What does self-lay mean for a development in Medway?

Instead of the water company installing your new mains and connections on their timescale, an accredited contractor lays them for you to the company’s specification, and the assets are adopted once approved. It usually means one team on site, one programme, and a faster route to water on.

Do you cover all four Medway towns?

Yes. Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham and Strood, plus the surrounding ME postcodes. Medway sits at the edge of our core Kent patch and we work there regularly for both planned and reactive jobs.

Can you put water, power ducting and drainage in the same trench run?

Where the specification allows, yes. Coordinating the services in shared runs is one of the main savings of using a single utilities and groundworks contractor rather than three separate ones.

Areas we cover · Kent

Self-lay water connections & groundworks across the Medway towns

Across the Medway towns of Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham and Strood we handle water mains, connections, drainage and groundworks, reactive and planned.

20+ years’ experienceHands-on underground utilities and groundworks.
Fully insured£2m Public Liability, £10m Employers’ Liability.
24/7 call-outsBurst mains and leaks do not wait. Neither do we.

For developers and builders in Medway, self-lay is usually the quickest route to a new water connection. We lay the on-site mains and services ourselves to the water company’s specification rather than waiting on their programme, so one contractor delivers the trenching, ducting, pipework and reinstatement, and the connection is adopted at the end.

Nearby villages we cover

From West Malling
Chatham
Rochester
Gillingham
Strood

All reached quickly from our West Malling and Coxheath base.

What we do in Medway

Self-Lay & New ConnectionsNew water supply infrastructure and service connections for homes and developments.About self-lay & new connections

Underground Cable InstallationDucting and underground cable runs — laid, protected and reinstated.About underground cable installation

DrainageFoul and surface-water drainage — new runs, connections and repairs.About drainage

Customer Supply Pipe Renewals & RelocationsReplacing old, failing or lead mains — and relocating a supply for building work.About customer supply pipe renewals & relocations

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