The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:37 pm**

here fellas i have photos of about 1/3rd of the work i have done since i set up my business when i was 17, 5 years ago.

Please bare in mind that some of the work may not be of cookies or Mick G's standards, but then again alot of it was done when i was 17/18/19 and for relatives.

there are also alot of photos of incomplete jobs, i will get round to photographing the finished product.

the more recent stuff ie: the stone farm house (which we did all the building work on as well as the paving) and the pics with the big machines in, is more the sort of work i am going for nowadays.

i will post some pics of the job we are on at the minute 2 million quids worth, 3000 sq/m granite paving imported from china slurry grouted, pre-cast concrete step units, lift pit and shaft construction, bridge deck repairs, cladding works and lots more.

We finish on that job in mid March, next job is 2 new builds on one plot with triple garages, the whole lot, joinery/plumbing electrical works etc subbed out, labour and plant only, its one of them zero vat rated projects. Start the enabling works early march. Next after that i have 2 lots of raft and 2 lots of strip foundations and groundworks to do for extensions and new builds and a few landscaping jobs.

Finally things are looking up only took 5 years lol! but in the past month i have made more allegiances with developers etc than i could of dreamed of. Its amazing how things can turn, just hope i haven't jinxed it!!

I will just post a link to a site, i cant be bothered to post them all in here.

Please....be kind gentlemen, i gave them all my best shot lol.

http://s922.photobucket.com/albums/ad66/dngroundworks/

Kind regards Dan.

Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:58 pm**

dan, last i heard you were packing it in?
glad its on the up for you!

Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:03 pm**

well done dan, looks as you have cracked it. they all look good to me. p.s. i am no paving expert.

Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:13 pm**

fair dos dan,there are a couple of points i could raise,but that would make me a a bollox
to be truthful that some of the best work i have seen from someone your age

who taught you?
I kind of self taught myself the flags at around 30 years old,but i had some right abortions previous to that

dont know why but i really like the cobble surround to the washing line
onwards and upwards mate
LLL

Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:21 pm**

Nice work dan, you back on your own or subbing for that civilis company,

you running the ecr140 Volvo the combined stabilisation one? Ran a rented one theirba real nice smooth machine, do I spot a tracked dumper on the photo with the B&w hitachi.

Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:55 pm**

DDD I nearly did quit went for a job intercureq and everything but had a subcontract deal offred to me by a civils firm in the
Nick of time!

LLL up until going on my own I was actually a plasterer and I would say I am better at that than the groundworks tbh I don't plaster any more, so I'm self taught I suppose especialy with regards to stonework drainage foundations etc, well I say self taught this site and you lads have taught me more than anyone has.

GB those machines were hired in, the volvo I didn't drive as the day it landed on site a fitter came out and removed the injector plugs because the owner wouldn't pay his bill it worked for half a day only and sat there for ages! The tracked dumper was hired at a ridiculous cost 800 quid for the week! And yes we are still subbing to the civils firm up at Lancaster uni labour only but very good rate!

Thanks lads for the comments made my day, I drear to think where if be if I hadn't stumbled across this site a few years ago whilst rained off!

Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:00 pm**

real nice work there

The Brew Cabin

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