Tackling the Scourge of Highways Incursions
Ensuring that our teams go home unharmed after every shift has always been a priority for our business. We’ve made great strides in embedding a safety-first culture but we’re conscious that there’s always more to do. In this respect, highways incursions remain a significant issue across the industry. Since October 2017 and up to the…
A Sustainability Wish-List For Car Park Construction
If you had to choose your top three sustainability criteria for a new car park, what would they be? Priority number one would probably be to reduce the environmental impact of the construction works. This impact is reflected in vehicle movements, disruption in and around the construction site, and the level of embodied carbon in…
2023, out with the old and in with something much more exciting
Octavius Regional Civil Engineering Delivery Director Chris Ellis reflects on the transition from an extraordinary challenging 2023 into a new, exciting, action and investment packed 2024. Chris starts by saying I am not going to say an awful lot about 2023. It was an incredibly difficult time for all our people. It is often when a…
Octavius Regional Civil Engineering – Leadership Team Appointments
The acquisition, and subsequent progression of R&W Civil Engineering Limited into Octavius Regional Civil Engineering (ORCE), brought with it an extremely strong team at all levels. Part of the ongoing integration involves aligning key members of the existing R&W Civil Engineering management team into strategic roles within ORCE to maintain the R&W solid leadership legacy….
Octavius secures three out of three on the Generation 5 Collaborative Framework (Gen 5)
Octavius is delighted to have secured places on the Generation 5 (Gen5) Civil Engineering, Highways and Transportation Collaborative Framework 2024 – 2028, securing Lot 2 (schemes up to £5m) in both the South East and the South West and Lot 3 (schemes from £4m to £25m) over the whole region. Gavin Pritchard, Managing Director Highways commented. “These…
Warm welcome for news that contractor appointed for Long Stratton bypass
Another key step forward in the Long Stratton bypass project has been achieved with the news today that Octavius Infrastructure Limited has been appointed to build the new route. Cllr Graham Plant, Cabinet Member for Highways, Infrastructure and Transport, said: “This is another welcome milestone we’ve reached in this vital infrastructure project. The 3.9km road…
Newly Re-branded Octavius Regional Civil Engineering hits 2024 at a pace
The newly rebranded Octavius Regional Civil Engineering (ORCE) business has hit the new year running having secured several exciting new work opportunities. These include Somerset County Council awarding ORCE a four-year framework contract to deliver a wide variety of highway improvement projects. These include safety schemes and traffic calming measures and infrastructure associated with active…
From Transactions To Enterprises. Project 13 Is The Way Forward
From its inception, Project 13 was a movement Octavius was right behind. We took a look at the principles and knew immediately that they encapsulated how we want to do business.The simple truth is that the old way of working – based on linear, transactional and often adversarial relationships – is a dead-end. If that…
Octavius completes acquisition of specialist rail electrification design consultant Navitas.
Leading transport infrastructure provider Octavius Infrastructure Ltd (Octavius) has completed the acquisition of specialist rail consultant Navitas Engineering Group (Navitas). Navitas, through Navitas Engineering and Permarail provides electrical engineering consultancy services to the railway and electricity supply industries. Their 30 strong team complete value-add asset life-cycle services ranging from technical specifications and standards, feasibility studies,…
October 2023 One Team Wessex Update
Read our latest OTW quarterly update which sets out to share key updates and lookaheads. It’s fantastic to be able to showcase some of our collective highlights and challenges from the last quarter. What is One Team Wessex?One Team Wessex (OTW) is the collaborative relationship between Network Rail and Octavius Infrastructure. Together we deliver infrastructure…
Octavius appointed to Manchester City Council’s Highways Construction Works framework
Following a comprehensive procurement process, leading transport solutions provider Octavius has been awarded a place on Manchester City Council’s Highways Construction Work framework to deliver transport infrastructure projects across the Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire roads network. Throughout the framework, Octavius will actively participate in the economic and social regeneration of the areas in which…
Octavius Infrastructure Ltd. Full Year 2022-2023 results published.
Leading transport infrastructure provider Octavius has published its financial results for the year ending 31 March 2023, delivering strong financial results in a difficult macro environment. The results represent a successful first full year as a wholly independent business, having built a separate support function, rebranded to Octavius and transitioned to becoming a standalone entity…
