Farms & rural businesses
Farms & Rural Businesses
Practical construction for working farms: bases, yards, tracks, drainage and diversification projects.
Farms need contractors who understand that the business does not stop for construction. Stock still needs feeding, milk still gets collected, and machinery still has to move through the yard while work is going on.
SHS carries out agricultural and rural business construction throughout Cumbria — building bases and foundations, plinth walls, concrete floors and aprons, drainage, tracks, hardstanding and diversification infrastructure.
Working together
How the relationship works
Work around the farm
Sequencing planned around stock movements, silage, lambing, calving, harvest and daily routines.
Built for real loading
Slabs, aprons and tracks specified for the machinery and cleaning regimes they will actually face.
Own plant on farm
Excavator, tracked dumper, tractor and trailer available for on-farm work without waiting for hire.
Practical advice
Straight answers on what is worth doing, what can wait, and what will cost more than it returns.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, and normally it should be. Programme is planned with the farmer around the busiest periods.
Relevant services
Rural
Agricultural Buildings
Bases, foundations, plinth walls, aprons and drainage for agricultural buildings on working farms.
Rural
Farm Diversification
Groundworks and building work for barn conversions, holiday lets, storage units and rural enterprise projects.
Groundworks & Civils
Land Drainage
Field drains, French drains, ditching and outfalls to take water out of ground that stays wet.
Groundworks & Civils
Roads, Yards & Hardstanding
Access roads, farm tracks, yards, driveways and hardstanding built to carry the loads they actually take.
Rural
Rural Groundworks
Groundworks geared to rural reality: awkward access, soft ground, long service runs and off-mains drainage.
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.