Water & Utilities

Customer centred innovation and support for essential service providers

Groundforce are industry wide specialists in serving the water and utilities services, providing customers with a wide choice of shoring and ancillary products.

Our customer focussed design team can respond quickly to overcome difficult shoring scenarios and to advise on the safe use of equipment, including the application of Piletec vibratory hammers for swift and efficient installation of trench sheets and sheet piles. Groundforce also assist customers in the design of highly complex cofferdam systems where schemes may require numerous changes at very short notice.

Projects such as water treatment works and utilities that require reactive and fast responses are serviced using our comprehensive range of Trench Boxes, Manhole Boxes and Drag Boxes. Safe on site access is made possible by Groundforce Bridge who can provide bridging site access capable of supporting loads of up to 110 Tonnes. 

Our Stopper Specialist division assists the utilities, water, construction and civil industries. BS ISO accredited equipment is available for pipeline repairs, pressure testing or to temporarily block the flow of water or other pipeline transported materials. 

Groundforce’s U Mole operation provides tunnelling for a full range of pipeline preparation works, including: Moling, Ramming, Pipe Bursting and Breaking, Power Pipe Pushers and Winches. All U Mole’s extensive portfolio of rental equipment comes with high levels of technical support and advice.