Service 05
Subcontracting for Main Contractors
Much of our work is as a specialist subcontractor. We join the main contractor's project and take full responsibility for the rock, from permits and explosives to crews, equipment, safety documents and reporting.
Your team keeps its focus on the rest of the programme while we deliver the rock package to your schedule and reporting format.
Applications
Where it is used
- Rock packages on road and highway contracts
- Tower foundation packages on line and telecom projects
- Foundation and trench rock on building and utility projects
- Riverbed rock on bridge and irrigation works
Our method
How we deliver it
- 01
Site survey
We visit the site with your engineers and review the drawings, programme and constraints.
- 02
Blast design
We prepare the method statement, risk assessment and blast design for your approval.
- 03
Permits
We handle explosives permits, police notifications and community notices.
- 04
Drilling
Our crews and equipment mobilise and drill to the agreed design.
- 05
Charging
Explosives come from our own licensed stock and are loaded by our licensed staff.
- 06
Firing
Our licensed shot-firer fires each blast after clearance and warnings, coordinated with your site team.
- 07
Clearance and reporting
We hand the area back clear and report progress and monitoring results in your format.
Equipment
Plant and equipment
- Own drilling equipment and compressors
- Own licensed explosives supply
- Blast mats and monitoring equipment
Safety controls
Safety on every job
- Written blast design and risk assessment for every blast
- Licensed shot-firer in charge of charging and firing
- Exclusion zone, sentries and audible warnings before firing
- Police and neighbours informed before blasting
- Post-blast misfire check before the all-clear
- Crews in full PPE on every site
- Safety documents prepared to the main contractor's system