Ground investigation: reach vetted builders near you

Cowboy builders have cost homeowners their savings and good tradespeople their reputation. Most platforms check the company rather than the person behind it, so the ones who turn up and do the work properly get tarred with the same brush.

Pinnacle vets the individual. Our founder, Graham Nash, has spent 25 years helping families rebuild after they were let down, more than 500 of them, sometimes out of his own pocket. That standard is why tradespeople join, and it is why the businesses listed beside them are checked too.

For you that matters in a practical way: every trade reading your listing has been vetted before they got here, on ID, insurance, qualifications and references, and homeowners running projects on Pinnacle see it too. It is a smaller audience than a directory you can buy your way into, and a considerably better qualified one.

Graham's story arrow_forward

Being listed is being findable, not being sold for. Nobody is sent your details without asking for them.

1. Apply

   Tell us what you supply, where you are and how far you deliver or travel. It takes a few minutes.

2. We check you

   Your company registration, your trading history and anything you have told us you hold. A person does this, and rings you to go through it: anything you hold that the form has no box for, a licence, a registration, a scheme membership, is told to us on that call. We come back to you either way.

3. Your listing goes live

   You appear in the directory under the categories you cover, to anyone searching near you.

4. They ask for your details

   A vetted tradesperson, or a homeowner running a project here, reads your listing and asks for your contact details. That is the point at which you hear from them.

5. You take it from there

   The conversation is yours. We do not quote for you, take the order, or add anything to what you charge.

Your company registration and trading history, the services you list and how far you travel. If you tell us you hold laboratory accreditation or a scheme membership, we record it and check it, because the design that follows depends on your numbers.

Being checked is the point of the directory. A trade choosing a supplier here knows somebody looked, which is not something they can assume anywhere else, and it is why we would rather list fewer businesses properly than many on trust.

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We record how many times somebody asked for a listed business's details, because that is the figure that means something rather than how many times a page happened to show you.

We are building a view for suppliers that will show you your own. It is not live yet, and we will tell you when it is rather than counting it as a reason to join today.

Homeowners running projects can search the directory too.

Can I list a single trial pit as well as a full investigation?expand_more

Tick the category and say on your website what you will do at the small end. Most homeowner jobs need a couple of trial pits and a plate test rather than a full investigation, and a business that says so gets the enquiries that actually exist.

Do I get work through Pinnacle?expand_more

No. The builder or groundworker who finds your listing contacts you themselves, and we do not route jobs or stand between you and what you agree.

Who searches for ground investigation?expand_more

Vetted builders, groundworkers and piling firms with a job near you whose engineer needs to know what the ground will carry.

How far do you show my listing?expand_more

As far as you tell us you travel. Rigs and pits need a visit, so pick the radius you will honour and searches within it are ordered by distance with the closest shown first.