SGE Ltd

What SGE Ltd does

SGE Ltd (Specialist Ground Engineering Ltd) is a UK-based specialist ground engineering contractor that delivers bulk earthworks, soil stabilisation, soil modification, soil remediation, vertical band drains, aggregate recycling, coastal defence, drainage, retaining walls, and enabling works for major contractors, housebuilders, and engineering companies. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Sittingbourne, Kent with a regional office in Leighton Buzzard, the company operates across the UK, Europe, USA, and Caribbean. The company is privately held as a private limited company registered in England & Wales (Company No. 08977396) with no disclosed external funding rounds, parent company, or institutional ownership.

The company's technical platform is built on a modern specialist plant fleet that includes the UK's first Wirtgen WR240i self-propelled soil recycler/stabiliser, Trimble GPS machine and rover technology, LSS ground modelling software, Stehr dust-free SBF 24-6 mixers, Hamm compaction plant, Liebherr dozers, and bespoke soil stabilisation spreaders. Vertical band drains are delivered through the CeTeau UK strategic partnership. Service offerings extend beyond traditional earthworks into renewable energy battery storage farm groundworks, basement excavation, and brownfield site services, positioning SGE as an integrated specialist across the ground engineering value chain. The company generates revenue through project-based contracts with individual engagements ranging from approximately £50,000 to £2,200,000 and durations spanning weeks to over a year.

SGE's go-to-market is direct enterprise sales via relationship-based engagement with construction firms and engineering companies. Named clients include Readie Construction, Erith Contractors, Breheny Civil Engineering, Persimmon Homes, Orbit Homes, BHC Ltd, Hellens, and DPD, with several clients appearing across multiple projects. The company is led by Brian Heron (Managing Director), Eddie Ronald (Operations Director), and Ross Heron (Senior Quantity Surveyor and Commercial Manager). With 11-50 employees and no disclosed revenue, the company operates as a focused specialist contractor that has scaled through project delivery and technical investment rather than external capital.

Name

SGE Ltd

Legal name

Specialist Ground Engineering Ltd

Website

https://sgeworks.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SGE Ltd is a UK-based specialist ground engineering contractor delivering bulk earthworks, soil stabilisation, soil remediation, vertical band drains, and related services to major contractors, housebuilders, and engineering companies across the UK, Europe, USA, and Caribbean.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ground Engineering Contracting Services

NAICS

Site Preparation Contractors (23891)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Ground Improvement & Soil Stabilization (DSM, Vibro, Grouting, Reinforcement) (IMAFAOAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Geotechnical Investigation & Site Characterization (Boreholes, In-situ Testing, Lab Testing) (IMAFAOAG)

Keywords

• Bulk earthworks
• Soil stabilisation
• Ground engineering
• Soil remediation
• Vertical band drains

Headquarters

HQ city

Sittingbourne

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Ground Engineering Project Delivery: SGE generates revenue through project-based contracts delivering bulk earthworks, soil stabilisation, soil modification, soil remediation, vertical band drains, and related services to major contractors and engineering companies. Projects range from small-scale (£50,000-£90,000) to large-scale (£1-2+ million) contracts, delivered on-site throughout UK, Europe, USA and Caribbean.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SGE Ltd is a UK specialist ground engineering contractor that delivers bulk earthworks, soil stabilisation and modification, soil remediation, vertical band drains, value engineering, aggregate recycling, coastal defence, enabling works, drainage, retaining walls, basement excavation, and brownfield site services on a project-by-project basis to major contractors, civil engineering firms, and housebuilders. Projects are priced individually and executed on-site using GPS-controlled plant and specialised soil treatment equipment across the UK, Europe, USA, and the Caribbean.

Product overview

SGE Ltd (Specialist Ground Engineering Ltd) is a UK-based bulk earthworks and soil stabilisation contractor offering a comprehensive suite of ground engineering services. The company operates as a unified service provider where projects typically combine multiple services such as bulk earthworks, soil stabilisation/modification, and aggregate recycling into integrated packages. Core offerings include bulk earthworks, soil stabilisation and modification (using lime, cement, and other binders), soil remediation, vertical band drains (via CeTeau UK partnership), value engineering, aggregate recycling, coastal defence, enabling works, drainage, retaining walls, laboratory testing, and specialist services for brownfield sites, basements, and renewable energy battery storage farms. The company serves major contractors throughout the UK, Europe, USA, and Caribbean.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CeTeau UK: Vertical band drains operations formed through strategic partnership with SGE.

Products and services

• Bulk Earthworks Large-scale earth moving and excavation services for construction and development projects, including cut-to-fill operations, topsoil stripping, and site clearance, delivered to major contractors and developers.
• Soil Stabilisation and Modification In-situ soil treatment using lime, cement, or other binders to improve CBR values and create suitable building platforms, ranging from 5% CBR lime modification to up to 30% CBR stabilisation.
• Soil Remediation Treatment and remediation of contaminated or unsuitable soils to enable development on brownfield sites, delivered for major contractors and developers.
• Vertical Band Drains

Quantifiable outcome

• Mickle Well Park Daventry: £1,915,000 value for 190,000m2 housing development earthworks over 7 months
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CeTeau UKcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014SGE formed CeTeau UK as a strategic partner to become the new force in vertical band drains. This partnership enables SGE to offer vertical band drain services as part of its ground improvement and geotechnical solutions. CeTeau UK is operated as part of SGE Group alongside DES Works.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Keller Group plc: Keller is a global geotechnical contractor providing ground improvement, foundations, earthworks and specialist soil techniques to major construction clients. Its service mix and enterprise customer base directly overlap SGE's ground engineering and stabilisation work.
• Van Elle Holdings plc: Van Elle is a UK ground-engineering and foundations contractor covering piling, retaining systems, ground improvement and site preparation. It is a direct peer because it addresses the same difficult-ground and foundation conditions for construction projects.
• Bachy Soletanche: Bachy Soletanche is an international geotechnical and foundations contractor with ground improvement, earthworks, retaining structures and soil-mixing capabilities. Its contracting model and major-project customer base closely match SGE's specialist ground engineering work.
• Aarsleff Ground Engineering: Aarsleff Ground Engineering is a UK contractor providing piling, foundations, retaining structures and geotechnical solutions to construction clients. It is comparable to SGE's enabling works, soil treatment and earthworks packages.
• Menard: Menard is a ground-improvement specialist delivering techniques such as deep soil mixing, vibrocompaction, stone columns and vertical drains. It is a direct technology and category peer for SGE's stabilisation and ground-improvement services.
• Roger Bullivant: Roger Bullivant is a UK foundation and ground-engineering contractor focused on piling, underpinning, retaining walls and ground improvement. It is a direct peer where SGE handles enabling works, ground improvement and retaining structures.
• Soil Engineering: Soil Engineering is a UK geotechnical contractor providing site investigation, ground improvement, earthworks, remediation and related construction services. It overlaps SGE's complex-site, material-reuse and stabilisation offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Morgan Sindall Infrastructure: Morgan Sindall Infrastructure is a UK civil-engineering and infrastructure contractor with earthworks, site-preparation, remediation and groundworks capabilities. It serves many of the same large contractors and public or private project developers as SGE.
• Balfour Beatty: Balfour Beatty is a large international infrastructure and construction contractor with civil engineering, earthworks, site-preparation and enabling-work capabilities. It is a broad incumbent that can deliver ground-engineering scopes alongside larger construction programmes.
• Keltbray: Keltbray is a UK infrastructure contractor with civil engineering, enabling works, ground engineering and specialist construction capabilities. It is a broad incumbent because it overlaps SGE on complex site preparation and infrastructure earthworks while offering a wider portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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