Do you take utility and civils subcontract packages, or only direct private jobs?

Both. Utility, civils, surfacing and reactive repair work makes up the bulk of what we do — through principal contractors, framework partners and direct clients. EUSR and NRSWA are in date and we work to the operational standards expected on live utility and highway sites.

What qualifications and framework experience do you bring to utility work?

EUSR and NRSWA in date. Fifteen years on live utility and civils sites for the major framework partners — Thames Water, Affinity Water, Cadent, Openreach and Network Plus. Compliance, sequencing and reinstatement quality are the daily standard, not a box-tick.

Can you manage excavation, reinstatement and surfacing as one package?

Yes. Service excavation, Type 1 backfill, hot-mix reinstatement, asphalt surfacing and the smaller civils around them all sit under one scope of works — priced against the same site survey, run to the same programme. One contract instead of three trades to coordinate.

How quickly can you respond to emergency pothole repairs?

Four-hour callout target on emergency pothole work, day or night. First attendance may make safe, lay a temporary repair, or go straight to a permanent hot-mix patch — depends on the defect. Either way the client gets photos, scope and the next-step plan back the same day. No cold-fill bodging — it fails after the first frost.

Do you still take on residential driveways and pathways?

Yes — residential driveways and pathways are part of our service mix. New drives, resurfacing, paths and front-of-property work in tarmac, block paving and decorative shingle. Every job starts with a site visit and a written quote — never a guess from photos alone — covering levels, access and drainage from the start.

How do you price and quote?

Free, written and itemised after a site visit. Visits are usually within a few days, quicker for emergency reactive work. Quotes cover materials, labour, programme and any plant or specialist trades the job needs. Fixed price unless the scope changes — any changes are agreed in writing before extra work goes ahead.

Do you guarantee your work?

Five-year workmanship guarantee on residential driveways, patios and pathways. Commercial surfacing and utility reinstatement carry the inspection regime the client specifies — NRSWA defects period, framework SLAs and any contract-specific quality plan — agreed in writing before work starts.

EvoBuild Ltd — Utilities, Civils & Surfacing

High-quality surfaces
built to last.

Civil engineering and surfacing contractors operating across London and the South East. We specialise in utility excavation and reinstatement, footway and carriageway works, kerbing and Section 50 street works.

With over 15 years’ experience, we support local authorities, utility providers and commercial projects, delivering traffic management coordination, emergency response and reliable subcontract and framework support.

Paver fed by tipper truck, full-PPE crew laying a fresh asphalt mat

Hot asphalt being discharged from a tipper into the paver hopper

Operative at the paver controls during a machine-lay run

Paver and roller working in sequence on a fresh asphalt section

Tandem road roller compacting a freshly laid asphalt surface

Asphalt milling machine planing the existing surface ahead of resurfacing

Paver in operation under floodlights during a night-shift resurfacing job

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Hot asphalt

Machine-laid asphalt

Hot asphalt machine lay on roads and access routes — paver feed, tipper delivery and tandem roller compaction. Road milling and same-day resurfacing available, with day or night working where the brief requires it.

Machine lay Milling Same-day

Two operatives hand-laying hot asphalt at a new-build housing development

Fresh tarmac path running along a brick building, finished tight to the wall

Curved asphalt path with crisp kerb-edged finish past a lawn

Long fresh asphalt path running through a parkside garden

Finished commercial car park with crisp asphalt surface and block-paved bays

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Hot asphalt

Hand-laid asphalt

Hand-laid hot asphalt for drives, paths, footways and forecourts — tight to kerbs, brickwork and block paving, with clean edges and tidy tie-ins where the paver cannot reach.

Hand lay Drives & paths Forecourts

Large modular paved plaza outside a commercial office, office workers entering the building

Tactile DDA paving on a stone-clad commercial accessibility ramp with stainless rails

Modern commercial building frontage with finished public-realm paving

School courtyard with finished commercial-grade paving

Public footpath with bollards lining the kerb edge

Concrete kerbing along a car-park edge with planted border

Concrete kerbing edging a car-park bay against grass

Finished commercial car park with painted bay lines

Operative tapping a paver into bedding sand with a rubber mallet

Concrete block kerbing being set to a string line

Operative shovelling material on a paving job

Driveway entrance with stone retaining wall and finished kerb edging

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Landscaping

Commercial civils

Modular plazas, tactile paving, school courtyards, public footpaths and industrial-yard paving, plus concrete kerbing to car-park edges and access roads. Set on prepared sub-base, run to string line and finished tight to the building line.

Plaza paving Tactile DDA Kerbing

Two operatives breaking out road surface with jackhammers

Finished hot-mix asphalt strip reinstatement around a manhole cover, kerb-to-kerb

Mini-excavator digging a service trench between a brick wall and timber fence, PPE operative observing

Open trench with yellow Chapter 8 barriers showing exposed gas and water service pipes

Operative breaking out tarmac with a jackhammer ahead of trench excavation

Close-up of jackhammer breaking out tarmac for service trench access

Long fresh asphalt reinstatement strip running along a kerb past wheelie bins

Curved road reinstated with hot-mix tarmac and new thermoplastic double yellow lines

Long stretch of road reinstated with hot-mix tarmac and new thermoplastic double yellow lines

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Utilities

Service excavation & reinstatement

Tarmac break-out, trench dig, exposed gas and water mains, Type 1 backfill, hot-mix reinstatement and thermoplastic double-yellow lines re-laid. Manhole rebates, footway strips and kerb-to-kerb reinstatements to NRSWA spec.

Trench dig Hot-mix NRSWA

Finished hot-mix asphalt patch on a road curve with new double-yellow markings

Open trench between block paving and brick wall with traffic cones — mid-job

Long fresh asphalt strip patch on a footway with hand-screed tool

Footway asphalt repair beside a kerb with parked car

Asphalt path patch repair beside a brick wall

Central asphalt patch on a tree-lined park path

L-shaped asphalt patch repair on a path beside a golf course

Long asphalt strip repair running along a kerb edge

Asphalt path repair beside a timber fence with works truck

Long fresh asphalt patch on a paved path

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Reactive

Reactive surface repairs

Hot-mix asphalt patches across footways, kerbs, road curves, paths and parks. Edge cut clean, sub-base prepped, finished flush with the surrounding surface — no cold-fill bodging that fails after the first frost.

Hot-mix Footways & kerbs London

Before-and-after composite of two pothole repairs — cracked, water-pooled potholes on the left, clean hot-mix patches flush with the surface on the right

Three-operative crew in PPE filling a road-edge patch with hot-mix asphalt — wheelbarrow, rake and shovel in hand

Operatives patching a failed road surface at a junction

Fresh hot-mix asphalt patch with traffic cone in place during make-safe

Larger road-surface repair with traffic barriers around the work area

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Reactive

Pothole crew call-outs

Call-outs to potholes and surface failures — cracked, water-pooled patches cut out clean and reinstated in hot-mix tarmac, flush with the surrounding surface.

Crew call-out Before/after Hot-mix

Herringbone red block-paved driveway with decorative border, framed by black iron gates and a brick-paved house

Smooth tarmac driveway leading to a brick house garage

Block-paved driveway in front of a brick house

Curved red block-paved driveway with kerb-edged planted border

Decorative gravel driveway lined with flower beds

Grey shingle driveway in front of a brick house

Red shingle driveway leading to a green garage door

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Residential

Driveway portfolio

Block paving, tarmac and decorative shingle drives across north London, with sub-base prep, kerb edging, drainage and clean tie-ins to paths, thresholds and front gardens.

Block paving Tarmac Shingle

Sleeper-built tiered garden — sandstone-paved lower patio, sleeper-edged artificial-grass lawn, raised steps and pressure-treated timber fencing

White-slab patio bordered by artificial grass

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Landscaping

Patios & raised gardens

Sandstone and slab patios with sleeper-built tiers, artificial grass, raised beds and clean level changes from patio to garden.

Sandstone Sleepers Artificial grass

Sleeper-built retaining wall mid-construction with mini-excavator on site

Concrete retaining wall holding back a planted garden bank

Raised flower beds dressed with bark mulch

Raised garden beds planted with mature flowering borders

Planted flower bed integrated into a commercial car-park edge

Block-paved driveway with a parked car and finished kerb edging

Finished grass area with mature trees on a landscaped site

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Landscaping

Retaining walls & raised beds

Sleeper and concrete retaining walls holding back banks and tiered gardens, with raised beds, planted borders and grass finishes tied into kerb-edged paving on residential and commercial sites.

Retaining walls Sleepers Raised beds

Green EV charging bay symbols painted on a row of car-park bays

Disabled parking bay marked with the wheelchair symbol and a yellow access-grid hatch

School visitor bay with disabled access markings on commercial paving

Yellow access-grid hatching on a retail car-park frontage

EV charging bay markings at dusk with a charging unit installed

EV charging station bay with green car symbol

EV charging bays painted along a wall with blue accent line

Aerial view of a row of marked disabled parking bays

Numbered parking bays — 30, 31, 32 painted on a finished tarmac surface

Large car park with freshly painted bays in use

Empty newly-marked car park with event tent in the background

Aerial view of a freshly-marked empty car park

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Road markings

Car park & EV bay marking

Thermoplastic and paint marking for car parks, retail and commercial yards — disabled bays, EV charging symbols, hatching, parking numbers and access-grid lines. Retro-reflective finishes where required.

Bay marking EV bays Disabled access

SLOW 10 mph road markings on a tarmac access road

Operative behind a highway-maintenance truck applying hot thermoplastic markings on a live carriageway at night

Operatives applying line markings on a road surface

Line-painting crew working on a road during the day

Operative applying a white continuous line on a carriageway

Fresh yellow hazard hatching painted across a road surface

SLOW lettering with a 5-mph circle painted on a private road

Newly applied SLOW marking on an empty car park access route

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Road markings

Highway & road line marking

Road painting and line marking on highways, commercial access roads and yards — daytime works through to night-shift hot thermoplastic on live-traffic schemes, including hazard hatching, SLOW symbols and continuous lines.

Hot thermo Hazard hatching Night-shift

High-quality surfaces
built to last.

Everything from ground up.

Utility services

Hot asphalt — machine & hand lay

Reactive emergency pothole repairs

Residential driveways & pathways

Landscaping & patios

Road markings & signage