Forté Construction
Principal contractor · Yorkshire · Nottinghamshire · Lincolnshire
Forté Construction takes commercial and private projects from first survey to handover — one contractor accountable for the whole build, with groundworks and civils delivered by our own teams rather than passed down a chain.
Why Forté
Most projects pass through a chain — a main contractor who manages trades, who manage subcontractors. Every layer adds margin, distance and someone else to chase when something slips.
We work differently. Forté is the principal contractor and self-performs the groundworks and civils — the programme-critical, highest-risk stage of any build. That means we control the part of the job most contractors hand off, and you deal with the people actually doing the work.
The result is a single point of accountability, fewer interfaces, and a build that moves at the pace it should.
What we do
New build, extension and refurbishment for commercial and private clients — managed and delivered as principal contractor from enabling works through to handover.
Self-performed site preparation, foundations, drainage and external works. The part of the job we keep in-house because it sets the pace for everything that follows.
Steel and concrete frames, hard and soft landscaping, and coordinated finishing trades — brought together under one programme and one line of responsibility.
Who we build for
We work directly with the people who own and commission buildings — not through procurement portals. That direct relationship is how projects stay clear, quick and accountable.
Extensions, new facilities and refurbishment delivered around term times and live sites, with the disruption planning that working in a school demands.
Full build and groundworks packages for developers, housebuilders and commercial owners who want a contractor that delivers rather than coordinates.
Bespoke drainage, hard standing, sheds and rural infrastructure for landowners and farm businesses — long-standing relationships built on repeat work.
Selective private projects for clients who want the same rigour and single-contractor accountability we bring to commercial work, at a domestic scale.
Track record
Delivered large-scale construction projects for a leading independent school, working within a live campus environment.
Appointed as preferred contractor for showroom installations on behalf of a national premium retail brand.
Built a civil construction business from start-up to significant annual revenue inside three years, securing contracts with public authorities and national developers.
Selected work
At Casa Hotel in Chesterfield, the existing outdoor terrace serving Barça bar was converted into an enclosed, all-year dining room. Forté stripped out the old structure and rebuilt from the ground up as principal contractor — a state-of-the-art glazed pergola with sliding windows, set on new foundations.
The groundworks were ours. We excavated and laid the foundations and slab, installed the pergola, then self-performed the underfloor heating and herringbone tiling — matched to the hotel's existing floors — and made good the surrounding paving. One team, frame to finish.
A leading independent school in Doncaster has trusted Forté with a rolling programme of works across its campus over two years — sports fencing, road and drainage upgrades, barriers and signals, courtyards and landscaping, bespoke timber shelters, and classroom and bathroom upgrades. All delivered around a live, operational school, with the groundworks and civils self-performed.
A Bawtry property dating to 1820, largely unmodernised for over fifty years, taken on as a whole-house renovation under a single contractor — seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, a new kitchen, a renewed annexe and top floor, and the gardens, landscaping and driveway entrance.
The floors were the heart of it. We removed the existing ground floors throughout — timber and solid alike — and rebuilt them in fibre-reinforced concrete with insulation and underfloor heating across the whole footprint, then installed new boilers and utility connections for both the main house and the annexe. The groundworks and floor build-up were ours, self-performed rather than passed down a chain.
From Forté's decade of high-end residential work in France: the complete conversion of a rural barn — its neighbouring cottage unlived-in since the Second World War — into a bespoke luxury home, with the restored cottage run as a gîte.
Taken from A to Z. New drainage and full groundworks, landscaping, a swimming pool, and a geothermal heating system feeding underfloor heating throughout — with solar-backed hot water and Italian tiling across the build. New roofs went on both buildings.
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Whether it's a school extension, a commercial development or a private build, we'll give you a straight answer on whether we're the right contractor for it.
