8 min 0 Groundwork One Datum Everyone Works From Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak March 29, 2026 I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a lad try to set out… Read More
11 min 0 Groundwork Squaring Up With Diagonals Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak March 22, 2026 I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a young lad pull his tapes… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork Transferring Load From Wall to Pile Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak March 14, 2026 I’ve spent forty-three years watching lads chase the wrong problems on site. Most of them… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork Driven and Bored Piles Compared Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak March 9, 2026 I remember standing on a site in Kent back in the nineties, watching a lad… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork Rafts on Ground That Cannot Take Strips Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak March 2, 2026 I remember standing on a site in the Midlands back in ’94, watching a lad… Read More
9 min 0 Groundwork Trench Fill Costs More Concrete and Less Labour Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak February 25, 2026 I remember standing on a site in the Midlands back in ’94, watching a lad… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork Strip Footings and Their Limits Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak February 15, 2026 I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a young lad try to explain… Read More
9 min 0 Groundwork Why Foundations Go Deeper Than Frost Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak February 7, 2026 I was standing on a site in Essex back in ’98, watching a lad try… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork Distance to the Tree Sets the Depth Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak February 2, 2026 I remember standing on a driveway in Surrey about ten years back, looking at a… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork Clay Moves With the Seasons Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak January 22, 2026 I remember standing on a site in Surrey back in ’94, watching a lad pour… Read More