New Build Development Roofing, Priced and Delivered Plot by Plot

Globe Roofing delivers complete roofing packages on new build housing developments across the East of England and the Midlands, from our base at Highfields Farm, Fulbourn, near Cambridge. The work is volume housing, not one-off jobs: a package priced plot by plot, a programme that holds, and plots ready for the next trade when the build sequence needs them. Buyers and quantity surveyors appoint us to take cost, programme and compliance risk off the roofing line, and construction directors keep us because the standard on the last plot matches the first.

Capacity and scale on live developments

Our work includes 650 units at Hocklawn, Nottingham. Across the business we run around 12 live sites, with multiple contracts managers tracking progress plot by plot and flagging issues before they reach the programme. That capacity sits behind every tender, so when plot release accelerates the resource is already in the business rather than being found mid-scheme.

Plot-based pricing and cost certainty

We price new build schemes plot by plot as standard. Each plot type is built up from roof areas measured against drawings, with its components, fixing schedule and ventilation specification documented, and a rate agreed before contract award. There is no averaged scheme rate to drift when the plot mix on a later phase differs from the first, and the monthly valuation becomes a count of completed plots against agreed rates. The reasoning is set out in why plot-based pricing gives developers greater cost certainty. On larger packages, standardised specification and consolidated supplier orders feed directly into the plot rate, as explained in how we deliver competitive pricing on large residential developments.

Programme certainty, not the lowest tender

The lowest roofing tender is rarely the cheapest roof once programme drift, rework and warranty issues are counted. We price for delivery, with supervision, material cover and operative depth built into the rate, so the normal contingencies of a live site do not become lost weeks. Internal trades cannot start until a plot is weathered in, which makes the roof a critical milestone. Our article on why roofing programme certainty matters more than the lowest price sets out the questions worth asking every bidder, and our programme and multi-phase delivery page covers sequencing, gang allocation and adverse weather.

A managed subcontractor gang model

Like almost every roofing contractor working at scale on UK housing, we deliver through subcontractor gangs, which lets resourcing follow the actual rate of plot release. The difference is the management system around them. CSCS cards and competency are verified before mobilisation, crews are briefed against plot-specific quality plans, and supervision works to documented inspection points from first fix to completion sign-off. Our ISO 9001 quality management system applies the same procedure to every crew, every plot and every phase.

Continuity across multi-phase schemes

Plot rates are agreed across the full development, so commercial terms are not renegotiated at each phase. The felt and batten specification, fixing schedule, ventilation provision and cold bridging details agreed for phase one carry through every later phase, and site management and gang composition stay consistent wherever the programme allows. Read how we manage multi-phase roofing programmes on large developments and how we deliver continuity across phased residential developments.

Compliance and NHBC sign-off

Every plot is fitted to the manufacturer fixing specification and the warranty body detail, then photographed and signed off, so the compliance record is built as the work happens rather than reconstructed afterwards. We work to NHBC, LABC and Premier standards and inspections, and each plot is signed off internally before the inspector is invited. Our Construction Quality Review scores give you third-party evidence of the standard. The detail is on our NHBC, LABC and Premier compliance page.

Roofing capability, plot by plot

The package covers roof tiling and slating to manufacturer specification, dry fix systems for verge, ridge and valley, roof ventilation and condensation control including the eaves and cold bridging details inspectors check, and felt, batten and fixing specification set against each site's wind load calculation under BS 5534.

Part of the Globe Group

Globe Roofing sits within a group that covers the build sequence around the roof. Globe Civil Engineering delivers groundworks, Globe Cambridge provides the scaffold our gangs work from, and Red Safety Netting provides fall protection. Where more than one package is awarded to the group, the interfaces between trades are managed inside one group rather than left between separate contractors. Housing association work is handled by our regeneration, repair and maintenance division, and completed schemes are on our roofing projects page.

Planning the roofing package on a development? Contact Globe Roofing, email enquiries@theglobegroup.co.uk or call 01223 890727.