External Groundworks Package

The Job

M.Smithson LTD delivered the complete external works around a new modular building compound at Shepshed, Leicestershire: excavation and breaking out of existing surfaces, formwork and compacted sub-bases, drainage runs and linear channels, engineering brickwork and fresh tarmac surfacing.

The Challenge

The works wrapped tightly around the new building, a substation and existing retaining walls — every drainage run, chamber and surface had to land precisely against what was already there, with multiple mortar-bedded access covers finished flush into new tarmac.

What We Delivered

• Excavation and break-out of existing hardstanding
• Drainage runs, linear channels and inspection chambers
• Blue engineering brickwork and ducting chambers
• Levelled concrete flag base and compacted sub-bases
• Fresh tarmac surfacing around substation, paths and walls

The Result

From first dig in early June to finished black-top in early July, the compound was handed over drained, surfaced and snag-free. A tidy, self-delivered package — our own JCB 16C-1 with breaker, plate compactors and crews from start to finish.