Aerial drone view of a steel portal-frame building under construction in open farmland near Peterborough, with the site compound, cabins and stacked materials alongside

Groundworks · Concrete · Steel Buildings

Groundworks, concrete and steel-framed buildings for commercial and agricultural clients across the South West.

Based in the South West and working nationwide on larger projects. From site clearance and foundations to drainage, concrete slabs and the finished building — one contractor, one programme, one point of contact.

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  • £5m public liability insurance
  • Companies House no. 16587301
Groundworks & foundationsReinforced concreteDrainage & attenuationSteel-framed buildingsSteel building & cladding supplySite clearance & demolition

Who we are

The ground-level work, done properly.

Burbage GWC Ltd is a groundworks and construction contractor based near Yelverton in Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor. Most of our work is across the South West, and we take on larger projects nationwide. We work for developers, main contractors, landowners and businesses who need the substructure, concrete and building envelope delivered on programme and without surprises.

We can take a package as a subcontractor, or take on the whole job from bare site to finished steel-framed building. Either way you deal with the people doing the work.

  • Commercial, industrial and agricultural sites
  • Whole projects managed as principal contractor, or individual packages
  • Domestic projects through a dedicated service

Services

What we do

Steel reinforcement mesh on spacers laid over a membrane inside a steel-framed building, ready for the concrete pour

Commercial Groundworks

Site preparation, excavation, foundations, footings and ground beams for commercial and industrial builds.

Groundworks →
A completed steel-framed industrial building with profiled metal cladding, roller-shutter doors and a concrete yard, seen from above

Steel-Framed & Agricultural Buildings

Industrial and agricultural steel-framed buildings, from foundations and slab through to frame erection and cladding.

Steel buildings and cladding are also available supply-only, or supply-and-erect.

Steel buildings →
Operator power-floating a large concrete floor slab inside a steel-framed industrial building

Reinforced Concrete

Floor slabs, yards, ground beams and structural concrete, laid to specification and tolerance.

Concrete →
Underground attenuation tank under construction: geocellular crates on an impermeable membrane being wrapped in geotextile, beside a new steel frame
Looking down into a precast concrete manhole: a clay bend bedded in concrete benching, with yellow step irons

Drainage, Attenuation & Septic Tanks

Foul and surface water drainage, attenuation tanks and new septic tank installations, installed to design.

Drainage →
A cleared and stripped site, levelled and ready for the next stage of works, with an excavator bucket in the foreground

Site Clearance & Demolition

Clearing and demolition to get sites ready for construction, followed by the site strip and earthworks.

Site clearance →
Extension groundworks at the rear of a house: blockwork brought up to ground level around a levelled area ready for the slab

Domestic Projects

Extension groundworks, foundations, slabs and drainage for homeowners and self-builders.

Domestic →

Projects

Featured work

All projects
Drone view of the completed steel-framed building: front elevation with four roller-shutter bays opening onto a new concrete yard, open farmland beyond
Turnkey delivery

Steel-framed industrial building, Peterborough

A storage building for a furniture company, delivered by Burbage GWC from start to finish: we managed the project, built the groundworks, erected and clad the steel frame, laid the floor slab and dealt with building control through to completion.

  • Project management
  • Site strip, earthworks and geogrid-reinforced sub-base
  • Groundworks and foundations
  • Steel frame erection and cladding
  • 150mm steel mesh reinforced floor slab, power floated
  • Perimeter concrete
  • Surface water drainage and attenuation tank
  • Building control liaison through to completion

Private client · Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

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Completed concrete slab bays with kerb edging and the steel posts of a new retaining wall set in place, a mini digger working behindFreshly poured concrete slab being finished, with the steel retaining wall posts standing along its edge
Commercial

Commercial units, Tavistock

Tavistock, Devon · Private client

Commercial units: we laid the concrete slab with kerb edging, built the steel retaining wall and the blockwork, and fitted the roof and cladding.

  • Concrete slab with kerb edging
  • Steel retaining wall
  • Blockwork
  • Roof and cladding
Freshly poured house extension floor slab over yellow DPM, tied into the existing house where the rear wall has been opened up beneath a new red steel beam
Domestic

House extension slab, Ashburton

Ashburton, Devon · Private client

  • Structural opening formed in the existing rear wall
  • Steel beam installed
  • Extension floor slab poured over DPM
  • 650mm strip foundations
  • 150mm mesh-reinforced slab
Extension groundworks at the rear of a house: blockwork brought up to ground level around a levelled area ready for the slab
Domestic

Extension groundworks, Roborough

Roborough, Plymouth, Devon · Private client

  • Excavation
  • 650mm strip foundations
  • Blockwork up to ground level
  • Area levelled ready for the slab
  • 150mm mesh-reinforced slab
A new septic tank set in its excavation at the edge of a field, ready for backfillingA new drainage field with soakaway chambers bedded in gravel, behind temporary site fencingFinished dry stone retaining walls cut into a sloping garden beside a rendered house, with scaffolding against the houseCrew building a dry stone retaining wall into the slope and backfilling behind itThe finished dry stone retaining wall with a new gravelled area at its foot
Domestic

Drainage & septic tank, Yelverton

Yelverton, Devon · Private client

A domestic job where we installed a new septic tank, carried out drainage works across the site and built dry stone retaining walls into the sloping garden.

  • New septic tank installation
  • Drainage works
  • Dry stone retaining walls

Why Burbage GWC

What you can expect from us

  1. 01

    One contact, whole project

    We can manage the entire job: groundworks, steel frame, cladding and slab, plus building control. You deal with one contractor and one named contact from start to finish.

  2. 02

    Programme-led

    We plan around your programme and tell you early if anything on site threatens it.

  3. 03

    Safety as standard

    Planned work, briefed teams and controlled sites. Our site management holds SMSTS, our team is CSCS-carded, plant operators hold NPORS and access-platform operators IPAF, and we carry £5m public liability insurance.

  4. 04

    Straight communication

    Clear pricing, clear exclusions and a named contact who answers the phone.

How we work

From enquiry to handover

  1. Enquiry & drawings

    Send drawings, specification or a brief outline.

  2. Site review

    We review the information and visit site where needed.

  3. Clear pricing

    A priced quotation with scope, assumptions and exclusions set out.

  4. Managed delivery

    We run the programme, our own trades and building control inspections, with regular progress updates.

  5. Completion

    Snagging closed out, building control completion pursued and records handed over.

Commercial enquiries

Tell us about your project

Send us the details and any drawings. We aim to respond within 2 working days.

Phone
07340 747090
Email
burbagegwc@outlook.com
Base
Based near Yelverton, on the edge of Dartmoor
Response
Within 2 working days
Area
South West England; nationwide for larger projects
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We aim to respond within 2 working days.

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