Groundworks in Burntwood

Working in Burntwood

Burntwood grew quickly from the 1960s onward, so most homes are post-war and modern semis and detached houses around Chase Terrace, Chasetown and Boney Hay, with Chasewater Country Park on the western edge of town.

In Burntwood a lot of our groundwork is for extensions, garages and new homes on former garden or garage-block land, where access for plant and spoil removal needs planning. Burntwood's estates have plenty of room for driveway widening and extensions, and the area's mining history means old workings are worth checking on some plots.

For Burntwood (WS7), planning applications are handled by Lichfield District Council, and highways matters such as scaffold licences, skips on the road and dropped kerbs by Staffordshire County Council. Our yard at Kimberley Business Park is around nine miles from our yard.

How we work

We work to the engineer's design and building control requirements, keep spoil and deliveries organised, and leave the site safe and tidy at the end of each day.

We start with the drawings, the site investigation (if there is one) and a walk round the site to look at access, levels, spoil volumes and existing services. That lets us plan the dig, the muck away and the concrete pours in the right order and give you a clear programme.