Unlike financial services, we believe that delivering complex Access for All (AfA) schemes is one area where past performance is an excellent indicator of future results.
Delivering schemes on time and on budget is an exercise in managing the risks presented by uncertainty and complexity. Each AfA scheme poses unique challenges owing to the age, size, fabric and location of the station being upgraded. Options for safe working while the station remains operational always vary.
How effectively and imaginatively these types of challenges have been overcome in the past has enormous relevance for future projects. Repeatable success is the result of creativity as well as effective processes and partnerships.
Trusted Supply Chains
The partnership element of success includes effective communication with multiple stakeholders such as asset owners, service operators and the community served by the station.
When it comes to delivery, supply chain partners are very much part of the success story. Whether it’s for specialist steel fabrications, design or civil engineering, Octavius has established partnerships with organisations that share our uncompromising commitment to quality and delivery.
Certification
As in many commercial areas, certification provides reassurance that appropriate standards and ways of working are embedded across the organisation. All of our work is compliant with ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.
Additionally, Octavius is accredited to PAS 2080 as part of our commitment to reducing our own carbon emissions and to working constructively with partners to help them reduce theirs.
Engineering More Efficient Solutions
Operating standards are the foundation. On top of this you need the creativity to engineer solutions that are more efficient in terms of time, cost, materials and embodied carbon. This is a capability our teams have demonstrated across multiple AfA projects.
Creativity built on solid partnerships and processes is the best guarantee of success in the face of complexity. This combination will enable the pace of AfA delivery to be accelerated while keeping project delivery risks firmly under control.
Find out more about our approach to delivery at our AfA resource area.
