Strength in depth

摘要

As a recent high-profile news story showed, creating a basement can not be undertaken lightly, The story in question concerned a couple whose modest basement extension splittheirfamily home in half like a walnut. Though an extreme example, it demonstrates the level of expertise needed totackie such work. City Basements, which is part of the award-winning Toureen Group, harnesses a wide portfolio of skills and resources to deliver large, complicated schemes beyond the ability of most basement contractors. The team comprises geotechnical and structural engineers, which means there is no conflict between the ambition for a project and what is actually possible. Allied to this in-house expertise is a plethora of services, including demolition, groundworks, piling, architectural concrete, specialist plant including restricted access piling rings and a fleet of tipper lorries all backed up by an award-winning health and safety team.