Groundworks & Civil Engineering
Groundworks are where a project is won or lost, and they are the discipline we are known for. We self-deliver the full below-ground package — clearing and reducing a site through to the drainage, foundations and reinforced substructure that everything above depends on. Setting-out is checked against the engineer's drawings, levels are held, and the ground is handed over ready for the frame or superstructure to follow. Where a scheme touches the public highway, we handle the associated civils works too.
What's included
- Site clearance, reduced-level dig and muck-away
- Foul and surface-water drainage, connections and attenuation
- Strip, trench-fill and pad foundations, piling caps and footings
- RC substructures and ground-bearing slabs
- Kerbing, hard standings and external works
- Section 278 / S38 highway works where a scheme requires them