Bricklaying Contractor in Nottingham & Nottinghamshire
Search for a bricklayer in Nottingham and most of what comes back is extensions, garden walls and repairs. Vanguard Masonry is a different kind of firm. We're a bricklaying contractor for housebuilders, main contractors and groundworkers, delivering brickwork packages on new-build housing estates, apartment blocks and commercial projects across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Organised for Nottingham sites
Our head office is in Dunston, Stafford, off the M6, and Nottingham is reached across the A50 and M1. We plan Nottingham packages so the journey never affects your programme:
- A dedicated supervisor for each package, with regular site visits from management
- Gangs allocated to the job, not shared out day to day with other sites
- Travel priced into the tender, so there are no surprises later
- Daily site logs and progress reports, so your site manager always knows where the brickwork stands
Together with 100 bricklayers across the Midlands, this lets us commit labour to a Nottingham site and keep it there for the life of the package.
Brickwork for Nottingham's main sectors
New-build housing
Edge-of-city housing developments around Nottingham, in areas such as Gedling, Rushcliffe, Broxtowe and Ashfield, make up a large share of local brickwork demand. For housebuilders we deliver superstructure brickwork and blockwork, facing brick to the approved specification, and cavity construction in line with NHBC Standards. On affordable housing we work to the registered provider’s requirements as well as the warranty provider’s.
Apartments and city-centre schemes
Nottingham’s city centre and its two universities create steady demand for apartments, student accommodation and mixed-use buildings. Multi-storey brickwork needs careful planning around frame programmes, scaffold lifts and limited storage, and we agree those logistics with the main contractor before we start.
Care, education and commercial
We also deliver brickwork for care homes, schools and SEND facilities, hotels, offices and commercial units. On these projects, a consistent supervisor and gang matter, and so does clear reporting.
Substructure for groundworkers
Groundworkers can appoint us for substructure brickwork and blockwork up to DPC as a standalone package, with gangs working to the groundworks sequence.
Respecting Nottingham's red brick character
Nottingham is a red brick city. The Victorian warehouses of the Lace Market, the terraces of Sneinton and the Meadows, and the ornate buildings of its Victorian architects all give planners and designers a strong local reference point. New schemes in or near conservation areas often come with tight brick, bond and mortar specifications, plus sample panels that must be approved before work starts.
Mansfield and north Nottinghamshire
Beyond the city, Mansfield, Ashfield and Newark have a steady pipeline of housing developments, many on former colliery and industrial land. Those sites put real demands on the substructure: variable ground, changing footing depths and a groundworks programme that moves plot by plot. Our substructure gangs work to the groundworker’s sequence, and our superstructure teams follow on through to completion. For housebuilders running several north Nottinghamshire sites, we can allocate gangs across neighbouring developments to keep labour steady.Towns we cover in Nottinghamshire
- Greater Nottingham: Beeston, West Bridgford, Arnold, Carlton, Hucknall, Clifton, Bulwell
- Mansfield & Ashfield: Mansfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Kirkby-in-Ashfield
- Newark & Sherwood: Newark-on-Trent, Southwell, Ollerton
- Bassetlaw: Worksop, Retford
- Erewash border: Ilkeston, Long Eaton and on towards Derby
Our work and clients
We’ve worked with housebuilders and contractors including Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes, Watson Homes, Torsion Homes, Harper and Noble Projects. Our nearest completed scheme to Nottingham is retail brickwork in Buxton, Derbyshire. You’ll find it, with our apartment, care home and school projects, on our projects page.Accredited for main-contractor supply chains
Vanguard Masonry holds Constructionline Gold and CHAS Advanced. Our operatives carry valid CSCS cards, and RAMS, inductions and toolbox talks are standard. Established in 2018, we work for main contractors and housebuilders across the West and East Midlands.Working across the Midlands and North West
Nottingham is one of the East Midlands cities we cover from our Staffordshire base. In the Midlands our teams also work in Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Derby, Leicester. In Cheshire, Shropshire and the North West we cover Manchester, Stockport, Macclesfield, Warrington, Chester, Crewe, Shrewsbury. If you build across several of these areas, one bricklaying contractor keeps standards, reporting and commercial terms consistent from site to site. See all areas we cover.
TRUSTED BY LEADING DEVELOPERS
Repeat delivery on live sites for major housing & commercial developers.
Reliable Tenders
Clear scope, quick turnaround and transparent pricing - so you can appoint with confidence.
ACCREDITED & COMPLIANT
Constructionline Gold and CHAS Advanced accredited, with H&S and compliance in place for Tier 1 delivery.
East & WEST MIDLANDS
Dedicated regional team - fast mobilisation, consistent expert supervision.
LIVE SITE REPORTING
Daily site logs, progress reports and quality assurance records - shared for full visibility.
NHBC & LABC READY
Documented quality checks at every stage and prompt snag close-out to support consistent NHBC and LABC sign-off.
Got a Nottingham scheme coming up?
Upload the tender pack and we'll come back with a clear price and resourcing plan. Email estimates@vanguardmasonry.co.uk.
Do you do domestic work such as extensions in Nottingham?
No. We work on development and commercial projects for housebuilders, main contractors and groundworkers.
You're based in Stafford. How do you manage Nottingham sites?
Each Nottingham package gets a dedicated supervisor, allocated gangs and regular management visits, and travel is priced into the tender.
Do you cover Mansfield and Newark?
Yes. We cover Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and Bassetlaw, as well as Greater Nottingham.
Can you deliver apartment and student schemes?
Yes. We deliver brickwork to multi-storey residential buildings and plan logistics with the main contractor at tender stage.
What information do you need to tender?
Drawings, the brick and block specification, the programme and the scope split. Upload them through our contact page.
Testimonials
On our care home development, Vanguard took ownership of the stonework scope from day one. The finish quality was excellent, their supervision was solid, and they kept communication simple and professional throughout. They understood the importance of programme and quality needed, and they delivered exactly what we needed with minimal snagging. I’d recommend them to any developer looking for a dependable sub contractor.
Testimonials
Vanguard were solid from start to finish on our Blackburn site. Good output, tidy working areas, and the brickwork finish was consistently to a high standard. Any issues were dealt with quickly and without drama.
