Maytree Groundworks is a sector of the Maytree Group. Based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire we provide groundwork and civil engineering services to clients across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and London.

With the senior leadership team coming from a background in large civil engineering projects, we have the knowledge and expertise to undertake any size or complexity of project; from large scale new developments for Developers, to one off domestic self build projects for private clients. We have extensive experience in services such as deep drainage, bulk excavation, retaining walls and reinforced concrete slab construction.

We're more than just a groundworks contractor; our mission is to provide a complete external works solution for our customers. By utilising other sectors of Maytree Group we can provide bespoke packages, tailormade to individual requirements.

Our Groundworks Services

  • Reinforced/mass concrete slab/raft/walls/ basements/pad foundations

  • Extensive bulk earthworks and reduced level digs

  • Traditional strip foundations and mass fill pads 

  • Reinforced concrete ringbeams & pad foundations

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  • Domestic & commercial surface water and foul water systems

  • Domestic & commercial surface water soakaways and attenuation cells

  • Below ground foul water conversion systems

  • Below ground brick and blockwork upto DPC

Empty room under construction with a concrete floor and large windows letting in natural light.

  • Pre-cast concrete beams and hollow core planks

  • Traditional mass fill and reinforced concrete oversites

An orange excavator operating on a construction site, digging into the earth with rocks and dirt around.

  • Breakout of reinforced & Mass concrete slabs and obstructions

  • Underground ducting and main laying

A surveyor using a tripod-level instrument at a construction site with workers and equipment in the background.

  • Gabion basket retention schemes

  • ​Cropping of reinforced concrete piles

  • Positional setting out and level surveys 

  • Heras fence/hoardings and welfare facilities.

  • Trench support and shoring using sheet and strut/box methods 


  • Surface water systems and manhole construction

  • Fibre reinforced screeds

  • Diversions of below ground services & drainage

  • Reduced dig and installation of piling platforms, piled foundations and attendance of piling rigs/equipment

Featured Groundworks Projects

The Apiary, Harpenden

The Apiary, Harpenden

Costa Coffee Stevenage

Costa Coffee Stevenage

Sealed Air St Neots

Sealed Air St Neots

Barrington, Cambridgeshire

Barrington, Cambridgeshire