Groundworks, Drainage & Hard Landscaping
A family groundworks firm working across Surrey and Hampshire since 1970 — from foundations and drainage through to the driveway and terrace at the end
Most of our work is the whole groundworks package on a residential build — one firm, one set of machines, one crew doing the lot.
We work for local developers, builders and private clients, and alongside the architects and engineers designing the job. Because the levels, the falls and the drainage all get dealt with together, it usually works out quicker and cheaper than splitting the trades.
Foundations and Concrete Bases
Strip, trench fill and raft foundations, structural concrete bases for oak-framed buildings and outbuildings, and block and beam floors — a good choice on sloping sites. We work from your engineer's drawings, set out on site and take it through to slab level ready for the bricklayers.
Strip and trench fill foundations
Reinforced raft foundations
Structural concrete bases
Block and beam floors
Site clearance and reduced level dig
Drainage, Treatment Plants and Septic Tanks
If a site isn't on mains drainage, the drainage decides whether it can be built. We design and install foul drainage, sewage treatment plants, septic tanks and pump stations to Environment Agency and building control standards — including older septic tanks that must be replaced under the General Binding Rules.
Sewage treatment plants
Septic tanks and drainage fields
Pump stations
Foul, surface water and soakaways
Rainwater harvesting tanks
Retaining Walls
Structural retaining walls from garden terracing up to walls forming part of a building. We specialise in LOGIX™ insulated concrete formwork, and also build STEPOC™, reinforced hollow block and sleeper walls. Every wall gets proper drainage behind it — the main reason retaining walls fail.
LOGIX™ insulated concrete formwork
STEPOC™ and reinforced hollow block
Oak and softwood sleeper walls
Full drainage behind every wall
Driveways, Paving and Patios
We come at hard landscaping from the groundworks side, so we tend to get the jobs with a structural element — a drive over tree roots, a terrace that needs retaining, a garden re-graded before anything is laid. Every drive starts with a properly built sub-base and a drainage plan.
Block paving, porcelain and gravel drives
Porcelain and sandstone patios
Composite and hardwood decking
Tree root protection systems
Garden re-grading and earth moving
Other work we take on
Some jobs don't fit neatly under one heading. If you're not sure whether it's a job for us, ring and ask.
Site entrances and access roads on new developments.
Utility services
During discovery, we collect relevant data, clarify objectives, and align expectations with measurable benchmarks.
Access roads
Bases for garages and outbuildings, with the soakaways to go with them.
Demolition
Demolition and site clearance before a build starts.
Garage bases
Get a Price
We'll come and look, take levels if it needs them, and price the job properly rather than by the square metre over the phone.
We cover Guildford, Farnham, Godalming and the rest of Surrey, along with Hampshire. Get in touch or call Dan on 07808 781794.