Umpleby Groundworks
Excavator and roller on an earthworks site

ExpertiseEarthworks & site preparation

Earthworks and site preparation, Yorkshire

Site strip, formation and bulk earthmoving for plots, roads, yards and building pads. We work to your drawings and leave formation ready for drainage, concrete or the next contractor.

What we do

  1. 01 /Site strip, with topsoil kept separate from subsoil so it can go back on gardens, verges or landscaping.
  2. 02 /Formation levels for plots, estate roads, slabs and yards, cut to the drawing rather than ‘near enough’.
  3. 03 /Bulk earthmoving and cut and fill across the site, including dozer work where a push is quicker than digging and carting.
  4. 04 /Compaction of fill and formation in layers. We roll what we place.
  5. 05 /Trimming and regulating so the following trade is not standing in a hole.

Typical clients

  1. 01 /Main contractors running a groundworks package
  2. 02 /Developers and housebuilders at strip and formation stage
  3. 03 /Industrial and commercial clients preparing a yard or building pad
  4. 04 /Agricultural clients reshaping yards, tracks and building platforms

Typical projects

  1. 01 /Phase strip and plot formation on housing sites
  2. 02 /Building pads and compound areas
  3. 03 /Farm tracks, yards and shed platforms
  4. 04 /Regrade and fill of uneven commercial land

Plant used

  1. 01 /Excavators matched to the volume of the dig
  2. 02 /Dozers for bulk push and formation
  3. 03 /Dumpers and rollers

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Company, site and what you need doing. Send drawings or a short scope and we will come back to you.

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