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Digital infrastructure

Supporting the Mobile Telecoms, Fixed Wireless, Fibre, Shared Infrastructure, Small Cell, Digital Advertising and Data Centre industries, driving continuous improvement in delivery and client experience

Telecoms projects can get mired in complex land, environmental and planning challenges. Your digital infrastructure project needs an integrated and expert team who work together to deliver faster. That's where you need DM. We’ve built a reputation for positive results in the most challenging of environments across the UK and Ireland

At Dalcour Maclaren we offer our Digital Infrastructure clients something different. We draw on the experiences and contacts obtained working on national Energy, Transport and Water projects to enhance our delivery models. We challenge the norm and drive improvement across the sector.

We deliver a full suite of services from site acquisition and estate management to all aspects of Town & Country planning and heritage, archaeological and ecological surveys, supported by our Geomatics and Stakeholder Engagement teams. Through our extensive partner network, we can deliver full design and construction services.

DM offers a bespoke service partnership providing end‑to‑end support for the following sectors:

Mobile infrastructure clients choose us for land acquisition, estate management and Town & Country planning services.
Fibre clients come to us for expert wayleave, planning and negotiation services.
Digital advertising clients are supported with site surveys, design and Town & Country planning.
Small cell clients request site survey and Town & Country planning services.

Our expertise

We offer specialist surveyors trained in the Electronic Communication Code (ECC), and who are RICS-accredited expert witnesses and arbiters. As a partner of The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP), we support its aims to shape the future of global connectivity.

The Digital Infrastructure team encompasses dedicated and experienced telecoms Town & Country planners who will advise on strategies for engaging with local planning authorities and submit planning applications and consents.

Using their professional training and experience working in our other sectors, our Liaison Officers are able to mediate with, to find win-win solutions for client and landowner alike. Successful utilisation of these teams, which is often reliant on long-standing relationships, allows DM to gain access to land or sites where others have failed.

With 19 offices across the whole of the UK and Ireland, we have a DM team close to your site, both in rural and urban areas.

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"When you’re working with the UK’s largest energy and transmission operators, precision and pace aren’t optional - they’re expected. 

Transferring the skills we have obtained in other sectors allows us to unite land, planning and geospatial expertise to deliver fast and without compromise through our dedicated Digital Infrastructure teams.”

Nick Summers

BESPOKE END-TO-END SUPPORT

Acquisition & Estate Management

Dedicated telecoms and multi-disciplined surveyors across the UK and Ireland.

  • Land survey & site identification
  • Lease & wayleave negotiation
  • Freehold & long lease acquisition
  • Electronic communication code (ECC) advice
  • NTQ & estate management
  • Blocked sites - Agricultural Liaison Officers & mediation services
  • Treasury & helpdesk functions
  • Project management
  • AI lease analysis
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Environment & Planning

Comprehensive planning, permitted development, heritage and environmental expertise.

  • Site appraisals
  • Town & County planning applications & appeals
  • Heritage impact assessments
  • Ecological surveys
  • Field archaeological services
  • Landscape assessment & photomontages
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Geomatics

Accurate data and insight via spatial analysis, land surveying, GIS and land referencing.

  • Fibre & power route design
  • Edge Data Centre suitability analysis
  • Drone surveys
  • Utility surveys
  • Equipment & 3D twin surveys
  • Site plans & planning drawings
  • Asset mapping & management
  • Land referencing
  • 3D mapping using the Ordnance Survey National Geographic Database
  • Desk-based line of sight assessments/coverage predictions
  • What3Words access improvement capability
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Stakeholder Engagement

Insight-led communications strategy development to build dialogue, navigate challenge and deliver effective engagement.

  • Stakeholder mapping
  • Messaging development
  • Media & public relations
  • Event & issues management
  • Consultation delivery
  • Creative content
  • Multimedia assets
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Partnerships

Our industry partners allow us to offer and coordinate a full complement of services.

  • Design
  • Construction management
  • Structural analysis
  • Power management
  • Property maintenance & preventative maintenance services
  • 5G private networks
  • Temporary coverage solutions
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Our services include

Our sector specialists

Across our areas of expertise, we can offer experienced, qualified professionals who understand the complexities of regulation and compliance.

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Land & Property

Nick Allan

Associate Planner
MSc City Planning and Regeneration

Specialising in Digital Infrastructure – from small cell deployment, to new 35m masts, and everything in between

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Land & Property

Kate Gillespie

Senior Surveyor
AssocRICS

Specialising in Estate Management and the expert application of the Electronics Communication Code (ECC)

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Alex Tsentides
Land & Property

Alex Tsentides

Associate Director
MRICS

Specialist in new site acquisition, upgrade deployment, estate management, data management, deployment strategy, and programme/process development.

 

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Stakeholder Engagement

Beth Motley

Engagement Lead

Specialising in strategic communications, engagement, and consultation campaigns for U&I projects

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