How to find the right groundworker
The start of any project involves the groundworkers and, for most self-builders, this is also the most enduring experience of their project.
It’s not a trade with any particular caché. It has an almost rough-and-ready feel to it compared with the other skilled trades. Yet it is truly the foundation trade for your new home. Much of what they do is covered up, never to be seen again. But the stability and longevity of the project depends on the skill of the groundworker.
To some extent, the main focus of the work appears to be digging holes, taking the spoil away and filling those same holes with concrete. That requires muscle. But it also requires skill.
