GROUNDWORKS & STRUCTURES
Give following trades a buildable, ready workface.
Coordinate ground conditions, foundations, drainage, concrete and structures around the wider programme so following packages can start with fewer surprises.
Ground risk, design change and interface pressure can affect every trade that follows.
The technical work is only part of the challenge. The wider exposure sits in incomplete ground information, late levels, restricted logistics, drainage and utility interfaces, and handovers that are not ready when the next trade arrives.
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Ground and design exposure
Unexpected conditions, obstructions, incomplete surveys and changes to levels or setting out can disrupt the planned construction sequence.
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Programme exposure
Access, muck movement, material storage, approvals and phased handovers can narrow the recovery window when workfronts are not coordinated.
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Commercial exposure
Incomplete scope, late information and unclear responsibility can create disputed variations, rising cost and poor CVR movement.
What the Groundworks & Structures Package can cover.
The final scope depends on the tender information, design status, ground information, programme, access and responsibility split.
- Site clearance, excavation and earthworks.
- Foundations, pile attendance, slabs and substructures.
- Basements, retaining walls and structural excavation.
- Reinforced concrete and associated structural civils.
- Drainage, services and utility coordination.
- Temporary works interfaces and working platforms.
- Hard landscaping, external works and reinstatement.
- Phased workfront and follow-on trade handovers.
Create a buildable sequence and controlled handovers.
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Verify the construction basis
Review the enquiry, surveys, levels, structural information, drainage and utility requirements, then identify the decisions still outstanding.
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Coordinate resources and interfaces
Agree workfronts, temporary works, plant, labour, logistics, inspections and the sequence required by structural, service and follow-on packages.
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Prove and hand over
Keep surveys, levels, quality records, tests, photographs, changes and handover evidence visible as each workface progresses.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
A buildable sequence and a workface ready for the next package.
Your team should be able to see what is ready, what remains at risk and what evidence supports the handover.
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Buildability review
Ground, foundation, drainage and structural information checked against access, sequence and temporary requirements.
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Workfront sequence
Resources, releases, interfaces and handovers aligned with the wider construction programme.
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Quality handover
Inspections, surveys, reinforcement records, concrete evidence and outstanding actions kept visible.
Keep the PM and QS informed.
Use a clear reporting rhythm that makes progress, change, workfront readiness and the decisions affecting programme and cost easy to understand.
- Programme status and near-term constraints.
- Ground, design and setting-out information required.
- Scope clarification and change visibility.
- Risk, opportunity and decision tracking.
- Quality evidence and phased handover status.
The outcome: a controlled platform for every trade that follows.
A buildable sequence, visible interfaces and controlled workface handovers reduce uncertainty for the Project Manager, Quantity Surveyor and the teams relying on the groundworks package.
Use the three-step route to project certainty.
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Send the tender information
Send the scope, drawings, ground information, key dates and the main package pressure you need to resolve.
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Receive your Grand Slam Offer Pack™
Review the scope, commercial basis, programme, assumptions, risks, opportunities and delivery controls in one place.
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Book your Free Project Certainty Review™
Close the critical decisions, assign ownership and confirm the controlled route into delivery.
Get the ground and structures ready for the wider programme.
Send the scope, key dates and main ground, design or delivery concern. Haggar will review the information and confirm the next practical step.