C. J. Thorne & Co is a specialist civil engineering company working with Clients in both the public and private sectors. Cost effectiveness is achieved through the Company's directly employed workforce, extensive owned plant and transport fleet, and long standing partnerships with trusted suppliers and specialist sub-contractors. 

One such specialist is our subsidiary company, Hobart Paving Ltd, that offers a range of surfacing solutions from highway maintenance to block paving, to tennis courts and rubber safety surfacing.

With over 70 years' civil engineering experience, a full design and build service for a comprehensive range of projects is offered, including:

• Earth dams and river control
• Roads and bridges
• Steel-framed building design and fabrication
• Domestic and commercial refurbishment
• Golf course and playing-field construction
• Piling and underpinning
• Pipelines and tunnelling
• Pre-cast and reinforced concrete
• Lime stabilisation and subsoil modification
• Water meter installation

Registered with both UVDB and Constructionline, and accredited with CHAS and Safecontractor, long-term partnerships with a number of major utilities and local authorities have been established. These include:

• Southern Water
• South East Water
• The Sutton & East Surrey Water Company
• Brighton & Hove City Council
• East Sussex County Council
• Hastings Borough Council
• The National Trust