8 min 0 Groundwork Never Connect Rainwater to Foul Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak May 17, 2026 I remember standing on a site in the Midlands back in ’94, watching a lad… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork Getting Invert Levels Right First Time Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak May 7, 2026 I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a lad try to use a… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork Striking a Cable Is Survivable Once, Sometimes Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak April 30, 2026 I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a lad with a brand-new mini-digger… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork Scan, Trial Dig, Then Machine Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak April 25, 2026 I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a lad with a brand-new, expensive-looking… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork Battering, Boxes and Sheet Piling Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak April 19, 2026 I remember standing on the edge of a narrow cut in a clay-heavy site back… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork A Trench Collapse Gives No Warning Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak April 11, 2026 I remember standing on the edge of a trench in ’94, watching a young lad… Read More
8 min 0 Groundwork Where the Spoil Goes Before You Dig Bartosz Achterberg-Nowak April 2, 2026 I remember standing on a site in ’94, watching a lad with a shiny new… Read More
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