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Welcome to Thameside Groundworks

At Thameside Groundworks, we provide a comprehensive range of groundworks and civil engineering services, with no job too big or too small. Our highly experienced and qualified team is committed to delivering high-quality workmanship, reliable service, and cost-effective solutions on every project.

Whether you’re a homeowner, property developer, commercial contractor, or local authority, we’re happy to provide a free, no-obligation quotation tailored to your requirements.

Groundworks services

At Thameside Groundworks, we provide a comprehensive range of groundworks and civil engineering services, with no job too big or too small. Our highly experienced and qualified team is committed to delivering high-quality workmanship, reliable service, and cost-effective solutions on every project.

Whether you’re a homeowner, property developer, commercial contractor, or local authority, we’re happy to provide a free, no-obligation quotation tailored to your requirements.

Our expertise covers all aspects of groundworks,

  • All Sizes of Excavators
  • Block Work
  • Brick Laying
  • Brickwork
  • Clay Lining for Lakes and Ponds
  • Concreting
  • Decking
  • Designing and Installing Soakaway Chambers
  • Digger Hire with Drivers
  • Digging Ponds
  • Ditching
  • Driveways
  • Ducting
  • Dumper Hire with Drivers
  • Earthworks
  • Fencing
  • Footpaths and Walkways
  • Lake, Pond and Riverside Jetties — Steel and Wooden
  • Landscaping
  • Levelling
  • Patios
  • Pathways
  • Planting
  • Retaining Walls and Boundary Walls
  • Riverbank Maintenance
  • Riverbank Shoring
  • Riverbank Support and Shuttering
  • Sandbagging for Riverbanks and Ponds
  • Shooting Stands
  • Shuttering
  • Site and Land Clearance
  • Site Clearance
  • Steel Works & Downed Steels
  • Trenching & Foundation Footings
Ground investigation services

At Thameside Groundworks, we are a dedicated team of experienced professionals specialising in ground investigation industry. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality workmanship, exceptional fast customer service, and reliable solutions for every project.

We cover all aspects of ground investigation, providing practical and cost-effective services tailored to the needs of each client. Whether you’re a property developer, homeowner planning a new build or extension, or a civil engineering contractor working on rail and Highways

  • All size excavators & attachments
  • CAT & Genny testing
  • CBR in-situ testing and plate testing
  • Concrete compression testing
  • Concrete core testing
  • CP Cable Percussion Drilling
  • DCP (Dynamic Cone Penetrometer)
  • Diamond drilling and sawing
  • Diamond drilling stitch coring
  • Foundation design
  • Geotechnical and contamination laboratory testing
  • Geotechnical field testing
  • Ground Clearance CAT & Genny
  • Ground investigation and site design
  • Hand pitting insulated tools
  • Hand pitting teams
  • Hand shear vane and pocket penetrometer
  • Installs — gas and water monitoring
  • Install lightning rods
  • Installing road signs and bus stops
  • Percolation testing
  • Phase 1 desk studies and site walkovers
  • Piling design
  • Piling mat design
  • Railway, highways and airports qualified
  • Soakage testing — BRE365
  • Soakage testing — BRE365 standard
  • Soakage testing data recording
  • Soakage testing with and without gravel
  • Soil logging
  • Street works digging for utilities
  • Street signs and Cameras install
  • Trailer water bowser
  • Trench digging to detect and locate underground services
  • Trench digging with hand shoring
  • Trench digging with trench box shoring
  • Trial pitting — foundation exposure
  • Trial pitting for utilities and locating underground services
  • Trial pitting to expose fittings ready for underpinning or mini piling
  • Utilities investigation
  • Water Bowser hire & IBC hire
  • Window sampling — Archway & Premier monitoring / gas monitoring
  • Window sampling — dynamic probing and all testing attachments available, including U100, U70 and U38 monitoring Wells
  • Window sampling — multiple rigs available, including cut-down electric and modular cut-down window sampling
  • We cover all reinstatement
Thameside Groundworks

About the Founder

Growing up in Twickenham and on Eel Pie Island, I developed a strong work ethic and a passion for pushing myself to achieve the highest standards. As a junior rower, I represented Great Britain at the World Championships after winning the National Championships in the single scull. I went on to compete for Great Britain at the Under-23 World Championships and was proud to win 3 Henley medals along the way.

After finishing my rowing career, I moved to Australia, where I spent several years working as a horticulturist within Sydney Olympic Parks. The experience broadened my skills and reinforced the importance of hard work, teamwork, and delivering quality results.

On returning to the UK, I joined a local Chartered Environmental Surveyors and Geotechnical Engineers company. During almost ten years with the business, I developed a genuine passion for the ground investigation industry, gaining extensive experience across a wide range of projects and building a strong understanding of site investigations, geotechnics, and civil engineering.

With that knowledge and experience, I decided to establish my own company, specialising in Ground Investigation, Civil Engineering, and Groundworks. Based in Henley-on-Thames, we deliver projects across the UK, providing reliable, professional, and high-quality services for clients nationwide. Whether working on small-scale developments or major infrastructure projects, we are committed to delivering safe, efficient, and dependable solutions from the ground up.

Qualifications

  • Causeway Skills Guard Utilities
  • CPCS Blue Competent Operator
  • CPCS Skilled Worker
  • CSCS NVQ Diamond Driller & Sawer
  • DBS
  • Emergency First Aid at Work
  • EUSR Categories 1 & 2 – Safe Digging Practices
  • EUSR Categories 3, 4 & 5 – Utility Excavations: Install, Inspect & Remove Timber, Steel & Proprietary Support Systems
  • London Underground Substation Competency
  • Managing Safely (IOSH)
  • Network Operative Passport Scheme (NOPS)
  • NRSWA Full Course
  • NVQ Level 2 – Diamond Drilling and Sawing
  • NVQ Level 2 – Excavating
  • PASMA
  • PIA S7 Underground Install
  • Sentinel Network Rail
  • SkillGuard for Utilities
  • Smart Awards
  • Street Works Qualifications Register (SWQR) – Operative and Supervisor
  • Substation Competency
  • Thames Water Passport
  • UKATA Non-Licensed Works with ACMs