floor area, pick the M&E, structural frame or steelwork tags, and save the search as a daily alert.

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M&E, building services and structural work from planning, for £39 a month.

Which should you choose?

What SiteLens does better

The design team, named

Your discipline, tagged

Who works with whom

7,901 new applications tagged for M&E in the last 30 days

Busiest councils for M&E

By estimated value

Recent examples

Structural work and major schemes, same 30 days

SiteLens vs Glenigan for engineering consultants, feature by feature

See your own patch before you decide.

When you should still pick Glenigan

Frequently asked

Is Glenigan worth it for an engineering consultancy?

Does SiteLens name the M&E consultant or structural engineer on a scheme?

Isn’t the design team already chosen by the time an application is public?

How does a consultancy leave a Glenigan contract?

Can I filter to the schemes with real M&E or structural content?

See it before you pay a penny.

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