DX Groundworks Ltd is a Reading-based groundwork and civil engineering contractor — building the foundations, drainage and hard landscaping that everything else stands on. Quietly precise. Built to outlast.
Strip, trench-fill and raft foundations engineered to British Standard, with excavation, formwork and concrete pours handled end-to-end.
Foul and surface water drainage systems, soakaways, inspection chambers and connections — installed, tested and signed off compliant with Building Regs.
Site strip-outs, reduced-level digs, trenching and muck-away. The right plant, the right depth, the right haul route — every time.
Patios, paths, retaining walls, drives and outside spaces — finished with the same precision we apply to structural concrete.
From first fence panel to final handover — welfare, access, demolition, vegetation and ground prep for residential and commercial sites.
Slab, block and tarmac surfaces laid on properly prepared sub-bases. Built for vehicles, weather and twenty winters of use.
DX Groundworks Ltd was incorporated on the 27th of March 2024 — a privately owned, Reading-grounded contractor built on a simple idea: groundworks is the part of a project you can't see, but the part everyone depends on.
We work residential and commercial, new-build and retrofit, with builders, developers, architects and homeowners who'd rather get the foundations right the first time. Every project is sized honestly, sequenced properly and finished to spec.
We're based on Briants Avenue in Caversham and we know the ground across Reading, Caversham, Sonning, Henley, Wokingham and the wider RG postcode area — the clays, the gravels, the chalk, and the quirks that come with each.
We come out, read the site, listen to what you're trying to build and flag the things that'll cost you later if they're missed now. No charge for the first visit, no obligation.
A written, itemised quotation with realistic programme dates. We tell you what's included, what isn't, and where the risks sit. You'll never get a DX invoice you weren't expecting.
Plant, operatives and materials arrive when we said they would. We work to the agreed sequence, keep the site tidy, and protect the works as we go.
Building control sign-off, drainage tests passed, levels checked and the site left ready for the next trade. That's the job done — not before.



For quotes, site visits or just a straight answer about what your groundworks job actually involves — call the team direct. We pick up, we turn up, and we tell you the truth.
+44 7884