Websites for plant, construction and engineering firms in Norwich, built to win the work before the call.
Your next customer has usually made up their mind before they ring. From our Norwich studio we design brands and websites for plant hire, groundworks, contracting and engineering firms, so the site does that early selling for you. We work with firms across Norfolk and the UK.
The site sells before you do.
Buyers do their homework first. By the time they ring, the website has made the case for you, or lost it.
- 70%
of the buying is done before a typical B2B buyer contacts a supplier.
6sense Buyer Experience Report, 2024 - 81%
of B2B buyers already have a preferred supplier when they first get in touch.
6sense Buyer Experience Report, 2024 - 53%
of mobile visits are abandoned if a page takes over three seconds to load.
Google, The Need for Mobile Speed, 2016
What a trade website has to do.
Someone looking for plant hire, a groundworks contractor or an engineering consultancy wants three answers quickly: what you do, where you work, and proof you have done it before. Photographs of real jobs, the kit you run, the areas you cover and a phone number on the first screen do more than any slogan.
Then it has to work on a phone in a site cabin. We build every site mobile-first and light, so the people who sign off the work can find what they need on patchy signal. The same goes for the brand: a mark that holds up on a business card, a hi-vis vest and the side of a container. That is the brand design side of the studio, and the web design side builds on it.
Work for the trade.
All work →- Plant repairs
PSPR
- The problem
- A brand that reads across mud, machinery and a motorway.
- What we did
- Chevron mark, container livery, workwear, and a guidelines website instead of a PDF.
- Engineering
Align Solutions
- The problem
- A new engineering consultancy that had to look established from day one.
- What we did
- Logo, brand guidelines and a website, ready for launch.
- Crane hire
RJ Crane Hire
- The problem
- Forty years of crane hire on a website that no longer said so.
- What we did
- A new site that explains contract lifts and CPA hire, with every crane listed.
- Plant hire
MPH Group
- The problem
- Four family construction businesses, each needing its own website.
- What we did
- Four websites and a group hub, built as one system with one way to quote.
- Contracting
Groundcore
- The problem
- A land contractor held back by a thin template site.
- What we did
- A photography-first rebuild, then a monthly social media retainer.
- The result
- Built and live in under 48 hours, in the client’s own words.
A pleasure to work with. Jack and the team were super proactive and had our new website built and live in less than 48 hours. They have since taken on a brand refresh too, from our marketing stationery to social media designs and email signatures. Great work, great business ethic.
From first call to live.
- /01
Discovery
A short call on the work you want more of and who signs it off.
- /02
Design
Pages laid out around what a buyer checks before they pick up the phone.
- /03
Build
Built in-house, mobile-first and quick on patchy site signal.
- /04
Launch
Live on your domain, wired to your phone and inbox, old pages redirected.
- /05
Care plan
Updates, hosting and fixes after launch, so the site keeps working.
Need the feed to keep up with the site? Groundcore also has a monthly social media retainer.
Tell us about the work.
Tell us what you’re after. We’ll read it over coffee and reply within 48 hours.
- (Call)07799 522150
- (WhatsApp)Message Jack
- (Email)jack@fikadesigns.co.uk
- (15 minutes)Book a call
Tack!
Your note is on its way to Jack. Expect a reply within 48 hours, usually faster, often mid‑coffee. Stick the kettle on.