Hiring a Team for Groundworks in Telford

No matter whether you’re building a single house or constructing a large-scale housing development, the quality of the groundworks stage is essential. After all, you’re establishing the foundations on which you hope your buildings will stand for many years. Much of what your groundwork team does will remain unseen, like drainage, services for power, gas and water, excavation, foundations and retaining walls. However, the functionality and structural integrity of the buildings on-site depend on these vital early stages.

So when it comes to choosing the right contractor to carry out the groundwork stage, what should you look for? Here, we offer a few tips.

Experience Trumps All

The very first thing you should look for is plenty of relevant experience. You want to be assured that the contractor you’re considering has successfully completed projects of the size and type you’re working on. Ask to see their portfolio of past works in similar areas and check to ensure the quality of work carried out matches your own standards.

Ask them to supply testimonials, or preferably, contact details of past clients so you can enquire how they found working with this company. Discuss your own project with them and use that conversation to evaluate the extent to which they understand your requirements.

You also want to be sure they’re adequately resourced to work on your project. What other work are they undertaking at the moment and do they have staff to dedicate to your site during the timescales in which you need them? Do they have their own plant, and if so, is it sufficient to cope with the demands of your project?

Associated with this, you want to be sure that the operatives working on your site are properly trained and qualified. You should expect them to have the relevant CSCS and/ or CPCS cards.

Safety First

Building sites are inevitably dangerous places and, among other considerations, your insurers will want to be assured that all staff working there are fully up to speed with all regulations and best practice recommendations regarding health and safety. You could be ultimately liable if there’s a serious accident, so everyone likely to be on site, anyone who lives in close proximity, and even passers-by must be protected. It’s therefore in your interests to check the firm you’re contracting with has safety at the heart of all of its procedures and working practices. Look for safety accreditations with CHAS, Constructionline and the Alcumus Safe Contractor scheme or equivalents so you know the firm takes its responsibilities seriously.

Reliability Matters

Finally, your profit from the project is likely to depend on it being delivered on time and to budget, so you need the groundworkers on site in accordance with your schedule. Of course, any building project can slip when something beyond your control crops up – but don’t let it be your groundwork contractors.

At G N Groundworks Ltd, we have proved ourselves reliable over and over again during the many contracts and developments we have worked on throughout the West Midlands and beyond. Our experience covers all areas of groundworks and civil engineering, including earthworks, drainage, paving and kerbing, concrete works, footway and highway construction and surfacing, retaining walls and more. If you need a quote for your project, contact us today.