The company
About SHS Building & Groundworks
A Cumbria-based groundworks, civil engineering and construction contractor, run hands-on by Sam Scott.
SHS Building & Groundworks provides groundworks, civil engineering and construction throughout Cumbria and the surrounding areas. The work covers site preparation and excavation, drainage, foundations and concrete, structural blockwork, brickwork and stone, structural steel, radon protective measures, extensions, new builds and agricultural construction.
The business is run by Sam Scott. That matters practically: the person who looks at your site, prices the work and answers the phone is the same person accountable for how it is built. There is no layer of sales staff between the client and the work.
SHS works for homeowners, self-builders, developers, main contractors, farms and rural businesses, commercial clients, owners of traditional and heritage property, and construction professionals who need a dependable groundworks or masonry package on their own projects.
Where a project needs quantity surveying, structural engineering, GPS setting out or machine-control support, SHS brings in independent specialists it works with. Those disciplines are described honestly as partner-delivered rather than presented as in-house departments.
- Fully insured
- NVQ Level 2 Masonry (Blockwork)
- NPORS Excavator Operator
- NPORS Telehandler Operator
- First aid trained
- Professional specialist support available
Capability
What SHS does
- Groundworks
- Drainage
- Foundations
- Masonry
- Structural Steel
- Radon Protection
- Extensions
- New Builds
- Agricultural Construction
Hands-on delivery
Work carried out on site
SHS is a hands-on construction business. The work shown throughout this section is genuine SHS work from active and completed site operations. These are individual photographs from different sites, not a single project.
Why SHS
How the business is run
Hands-on responsibility
Sam Scott runs the business and is on site. The person pricing your project is the person accountable for how it is built.
Professional project support
Where a project needs engineering, surveying or measurement input, SHS brings in independent specialists rather than guessing.
Reliable communication
Calls returned, questions answered plainly, and clear notice of what happens next on your project.
Quality workmanship
Qualified masonry and plant operation, levels checked with a rotating laser, and details finished properly rather than covered up.
Rural understanding
Working knowledge of farm access, exposed sites, sloping ground, stone buildings and the logistics of remote Cumbrian locations.
Commercial capability
Groundworks, drainage, masonry and steel coordinated through one accountable contact, with paperwork and insurance in order.
Credentials
Qualifications
- NVQ Level 2 Masonry (Blockwork)
- Assessed trade qualification in blockwork masonry.
- NPORS Excavator Operator
- Card-holding excavator operator.
- NPORS Telehandler Operator
- Card-holding telehandler operator.
- First Aid Trained
- Current first aid training held.
- Fully Insured
- Insurance in place; certificates available on request.
Network
Professional support
- Quantity Surveying
- Measurement, valuation and cost control input on larger packages, accessed through trusted independent professionals rather than held in-house.
- Structural Engineering
- Foundation, retaining structure and steelwork design or checking arranged through independent structural engineers where a project requires it.
- GPS Surveying & Setting Out
- Survey-grade setting out and as-built checking arranged with specialist surveying partners for projects where accuracy or volumes justify it.
- Machine Control Support
- Machine-control guided earthworks arranged through specialist plant and survey partners on larger earthmoving packages.
- Accountancy & Business Support
- Professional financial administration supporting contracts, payments and reporting.
Next step
Planning a project in Cumbria?
Tell SHS what you are building, repairing or preparing. Upload photographs, drawings or plans and the project can be reviewed before a site visit is arranged.