Piled Foundations & Concrete Slabs

The Job

On a fenced compound beside an existing campus building in Cambridge, M.Smithson LTD delivered a full groundworks package: site clearance and tarmac break-out, bulk excavation, then a dense grid of screw piles with galvanised caps, new utilities and reinforced concrete slabs.

The Challenge

The compound sat tight against occupied brick buildings, so piling, excavation and concrete pours all had to be sequenced around campus life. A new blue MDPE water main and drainage runs had to thread between the pile grid, and pours were pumped in from outside the compound.

What We Delivered

• Site clearance and break-out of existing surfaces
• Screw-pile grid installed and capped
• New MDPE water main and drainage runs with inspection chambers
• Timber-formed pad foundations with steel mesh reinforcement
• Pumped concrete slab pours finished to a clean screed

The Result

From vegetation clearance in early June to cured, screeded slabs by late June, the compound went from tired hardstanding to a piled, serviced foundation platform in under a month — with our branded excavators, dumpers and piling kit on site throughout.