Groundworks & Civil Engineering Contractors in Hampshire

Hampshire is BCT's home county. Our operational base is in Fareham and we have over a decade of delivered projects across Southampton, Winchester, Basingstoke, and the wider county, BCT Groundworks has built its reputation here before expanding across the South of England. When you appoint BCT on a Hampshire project, you're working with a contractor that knows the ground, the local authorities, and the regional development landscape.

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Groundworks Services Across Hampshire

Hampshire is one of the most active residential development counties in the South of England, with significant housebuilder activity across the M3 and A3 corridors, the Solent waterfront, and strategic allocations across Test Valley, East Hampshire, and the Meon Valley. BCT has delivered across all of these environments — working to the site-specific ground conditions, adoption authority requirements, and programme demands that Hampshire projects demand.

With a multimillion-pound operation established in 2014, a named project portfolio including Barratt Homes, Barratt David Wilson Homes, Hampshire Homes, Persimmon Homes, Redrow Homes, and Metis Homes, and our primary plant fleet and management team based within the county, BCT is positioned to mobilise quickly, price competitively, and deliver reliably on Hampshire sites of any scale.

Our Services

BCT Groundworks delivers end-to-end packages including drainage, highways, earthworks, and structural foundations — ready to support even the most complex builds in Hampshire.

Groundworks & Earthworks

Experts in site investigations, cut & fill, spoil management, ground remediation, and site clearance

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Infrastructure & Drainage

From adoptable drainage systems and 278 works to pumping stations and culvert installations — we support complex infrastructure projects

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Foundations & Structural Works

Specialists in all foundation types, substructure brick & blockwork, retaining & screen walls, suspended flooring systems

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Surfacing & External Works

Tarmac, paving, landscaping services

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Why Choose BCT in Hampshire?

With a deep understanding of local authority processes and adoptable infrastructure standards, BCT ensures every installation is done right and ready for sign-off.

  • BCT was founded near Fareham and has grown from a regional groundworks contractor into a multimillion-pound specialist civil engineering business over more than a decade of delivered work across Hampshire. The financial stability, resource depth, and operational structure we offer today has been built here — giving Hampshire developers a contractor with genuine local roots, not a regional satellite operation.

  • Our Hampshire portfolio includes delivered works for Barratt Homes, Barratt David Wilson Homes, Hampshire Homes, Persimmon Homes, Redrow Homes, and Metis Homes — across sites in Titchfield, Alresford, and throughout the county. We understand the programme management, commercial, and compliance expectations of Tier 1 residential clients operating in Hampshire's competitive development market.

  • BCT owns and operates a significant plant and machinery fleet held at our Hampshire operational base — enabling fast mobilisation across the county, direct programme control, and cost certainty without sub-contractor dependency on critical-path groundworks operations.

  • A dedicated in-house Health & Safety Manager and Quality Control Manager ensure every BCT site across Hampshire operates in full compliance with CDM regulations, RAMS requirements, and client-specific safety standards. Our CHAS Advanced and SMAS Worksafe accreditations provide developers with pre-qualified assurance before a single spade goes in the ground.

  • Where project structure requires it, BCT can act as Principal Contractor across Hampshire schemes — assuming full site management responsibility and CDM compliance obligations, and providing developers and their project teams with a single point of accountability across complex groundworks packages.

Areas We Cover in Hampshire

BCT Groundworks operates across the full county of Hampshire, with established resource and plant capability to mobilise to projects.

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Southampton

brownfield regeneration, and mixed-use infrastructure schemes

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Basingstoke

drainage, earthworks, and highways packages on multi-phase sites

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Winchester

residential schemes requiring sensitivity to ground conditions

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Fareham/Portsmouth

sites requiring specialist drainage and ground remediation solutions

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Titchfield, Alresford, Andover, Romsey, Eastleigh, Petersfield

rural and suburban housing schemes

Projects & Success Stories

Highwood Homes - North Stoneham Park - Phases 5, 6 & 7 - 258 Plots (2018 - 2023)

Over multiple phases, BCT supported a large mixed-use development with a full suite of infrastructure works. This included adopted road construction, private drives, drainage systems, manholes, and extensive patio slab installation across residential plots.

S38 Adopted Roads Constructed 9,467 M²

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Tarmac Drives Surfaced 3,937 M²

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Concrete Foundations Poured 7,528 M³

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S104 Drainage Installed 3,382 M

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Private Drainage Installed 11,377 M

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Blockpaved Drives Constructed 12,903 M²

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Sub-structure
Blockwork Laid 10,085 M²

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S104 Manholes Installed x95

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Facing Bricks Laid
1,750 M²

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Patio Slabs Laid
x23,098

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  • Alfed Homes, Chillworth - Completed plot

    Alfed Homes, Chillworth - Completed plot

  • Barratt David Wilson Homes, Nursery Fields - Plot Drainage

    Barratt David Wilson Homes, Nursery Fields - Plot Drainage

  • Barratt David Wilson Homes, Nursery Fields - S38 Road Construction

    Barratt David Wilson Homes, Nursery Fields - S38 Road Construction

  • Barratt David Wilson Homes, S278 - HRA Surfacing

    Barratt David Wilson Homes, S278 - HRA Surfacing

  • Barratt David Wilson Homes, Tars Farm - Attenuation Tanks

    Barratt David Wilson Homes, Tars Farm - Attenuation Tanks

  • Barratt Homes, Pebble Walk - Drone oversites

    Barratt Homes, Pebble Walk - Drone oversites

  • Barratt Homes, Pebble Walk - Drone oversites

    Barratt Homes, Pebble Walk - Drone oversites

  • Barratt Homes, Pebble Walk - Plot oversite-suspended flooring

    Barratt Homes, Pebble Walk - Plot oversite-suspended flooring

  • Aerial view of a construction site with dirt paths and fenced-off areas, concrete slabs, construction materials, and heavy machinery. Based in Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Oxfordshire.

  • Elivia Homes, Shripney - Storm Water Drain Manhole

    Elivia Homes, Shripney - Storm Water Drain Manhole

  • Hampshire Homes, Titchfield - Drone oversites

    Hampshire Homes, Titchfield - Drone oversites

  • Metis Homes, Alresford - Foundation Drone

    Metis Homes, Alresford - Foundation Drone

  • Metis Homes, Alresford - Liftpit formwork

    Metis Homes, Alresford - Liftpit formwork

  • Persimmon Homes, S278 - HRA Surfacing

    Persimmon Homes, S278 - HRA Surfacing

  • Redrow Homes, Harvest Rise - Showhomes soft landscaping

    Redrow Homes, Harvest Rise - Showhomes soft landscaping

  • Redrow Homes, Harvest Rise - Drone oversites

    Redrow Homes, Harvest Rise - Drone oversites

  • Redrow Homes, Manor Place - Topsoil & Patio

    Redrow Homes, Manor Place - Topsoil & Patio

  • Residential street with brick houses, parked cars, and a paved road on a sunny day. Based in Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Oxfordshire.

  • Aerial view of a developing area with a newly constructed building featuring a sports court, adjacent construction site with heavy machinery, and nearby residential homes. Based in Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, Sur

  • Aerial view of a newly constructed school building with a basketball court in the foreground, located next to a suburban residential area with numerous brick houses. Based in Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, Surrey, B

  • Aerial view of a residential neighborhood with multiple houses featuring reddish roofs and driveways, surrounded by green lawns and streets. Based in Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Oxfordshire.

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Discuss Your Hampshire Project With BCT

If you're a property developer, principal contractor, or project manager with groundworks and civil engineering requirements across Hampshire, our Commercial and Contracts teams are available to review tender documentation, discuss programme requirements, and provide competitive pricing.

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Hampshire Office:

Unit D3, Segensworth Business Centre,

Segensworth Rd, Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5RQ

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