Ground Control expands service capabilites with advanced civil engineering and road care solutions

Ground Control is proud to announce the expansion of its civil engineering and road care service capabilities, marking a significant evolution in how the business supports customers with the construction, reinstatement, and long-term care of their estates.

Thanks to a new team of experts, what began as a specialist service for emergency pothole repairs and minor civil engineering has developed into a fully integrated, technically led civil engineering offering designed to build safer, stronger, and more resilient infrastructure for businesses across the UK and Ireland.

From pothole repairs to complete estate reinstatement

Best known for external maintenance and landscaping, Ground Control has helped organisations maintain and protect their operational environments for many years through pothole repairs, car park maintenance, surfacing, line marking, and minor civil engineering works. These services remain essential for blue-light services, retail parks, logistics hubs, industrial estates, and commercial property owners.

However, today’s businesses require more than reactive repairs; they need long-term, engineered solutions that minimise disruption, extend asset life, and enhance user safety.

The expanded service now includes:

• Full car park construction and reconstruction
• Flexible maintenance and asset management plans for car parks and facilities
• Road formation, surfacing, and reinstatement
• Ground investigations and feasibility studies
• Deep drainage systems and water management
• Structural concrete works and engineered foundations
• Earthworks, enabling works, and temporary works
• Utility trenching and service-infrastructure preparation

Whether it’s an emergency call-out or a full estate rebuild, Ground Control delivers a truly end-to-end civil engineering solution.

Why this expansion matters

Roads, access routes, and hardstanding areas are more than functional surfaces; they are critical operational assets. When built and maintained correctly, they can:

• Reduce downtime and operational disruption
• Lower long-term maintenance costs
• Minimise slip, trip, and vehicle-damage claims
• Improve user experience and traffic flow
• Support ESG objectives through sustainable materials and methods

With enhanced capability, infrastructure can now be designed, constructed, and maintained for long-term durability, compliance, and value.

Meet the team behind the transformation

The expansion is led by Austin Brown, Director of the Rail and Infrastructure division at Ground Control, supported by an experienced UK-wide team based at our specialist hub at Falkirk, including Operations Director Stuart Dillet, Pre-Construction Director Sandra Goldie, and Senior Operations Manager David McQueen, who leads on the delivery of the civil engineering and road care function.

The team brings decades of expertise in:

• Groundworks and earthwork
• Road construction and reinstatement
• Civil engineering and drainage
• Structural concrete and reinforced systems
• Infrastructure delivery in safety-critical environments

Their technical knowledge and problem-solving approach ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and engineered for long-term performance.

Comprehensive Civil Engineering Services, from investigation to maintenance

Operating nationwide, the team delivers end-to-end services for road and infrastructure projects, including:

Design and pre-construction

• Concept and detailed design
• Feasibility studies
• Ground investigations (drilling, foundation, and drainage assessments)

Enabling works

• Temporary access roads, fencing, and ground preparation
• Earthworks, cut & fill, bund shaping, and formation works

Structural and civil works

• Structural concrete slabs and vertical structures
• Steel fixing, shuttering, and reinforced concrete
• Deep drainage systems, stormwater, and septic installations
• Manhole chambers and storage tanks
• New road construction, surfacing, and reinstatement

Service infrastructure

• Utility trenching (water, gas, electrical)
• Service-track construction
• Temporary works and excavation management

Drainage, deep infrastructure, and water management

• Deep manhole construction
• Septic tank construction
• Stormwater and SuDS systems
• Surface drainage and filter drainage
• Chambers, tanks, and drainage infrastructure
• Riverbank improvement works (gabion basket installation)

Road care solutions

• Emergency repairs and reinstatements for blue light services
• Road reinstatements, street furniture, line marking, ground signage, design
• Flexible maintenance plans that take care of customers' assets and help make them sustainable and profitable

Recent and typical works

• Road-box formation
• Service yard and concrete repairs
• Haul-road construction
• Transformer-wall builds
• Wash-bay construction
• Gabion basket installation for riverbank reinforcement
• Natural stone set installation
• Storage-tank foundations
• Car park construction

Supporting customers with better infrastructure. Built to last

From rapid emergency repairs to full-scale construction projects, Ground Control’s enhanced civil engineering and road care division ensures your estates remain safe, compliant, and future-ready.

We are proud to offer deeper expertise, broader services, and a stronger end-to-end approach, so you can focus on your customers while we take care of your critical infrastructure.

To explore our full capabilities, visit our civil engineering or road care solutions pages or speak to a member of our team today.