Eleven services under one contractor, ordered as a single job rather than eleven separate contracts. Site strip out and demolition, groundworks, drainage, structural concrete, the build itself, and the hard landscaping that finishes the plot.
The eleven services below are not eleven separate contracts. They are the sequence of one job: strip out, demolition and clearance, then groundworks, then drainage, then structural concrete, then the build, then the hard landscaping that finishes the plot. That order is settled once, at the point of quoting, by the contractor who will be operating the machine when the dig starts.
The promise behind every one of them is the same. Matt Richards prices the work himself and is on the ground while it is carried out. Structural work is set out to the engineer's drawing and checked before any concrete is ordered. The scope, the sequence and the conditions that would move the price are written down before anything begins. £5m public liability sits behind all of it, including groundworks and demolition up to 15 metres, which is where most policies in this trade stop.
Six core disciplines, in the order Matt ranks them, and five specialist services that sit inside them.
A director who prices the job and then runs itMatt does the site visit, writes the quote and is there with the machine. Nothing is handed to someone who was not at the survey.
One programme instead of six handoversThe disciplines are sequenced under a single contract, so no trade sits waiting for the one before it to come back and finish.
Built to the engineer's drawingReinforced concrete, piling, ground beams and attenuation delivered under external structural engineers' direction and to architects' detail.
£5m public liability, including groundworks and demolition up to 15 metresDemolition is an outright exclusion on a large share of policies in this trade.
Our Google reviews are public, and they include architects we have built for.
Based on 5 Google reviews
Great company to work with. Professional, reliable and well organised from start to finish. Communication is always clear, sites are well run & the team are a pleasure to deal with. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them and look forward to working together again!
Read more on GoogleCornwall Civils have been working on a complex external works package for our project in St Ives. Their works have included an extensive concrete retaining wall, in-situ concrete stairs and an in-ground modular drainage system.
Read more on GoogleCornwall Civils handled a tricky concrete shuttering, steel work, and pour for us on an emergency job. They stepped in at very short notice and worked through nights and weekends to get it done. The quality of their work was excellent, and their commitment was outstanding.
Read more on GoogleI recently had the pleasure of working with Matry at Cornwall Civils and Construction, and I couldn’t be more impressed with the service provided.
Read more on GoogleOne further five-star rating was left on Google without a written review.
Cornwall Civils & Construction works out of Newlyn and covers west Cornwall, from the Penwith peninsula across to Falmouth. Every service on this page is delivered in Penzance, St Ives, Newlyn, Hayle, Marazion, St Just, Camborne, Redruth, Helston and Falmouth, and in the villages between them. Sites further east across the county are looked at case by case.
Matt does the site visit himself, and the price comes back in writing with the scope and the sequence set out on it.
Call Matt Richards on 07958 102538 · Get a free quote online
14 The Strand, Newlyn, Penzance, TR18 5HN
Phone: 07958 102538
Email: info@cornwallcivilsandconstruction.co.uk
Hours: Mon to Fri 07:00 to 17:00 · Sat 08:00 to 12:00
Sunday: emergency call out only
Last updated: 22 September 2026
