We are part of the Applebridge Family, a collective of businesses dedicated to servicing the needs of the construction industry, by offering our clients a complete, end-to-end sequence of works.

ZTL are an Earthworks and Ground Improvement Contractor, who occupy offices in the North East of England and Yorkshire. We deliver sustainable solutions within the areas of bulk earthworks, site remediation, site investigation, and ground improvement techniques including stabilisation. Our unique approach is centred around our ‘Zero to Landfill’ ethos and ensures that we approach each project with the aim of re-using materials in an environmentally sensitive manner. Using ground improvement techniques, we are able to offer our clients a sustainable value engineered solution whilst minimising the effect of waste to landfill.

With expertise across a wide range of geotechnical services, we provide specialist support to our clients in the following areas:

• Geotechnical Investigation
• Surveying
• Earthwork design and solutions/strategies
• Bulk Earthworks
• Remediation
• Ground Improvement & Stabilisation
• Drilling & Grouting
• Demolition
• Waste Management
• Plant Hire

Our unique, collaborative approach ensures we engage early; fully understanding our clients’ objectives and requirements. We provide an in-depth analysis to manage and where possible, mitigate risk and present our clients with a commercially viable solution. We offer preconstruction advice, value engineering and design services backed by our Professional Indemnity insurance, as part of our capabilities package.

ZTL is an expanding company built on stable foundations. Since our inception in 2015, we have continued to innovate and improve the built environment, evolving our business to suit ever-changing industry demands. Our diverse capabilities within the geotechnical and earthwork sectors and team of skilled industrial professionals, means we are uniquely positioned to take on volume work, UK-wide.

At ZTL we take our social responsibility seriously. Demonstrating our commitment to local charities, we prepared and distributed 30,000 meals over 30 days to 2,500 families in need, across Teesside & North Yorkshire, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our contributions were recognised when we were crowned Outstanding Charity Support by Small to Medium Sized Companies in 2020, at the North East Charity Awards.

Our full-service approach offers our customers and partners the strength and depth usually associated with main contractors. We are CHAS, SMAS and Construction Line industry accredited and were crowned winners of Health & Safety Contractor of the Year by Taylor Wimpey North Yorkshire in 2020.

ZTL are an Earthworks and Ground Improvement Contractor who deliver sustainable solutions within the areas of bulk earthworks, site remediation, site investigation, and ground improvement techniques including stabilisation.
At the heart of our business is a team with a wealth of knowledge and experience who are able to offer expert advice across all of our services.

We pride ourselves in early engagement, speed of delivery and project complexity, offering our customers peace of mind that our team of experts can deliver on time and in budget.

With a proven track record across a range of sectors, we take the time to fully understand our customers’ needs and provide a bespoke range of solutions to bolt onto construction projects of all sizes.