Our History

NCS was formed in January 2002 under the Northern Construction Solutions name. It initially undertook a mix of building and civil engineering contracts on a main contract and subcontract basis.

Over the years it undertook a broad range of projects across many sectors including civil engineering, industrial & manufacturing facilities, health, education, sport, community, heritage, residential and retail.

Recognising that the company’s sector coverage was significantly broad, operations were organised into two divisions; NCS Civils and NCS Build.

However, the broad sector coverage remained and the desire to be ‘all things to everyone’ only served to generalise operational performance and did not meet customer’s specific requirements as well as we would like.

Although a ‘Group Structure’ has existed since 2017 with the formation of NCS Group Holdings Ltd and NCS Group Developments Ltd (later renamed Cuthbert Homes Ltd in 2021) it was not until 2023 that a clear vision for the way forward crystallised with the formation of Oswald Property Services being the final piece in the jigsaw!

The Group’s activities have subsequently been reorganised into 3 distinct subsidiary companies, each with a clear identity and rationalised sector coverage.