Groundworks

Groundworks

A groundworks specialist with many years’ experience, SGW undertakes all aspects of earthworks and groundworks ranging from site clearance and excavation to detailed landscaping and installation of drainage, roads and tiling/paving.

The considerable resources available through the SGW Construction Group enable us to provide the complete groundworks package and no project is too big or too small.

Services include:

Site clearance

  • Excavation
  • Foundations/Rafts
  • Floor Slabs
  • Tarmacking
  • Block paving
  • Kerbing/Pin kerbing
  • Drain/Sewer installation and repair
  • Turfing
  • Landscaping
  • Plot works
  • Attenuation systems
  • Shuttering
  • Specialist re-inforcing
  • Roads
  • Pathways
  • Car parks
  • Deep and special function excavations

All our CITB-trained operatives have a civil engineering background and hold relevant CSCS and CPCS accreditations, as well as appropriate qualifications in relation to the New Roads and Street Works Act1991 (NRSWA) and have received asbestos awareness training.

Supported by our in-house health and safety officer, we have implemented an Occupational, Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) in accordance with ISO 1801 and are working towards the ISO14001 Environmental Management Standard.

Here are just a few recent examples of projects:

Project: Whickham Sports College
Client: Carillion / Robertsons
Description of Works: Raft foundations, slab drainage, attenuation tank, paving and kerbing
Date of Award: May-December 2010
Contract Duration: 28 weeks
Value: £225,000


Project: Tesco, Sunbury on Thames
Client: Bowmer and Kirkland
Description of Works: Foundations, Drainage, Kerbs, Tarmac Bays
Date of Award: September -November 2010
Contract Duration: 8 weeks
Value: £50,000


Project: Tesco, Rowlands Gill
Client: Bowmer and Kirkland
Description of Works: Soft strip demolition, building of ATM room, breaking out of doorways and installation of new lintels and girders
Date of Award: September- October 2010
Contract Duration: 2 weeks
Value: £22,000


Project: South Tyneside Hospital Refurbishment
Client: Robertson
Description of Works: Strip-out and installation of new internal drainage. Repave internal and external street furniture and resurface main entrance
Date of Award: June-December 2010
Contract Duration: 27 weeks
Value: £115,000


Project: DDA Ramps, Lloyds Pharmacies, Nationwide
Client: Key Property Solutions
Description of Works: Installation of disabled access ramps and randrails to entrance of stores across the UK
Date of Award: Feb 2010
Contract Duration: 12 months. Work to individual stores all carried out over one weekend
Value: £5,000 per ramp

Project: Tesco Wind Lobbys, nationwide
Client: Key Property Solutions
Description of Works: Excavate foundations and install drainage for wind lobby to be installed and alter paving to suit
Date of Award: Feb 2010
Contract Duration: 2 weeks per scheme
Value: £20,000 per scheme


Project: Refurbishment of Northallerton Post Office
Client: Key Property Solutions
Description of Works: Installation of disabled access ramp. Excavation and installation of bollards and barriers
Date of Award: October-November 2010
Contract Duration: 3 weeks
Value: £22,000


Project: Forest View Primary School
Client: Robertson
Description of Works: Laying foundations, floor slab, drainage and attenuation tank
Date of Award: October 2010- February 2011
Contract Duration: 20 weeks
Value: £435,000


Project: New Belsay Ward, Newcastle General Hospital
Client: Robertson
Description of Works: Groundworks and all hard landscaping: foundations, floor slab, drainage, paving, topsoil and seeding
Date of Award: June –November 2009
Contract Duration: 20 weeks
Value: £145,000


Project: Pandon Bank Student Accommodation
Client: Watkin Jones
Description of Works: Hard landscaping, block paving, kerbing
Date of Award: April 2010
Contract Duration: October 2010
Value: £125,000


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