The Work

Residential New Build

Foundations & Substructure

A house taken from a cleared plot to a floor you can build off. Setting out, trenches dug and proved, trench fill concrete, blockwork up to the damp proof course, then the ground floor structure over it.

Type: Residential new build
Foundations: Trench fill
Floor: Beam and block

Setting out from the drawings and marked on the ground
Trenches excavated to the depth the ground called for
Trench fill concrete poured and levelled
Blockwork and brickwork raised to damp proof course
Steel columns set in, ready for the frame
Beam and block floor laid over the substructure

Setting Out
Excavation
Foundations
Substructure

Setting out lines marked in blue paint across a cleared plot — Set out on the ground, before a bucket moves

Concrete running the length of a foundation trench — Concrete run down the trench

Concrete filling a foundation trench — Levelled off and left to cure

Blockwork corner built off the concrete foundation — Blockwork off the foundation

Brick and block substructure walls across the plot with steel columns set in — Substructure up, steels in place

Beam and block ground floor laid over the substructure — The floor structure over the top

Swimming Pool

Reinforced Concrete Pool Structure

The shell a swimming pool is built in: a watertight reinforced concrete box, poured on site. Bulk dig, a base slab with starter bars left standing, steel fixed to the engineer’s drawings, shutters braced against the pressure, then the walls poured in one go.

Type: Swimming pool structure
Build: Reinforced concrete, poured on site
Finish: Insulated externally

Bulk excavation and muck away, sides battered back and fenced
Reinforced base slab cast with starter bars left standing
Steel fixed to the engineer’s drawings, spacers to hold the cover
Shutters built, tied and propped against the pressure of wet concrete
Walls poured by pump and vibrated in
Pipework penetrations cast in, and insulation fixed outside the shell before backfilling

Deep Excavation
Reinforcement
Formwork
Concrete

Deep excavation for a swimming pool with excavator and dumper — The dig, battered back and fenced off

Reinforced base slab cast with starter bars standing around the edge — Base slab cast, starter bars left standing

Reinforcement cage fixed against a plywood shutter — Steel fixed to the drawings

Close view of reinforcement with a concrete spacer holding the cover — Spacers holding the cover to the steel

Braced plywood shutters and reinforcement ready for the pour — Shutters tied and propped, ready to pour

Poured reinforced concrete pool walls with external insulation fixed — Poured, struck and insulated outside

Residential New Build

Resin Driveway & External Works

A driveway to a newly built house, taken from edging and levels through to the finished surface. Resin-bound gravel is only as good as what it sits on, so most of the work here is underneath it.

Type: Residential new build
Surface: Resin-bound over asphalt base
Location: Gerrards Cross

Kerb lines, block edging and channel drainage set to finished levels
Asphalt base course laid and rolled across the drive
Resin and aggregate mixed on site, batch by batch
Resin-bound surfacing laid and trowelled by hand
Edges cut in to the paths, thresholds and garage apron

Kerbs & Edging
Drainage
Resin Surfacing
External Works

Asphalt base course laid across the driveway before surfacing — The asphalt base, before surfacing

Resin-bound surfacing part laid, with the asphalt base still showing — Resin going down over the base

The finished resin-bound driveway sweeping up to the house — The finished surface

Selected projects

Foundations & Substructure

Reinforced Concrete Pool Structure

Resin Driveway & External Works

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