New Build Groundworks Sequence

New build groundworks typically run: site clearance, setting out, excavation, foundations (strip, raft or piling), drainage and reinstatement. This guide outlines the sequence and what each stage involves so you can plan the programme.

New Build Groundworks Sequence usually becomes urgent when recurring symptoms begin affecting programme confidence, compliance, or delivery reliability.

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When to consider this guidance

Teams usually investigate new build groundworks sequence when early warning signs start affecting reliability, compliance, or project timelines. This is often the point where decision makers move from observation into scoped technical action.

Signs and common situations

The symptoms below are the most common triggers we see before diagnosis and repair planning.

• Clearance and strip
• Setting out
• Excavation and foundations
• Drainage and services
• Backfill and handover

How this is usually carried out

We manage the sequence from your design and programme. We coordinate with surveyors and designers.

Practical steps to a reliable outcome

We deliver the full groundworks package to programme with documentation.

What affects cost and complexity

Cost and complexity usually depend on access constraints, total scope, existing condition, and whether related works need to be coordinated in the same programme window.

How we work through the job

We keep delivery structured so scope, sequencing, and sign-off remain clear.

1. Step 1: Initial assessment

   What this step delivers: Root cause and scope are confirmed.

2. Step 2: Method planning

   What this step delivers: Practical repair strategy is agreed.

3. Step 3: Delivery and verification

   What this step delivers: Work is completed and validated.