Groundworks services
The jobs that happen before anything goes up, done by one firm from the first dig to handover.
Site clearance and excavation
Mostly for builders and developers
Topsoil strip, reduced level digs and setting out, ready for the build.
- Vegetation and topsoil strip
- Reduced level digs to formation
- Setting out from your drawings
- Temporary hardstanding and site access
Foundations and substructure
For builders and homeowners
Footings dug and poured, and the walls built up to damp proof course, ready for the bricklayers.
- Trench fill and strip footings
- Substructure blockwork up to damp proof course
- Footings for extensions, garages and outbuildings
- Inspections booked with Building Control before the pour
Drainage
For builders and homeowners
Below ground foul and surface water drainage, laid to fall and tested.
- Foul and surface water runs
- Manholes, inspection chambers and connections
- Soakaways and attenuation
- Air and water tests before backfill
Ground floors and slabs
For builders and homeowners
Compacted sub-base, membranes, insulation and concrete for ground floors, yards and bases.
- Type 1 sub-base, laid and compacted in layers
- Damp proof membranes and insulation
- Reinforced concrete slabs and oversites
- Bases for garages, sheds and plant
Driveways and hardstanding
Mostly for homeowners
Dug out properly first, so the surface on top lasts.
- Dig out and sub-base to suit the load
- Edgings, kerbs and drainage channels
- Block paving, tarmac or concrete finishes
- Dropped kerb works to the council's specification
Muck away and waste removal
For builders and homeowners
Spoil and site waste taken away under our own upper-tier waste carrier licence.
- Spoil from our own digs taken away as we go
- Muck away for other trades on site
- Waste transfer notes for every load
- Upper-tier waste carrier, licence CBDU661704