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Steel formwork shuttering assembled for a concrete foundation pour
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Commercial groundwork contractors in ManchesterPackages for builders, developers and site managers

Priced from your drawings, planned around your programme and fully insured.

  • Fully insured
  • Free written quotes
  • Family-run
  • Over 20 years

Commercial groundwork

Groundwork for the trade, on programme.

We carry out groundwork for builders, developers, main contractors and commercial property owners across Greater Manchester and Cheshire, from a single unit to a complete site.

We price from your drawings, give you a clear breakdown, and tell you honestly what we can resource and when. Our operators hold the cards for the machines they use, we carry public and employer’s liability insurance, and we supply RAMS (risk assessments and method statements) before we start on site.

We can take on the whole package or price only the part you need. Send us your drawings and we will come back to you with a written quote.

We cover Greater Manchester and Cheshire from our yard in Gorton. See the areas we cover for travel times, or the gallery for finished work.

Mini excavator and dumper stripping a large plot ready for groundwork

Commercial groundwork services

All nine services, set up for the trade.

Not sure which you need? Tell us about the job and we will advise you.

Mini excavator and dumper stripping a large plot ready for groundwork

Bulk excavation & muck away

Bulk excavation and muck away for builders and developers, priced from your drawings and planned around your programme.

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Skip, excavator and completed driveway groundwork at a new build house

Groundwork packages

Groundwork packages for builders and developers, from site strip to finished slab, planned around your programme.

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Steel shuttering set out and filled ready for a reinforced concrete foundation base

Civil engineering

Roads, car parks, retaining structures and drainage for developments, built to specification.

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Poured concrete strip footings marked out across a new build plot

Commercial foundations

Foundations for commercial buildings, set out from your drawings and poured to specification.

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Excavator digging a service trench alongside a stone boundary wall

Commercial drainage

Foul and surface water drainage for developments and commercial sites, laid to level and tested.

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Skip and vibrating roller on a commercial car park surfacing job

Car parks & hardstanding

Car parks, service yards and access roads, built for the traffic they will carry, with drainage and kerbing included.

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Newly laid driveway running between brick gate pillars

External works & landscaping

Hard and soft landscaping for developments and commercial premises, built to the approved drawings.

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Mini excavator and tracked dumper moving soil on a groundwork site

Site clearance & demolition

Site clearance and demolition for builders and developers, leaving the site ready for the groundwork that follows.

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Kubota mini excavator clearing a spoil heap on a commercial site in Manchester

Operated plant hire

Excavators, dumpers and tippers with experienced operators, on day, week or contract rates.

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Recent work

Sites we have worked on.

A few recent commercial jobs. There are more in the gallery.

Groundworker operating a tracked excavator while muck away is loaded out
Groundworker operating a tracked excavator while muck away is loaded out
Hook-lift skip lorry parked on a finished commercial concrete hardstanding
Hook-lift skip lorry parked on a finished commercial concrete hardstanding
Steel shuttering set out and filled ready for a reinforced concrete foundation base
Steel shuttering set out and filled ready for a reinforced concrete foundation base
Excavator digging a narrow trench close to a house
Excavator digging a narrow trench close to a house
Excavated and stone filled base laid over membrane ready for surfacing
Excavated and stone filled base laid over membrane ready for surfacing
Large paved and concrete garden area laid to falls
Large paved and concrete garden area laid to falls
Two hook-lift skip lorries on a residential road at dusk
Two hook-lift skip lorries on a residential road at dusk
Plant trailer, skips and excavators lined up at the Gorton yard
Plant trailer, skips and excavators lined up at the Gorton yard

How it works

How a commercial job runs, start to finish.

Clear pricing, honest programming and good communication throughout.

  1. 1

    Send us the drawings

    We price from your drawings and send you a written breakdown.

  2. 2

    A clear answer

    We tell you honestly what we can resource and when, before you add us to the programme.

  3. 3

    RAMS before we start

    Risk assessments and method statements supplied before we arrive, with full insurance in place.

  4. 4

    Kept informed

    We keep to the programme and tell you early if the ground changes the plan.

A free visit, a written price

Need a price for commercial groundwork?

Free site visit, written quote, no obligation. Call us or send the details and we will come back to you.

Call 07917 678382
Email markleighexcavations@outlook.comMon–Fri 7:30am–5:30pm · Sat 7:30am–4pm

Ask for a price

Mark reads every enquiry himself and will reply as soon as he can.

Or call 07917 678382, Monday to Saturday from 7:30am.

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