No groundworker listed in St Andrews yet.

A groundworker handles the unseen work that supports a building - excavation, foundations, drainage runs, sub-bases, site clearance and grading - everything below ground level before the bricklayers and joiners arrive.

Get a soil and ground-conditions check on any site you don't already know - clay, made-up ground or peat each call for different foundation strategies and ignoring this is the most expensive mistake on a build.

Make sure any drainage work is signed off in writing - groundworks that fail building control later are a nightmare to retrofit once a slab has been poured.

St Andrews is a historic town on the east coast of Fife, known worldwide as the home of golf - the Old Course, managed by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, has hosted The Open Championship more times than any other venue.

The University of St Andrews, founded in 1413, is the third-oldest university in the English-speaking world and dominates the character of the town, with students making up a significant proportion of the population.

The ruined cathedral, once the largest church in Scotland and the neighbouring castle are among the most significant medieval sites in the country.

The three main streets - South Street, Market Street and North Street - converge on the cathedral precinct and are lined with independent shops, restaurants and some of Scotland's finest small hotels.

St Andrews is about 50 miles from Edinburgh by road and is served by a bus station and the nearby Leuchars rail station on the Edinburgh-Dundee line.

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Fife is a large peninsula in eastern Scotland, bounded by the Firth of Forth to the south and the Firth of Tay to the north - a geography that has given it a distinct identity and earned it the traditional title of 'The Kingdom of Fife'.

Dunfermline is the largest settlement and a former capital of Scotland, granted city status in 2022, while Glenrothes serves as the administrative centre and St Andrews is known worldwide as the home of golf and Scotland's oldest university.

The south-west of Fife has a strong industrial heritage - coal mining and shipbuilding shaped towns like Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly and Rosyth - while the East Neuk coastline is defined by a string of picturesque fishing villages: Anstruther, Crail, Pittenweem and St Monans.

Inland, the Howe of Fife is fertile agricultural land dotted with market towns like Cupar, Auchtermuchty and Falkland, the last of these home to a beautifully preserved Renaissance palace.

Fife is well connected to Edinburgh via the Forth Road Bridge and Queensferry Crossing and to Dundee via the Tay Road Bridge, making much of the region practical for commuters while retaining a strong sense of local identity.