Measured 1 September 2026 via the PYC Cheltenham Architect Digital Visibility Index. Every figure is objective and reproducible from the methodology. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.
Worth fixingNo XML sitemap foundSearch engines have to discover every page by following links. On a small site that is survivable; on a large one it is not.
This firm against the sector median and the index leader, RE-Design Architects, on every pillar.
Speed & CWV
74
Technical
88
Local presence
78
Visibility
0
AI search presence
0
Content & trust
20
this firm sector median leader
Stantec trails RE-Design Architects by 184 points across 5 pillars, but 70% of that is AI search presence and Visibility alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Speed & CWV.
Largest Contentful Paint measured two ways: one throttled lab run, against 28 days of real Chrome users.
Lab (Lighthouse, mobile)
4.4s
one throttled load on a datacentre machine
Field (real users)
3.0s
75th percentile of actual Chrome visitors over 28 days
The lab figure is 1.5× the real-user figure. The lab test looks acceptable while real visitors are failing Core Web Vitals. This is the more serious direction of disagreement: the problem is real and a one-off lab run is missing it. The metric failing for real users is loading (LCP) and layout shift (CLS).
RE-Design Architects leads the index with 74/100. The largest gaps are: AI search presence (0 vs 80); Visibility (0 vs 49); Content & trust (20 vs 53).
Recorded alongside the measurement to make it easier to judge, but carrying no weight in the Digital Visibility Score. See the methodology.
Companies House
No confident match on the registered name
Real-user speed (CrUX)
LCP 3048ms · INP 153ms · CLS 0.15 · does not pass Core Web Vitals
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)
Performance 70 · accessibility 91 · best practices 100 · SEO 92 — biggest losses: LCP breakdown; Layout shift culprits; Links do not have descriptive text
Google profile detail
5 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed
Stantec’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:
Visibility (0/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.