Excavator at work on a rural groundwork site

The machinery. The process. The finish.

Projects & machinery

A closer look at the equipment on site, the finished results and the work that happens along the way.

01 / On site

Vehicles & Machinery

From excavation and moving materials to compaction and surfacing: a look at the machinery used on our jobs.

Frank Barriball branding on a yellow excavator beside prepared ground

Excavators

Frank Barriball groundwork

Tracked excavator on a mound of earth under a blue sky

Excavators

Ready for the earthworks

Yellow site dumper beside an orange compact excavator

Site machinery

Digging and moving material

Orange excavator working on a sloping rural site

Excavators

Working with the terrain

Yellow plate compactor on a prepared gravel surface

Compaction

Preparing a solid base

Yellow telehandler parked inside a workshop

Material handling

Lifting and loading

Orange road roller beside a residential surfacing job

Surfacing

Rolling and finishing

Yellow site dumper parked beside a residential property

Site machinery

Moving materials on site

02 / From the ground up

Our Projects

Driveways, patios, landscaping and groundwork. A selection of our projects, showing the preparation below ground and the finished results above it.

Finished dark driveway leading to a bungalow with a blue garage door

Driveways

A clean approach

Surfaced residential driveway with a pale edging border

Driveways

Defined edges, tidy finish

Finished gravel garden with paving and timber boundary fencing

Landscaping

Low-maintenance outdoor space

Curved paved patio wrapping around the front of a white house

Patios

A patio shaped to the home

Finished surfaced driveway beside a white cottage

Driveways

Practical access to the home

Paved garden seating area with steps and landscaped borders

Garden landscaping

Space to sit and enjoy

Pale paved stepping areas set into a finished gravel garden

Hard landscaping

Paving and gravel, together

Timber panel fencing along the edge of a grassed garden

Fencing

A fresh garden boundary

New timber post-and-rail fence beside a rural access lane

Fencing

A boundary that fits the setting

Excavated foundation trenches around a building footprint

Foundations

Starting below ground

Long excavated service trench running through grassland

Service trenching

Making room for services

Fresh concrete base contained by red formwork beside a house

Concrete preparation

Forming the base

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