CGL Civils

16/10/2026

🏗️ CGL CIVILS & BUILDING WORKS 🏗️

Taking the hassle out of the messy work!

At CGL Civils & Building Works, we offer a reliable, professional service covering everything from the ground up.

Whether you’re a homeowner planning an extension, a builder looking for a dependable subcontractor, or a developer needing groundworks carried out, we’ve got you covered.

🚜 Our services include:

✅ Groundworks & Foundations – Site clearance, excavations, strip foundations, raft foundations and concrete works.

✅ Drainage – Foul and surface water drainage, inspection chambers and underground drainage installations.

✅ Brickwork & Blockwork – From foundations up to DPC, through to wall plate level.

✅ Extensions & Building Works – Extension shells, structural alterations, steel beam installations and garage conversions.

✅ Concrete Floors – Ground-bearing slabs, block and beam flooring, floor preparation and concrete pours.

✅ Driveways & Hard Landscaping – Block paving, tarmac, porcelain and sandstone patios, kerbing and external works.

✅ Building Control Liaison – Dealing directly with local Building Control departments, arranging inspections and helping ensure work meets the required building regulations throughout the project.

🤝 Working with Homeowners, Builders & Contractors

We work directly with homeowners to bring their projects to life, as well as alongside local builders and construction companies, taking care of groundworks and building packages to help keep their projects moving.

From a straightforward foundation dig to a complete extension shell, we take pride in delivering quality workmanship, keeping sites organised and getting the job done properly.

📍 Based in the North East, covering the surrounding areas.

📩 Get in touch for a free, no-obligation quotation or to discuss upcoming projects.

CGL Civils & Building Works
Taking the hassle out of the messy work.

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10/10/2026

09/10/2026

🏗️ Another Job Progressing Nicely! 💪

We kicked this one off by breaking out and removing the existing garage floor, ready to make way for the new foundations.

✅ Old garage floor broken out and removed
✅ New footings marked out and excavated to the required depth
✅ Building Control inspection passed 👍
✅ Foundations concreted and ready for the bricklayers
✅ Returned once the brickwork was complete to prep and pour the new concrete garage floor

Another job moving along nicely and another solid foundation ready for the next stage! 👷‍♂️

At CGL Civils & Building Works, we take care of all aspects of groundworks, from the initial dig right through to the finished concrete floor.

📩 Get in touch for a free, no-obligation quote.

Taking the hassle out of the messy work!

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05/10/2026

🚧 Driveway Extension – More Off-Street Parking 🚧

Another driveway extension completed, giving the homeowner some much-needed extra off-street parking. 👌

It’s never as straightforward as simply adding onto what’s already there. When you’re piecing new block paving into an existing driveway that’s been down for 10+ years, there’s always going to have been some movement and settlement over time.

The challenge is getting the new levels, falls and blockwork to marry into the existing driveway as neatly as possible, while making sure the new section is built on a solid base for years to come.

A tidy extension that makes much better use of the available space and gives the homeowner that extra parking they needed. 🏡

CGL Civils & Building Works
Groundworks • Driveways • Landscaping • Building Works

📩 Get in touch for a free quotation.

02/09/2026

250mm concrete pad, layered with mesh finally all out ready to be taken away in the morning! Some tough gear that it even snapped a pin in the quick hitch! Mesh really does strengthen concrete pours, time to start the footings first thing, but will we get concrete in on the afternoon? 🧐👀

02/09/2026

Another driveway complete in Bishop Auckland 👌🏽

A clean, classic finish on this one using Burnt Orchard block paving through the centre, finished with a Charcoal border to frame the drive and give it a sharp contrast.

Simple design, tidy lines and a big improvement to the front of the property. 👏🏽

Another one wrapped up by CGL Civils & Building Works ✅

📍 Bishop Auckland
🏠 Block Paving
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26/08/2026

Following on from last week’s job for SKS Construction 👷‍♂️

Now the brickwork is up to DPC, we were back on site to get the substructure finished off:

✅ Internal drainage installed
✅ Airflow continued from the existing house through the new extension
✅ Stoned up & compacted
✅ Insulation installed
✅ Internal floor concreted & finished

That’s our part of this one complete and handed back over, ready for the next stage of the build. 👌

Always a pleasure working alongside the SKS team and keeping their projects moving.

Now onto the next one for SKS Construction after the Bank Holiday weekend! 💪🏽

CGL Civils & Building Works
Taking the hassle out of the messy work.

20/08/2026

Boldon Footings Poured ✅

Following on from the footings we dug over in Boldon, we got the green light from Building Control and were ready to get the concrete in. 👷‍♂️

A layer of reinforcement mesh was installed through the footing before we mass poured the concrete, getting everything levelled and tamped off to leave a solid, clean base.

Another stage ticked off and the job is now ready for the bricklayers to take it up to DPC. 🧱

Good preparation at this stage makes everything that follows that little bit easier.

📍 North east
🔨 Groundworks | Foundations | Drainage | Building Works

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