Services

Cnocfola Contracts & Hire supports a wide range of national and international civil engineering and infrastructure projects, including data-centre construction, water and wastewater networks, gas and utility infrastructure, pipeline installation, HDD, microtunnelling, ducting and associated groundworks. The company provides skilled personnel, plant and practical project support within demanding, multi-contractor construction environments.

Pipe Testing Services

Cnocfola Contracts offers specialist pipe testing and commissioning for civil engineering and utilities projects, with a focus on pressurised mains.

  • Pressure Testing – Hydrostatic and pneumatic testing of new pipelines to verify integrity and compliance.

  • Pipeline Swabbing – Pre-commissioning swabbing to remove air and debris ahead of testing and chlorination.

  • Civils Pipework – Testing for water mains, rising mains, drainage, and other pressure pipelines in ductile iron, PVC, HDPE, and similar materials.

We provide a flexible, site-based service for contractors and utilities providers.

Including:

  • Machine hire of various sizes

  • Rock breaking

  • Mulching

  • Concrete finishing

  • Shuttering

  • Steel fixing

  • Pipelaying

  • Skilled labour supply for civil engineering and infrastructure projects.

  • Operatives for data-centre construction and enabling works.

  • General groundworks and site-preparation support.

  • Excavation, trenching and backfilling.

  • Drainage and underground-services installation support.

  • Water and wastewater infrastructure work.

  • Gas-network and utility-construction support.

  • Ducting and service-trench works.

  • Concrete, kerbing, paving and external civil works.

  • Plant and machinery hire.

  • Support with site clearance and construction logistics.

  • Labour for fast-track projects and high-pressure programmes.

  • Flexible crew supply for short-term or project-based requirements.

  • Operatives capable of integrating with main contractors and specialist subcontractors.

  • Compliance-focused labour provision, including safety, competence and site-readiness requirements.

Data-centre civil works commonly include earthworks, formation platforms, dewatering, drainage, underground utilities, reinforced-concrete foundations, slabs, plinths, duct banks, substation bases and external works.