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Our Services

Groundworks and construction services

From clearing the site to pouring the slab, installing the treatment system and finishing the ground around it — delivered as one coordinated package, by one accountable team.

Tractor and excavator moving earth on a groundworks site for Shane Blanche Groundworks, Carlow

Service 01

Groundworks

A complete groundworks package that takes your site from stripped ground to a level, load-ready platform — with one team accountable for all of it.

  • Setting out from drawings and levels
  • Muck away and material handling
  • Strip, trench fill and pad foundations
  • Below-ground drainage and ducting
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Excavator digging and loading soil into a site dumper during excavation works in Carlow

Service 02

Excavation

Bulk and detailed excavation carried out with the right machine for your access, your ground conditions and the tolerances you need to hit.

  • Bulk excavation and reduced level dig
  • Trench and footing excavation
  • Basement and lowered-level digs
  • Restricted-access excavation
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Excavator clearing and grading soil to prepare a construction site in Carlow

Service 03

Site Preparation & Clearance

Clearing, grubbing up and levelling ground so your project starts on a safe, workable site instead of losing days to it later.

  • Vegetation and topsoil strip
  • Demolition arisings clearance
  • Reduced level and regrading
  • Temporary site access and haul roads
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Wastewater tank and drainage pipework installed beside a new house by Carlow groundworks team

Service 04

Drainage

Foul and surface water drainage laid to falls, tested and backfilled correctly the first time — so it passes inspection and stays passed.

  • Foul and surface water runs
  • Manholes, chambers and gullies
  • Soakaways and attenuation crates
  • Land drainage and French drains
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Excavator working beside newly poured concrete foundations on a house site in Carlow

Service 05

Foundations

Strip, trench fill, pad and raft foundations excavated and poured to your engineer's detail, ready for inspection.

  • Strip and trench fill foundations
  • Pad and pile cap foundations
  • Raft and reinforced slabs
  • Steel reinforcement fixing
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Finished concrete path and drainage channel along a new-build house in Carlow

Service 06

Concrete & External Works

Slabs, hardstanding, kerbing, driveways and access roads finished to a standard that still looks right years later.

  • Reinforced concrete slabs and yards
  • Power-floated finishes
  • Kerbing and edging
  • Tarmac and block-paved driveways
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Precast wastewater tank lowered into an excavation during treatment system installation

Service 07

Tanks & Treatment Systems

Supply and installation of precast tanks and wastewater treatment systems, including units similar to those manufactured by Corcoran Precast.

  • Precast septic tank installation
  • Wastewater treatment system installation
  • Percolation areas and soil polishing filters
  • Rainwater harvesting and storage tanks
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Aerial view of excavator installing a wastewater treatment system beside a rural home

Service 08

Septic Tank Installation in Carlow

Septic tank and wastewater treatment system installation across Carlow and the surrounding counties — excavation, siting, percolation areas and connection, all to EPA standards.

  • Septic tank supply and installation for new builds
  • Replacement and upgrade of failed or non-compliant systems
  • Packaged wastewater treatment system installation
  • Percolation areas designed from site suitability assessment
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Freshly prepared and furrowed garden soil ready for a new lawn at a home in County Carlow

Service 09

Landscaping & Lawns

Finishing the site properly — topsoil, seeded or turfed lawns, edging, planting beds and the hard landscaping around them.

  • Site regrading and topsoil spreading
  • Seeded and turfed lawns
  • Garden levels, falls and drainage
  • Edging, kerbing and planting beds
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Excavator and dumper removing rubble during demolition and site clearance works

Service 10

Demolition

Controlled demolition of outbuildings, structures and hardstanding, with material removed and the site handed back clean.

  • Outbuilding, shed and structure demolition
  • Partial demolition and soft strip
  • Concrete slab and hardstanding breakout
  • Wall, boundary and structure removal
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Planning a groundworks or construction project?

Tell us what you are building and where. We will talk it through honestly, explain exactly what is involved, and put a clear, no-obligation quotation in front of you.

Free, no-obligation quotation · Straight answers from the person doing the work · Most enquiries answered the same working day