CommercialHousing sector
Plot after plot, on programme.
We’ve worked hand in hand with some of the country’s biggest housebuilders, including Taylor Wimpey, Barratt and Strata, as well as Vistry Partnerships. Recent schemes include housing developments in Chesterfield, Solihull, Burgess Hill and Woburn Sands, care home accommodation in Lytham St Annes and Berry Court in Bournemouth.
Housing sites rarely have uniform ground. Made ground, shrinkable clay, old mine workings and trees on or near the plot can all rule out a standard strip footing. We look at your ground investigation and plot layout, then recommend the most economical piled solution, designed to satisfy building control and your warranty provider.
- Keeping trades movingPiling sequenced plot by plot so groundworkers and bricklayers can follow straight behind.
- Piles and ground beams togetherReinforced concrete ground beams tied to the piles, delivered as one package.
- Design includedOur engineers design the piles and RC foundations, or we install to your engineer’s design.
On housing sitesWhat we plan for
Fewer surprises below ground.
The cost of a delay multiplies across every plot. These are the issues we design out before the rig arrives.
Variable ground
Soft spots, made ground and changes in strata across a site. Pile lengths are designed to suit, with testing to prove capacity where it’s needed.
Pile testing →Clay and trees
Shrinkable clay near trees can heave and shrink. Piles and suspended ground beams carry the house below the zone of movement.
RC foundations →Neighbours close by
Infill plots and phases next to occupied homes call for low-noise, low-vibration methods such as CFA or screw piling.
Screw piling →Typical servicesFor housing developments
The right method for the site.
Every scheme is different, so we recommend a solution once we’ve seen your ground investigation and loads.
Flexible construction packagesYour project, your way
Let’s get your project off the ground.
We can deliver the full package below ground, from design calculations and mini piling to reinforced concrete works, or install piles to your own engineer’s design. Either way, your building gets foundations that stand the test of time.