So its been a busy last few months! After appointing a local contractor to excavate the basement and construct the reinforced concrete slab and walls we finally started excavating on the 27/03/23. The basement is approx. 31m x 7m x3m deep so there was quite a lot of spoil to remove especially as there needed… Read More
Posts By: Duncan Phillips
Building a house – Part 2
Planning approval was finally granted in early May 2022. It seems that the planning department have a massive backlog of work and are, of course, blaming covid….. nearly seven months to process a relatively simple planning application that was only marginally different to that previously granted seems ridiculous but apparently six months is now about… Read More
Building a house – Part 1
I’ve always wanted to build my own house and have spent hours designing houses in my (infrequent these days) daydreams. The problem has always been where – my family lives in a beautiful part of the Wirral close to good schools etc and with good transport links so we have no desire to move anywhere… Read More
2020 – well, it was different!
As 2020 comes to an end I thought I’d share some of the problems and solutions that we’ve come across as a small business due to the Covid crisis. 2020 started well and we were receiving increasing numbers of orders – everything was well with the world except some murmurs in the news regarding a… Read More
Running a small business – Part 2
This is the second part in a series of blogs discussing the various trials and tribulations that you may come across whilst running a small business (SME – Small to Medium-sized Enterprise). As mentioned in the first blog, I started Cornerstone Projects in 2004 as a one-man band operating out of a spare room in… Read More
Running a small business – Part 1
This is the first part in a series of blogs discussing the various trials and tribulations that you may come across whilst running a small business (SME – Small to Medium-sized Enterprise). I started Cornerstone Projects in 2004 as a one-man band operating out of a spare room in my house; we have now expanded… Read More
Underground pipes and cabling in the UK – infographic
The UK has an enormous amount of underground pipes and cabling that provides the country with gas, electricity, telecommunication, water and more. There are a number of Gas & Electric Distributors throughout the UK who use the underground pipes and cabling to ensure that consumers get the utilities they need. Check out the informative infographic… Read More