March Town Centre Regeneration project team react swiftly to unexpected emergency works and open new roundabout on time to the delight of our customer 

Our Highways team carrying out the regeneration project in March Town centre, Cambridgeshire, are making great progress with the new road and footway layouts. Despite carrying out unexpected essential emergency works upon the discovery of a void under the carriageway at the Dartford Road and Broad Street Junction, the team remain on schedule for our…

Making the railway accessible for all

Our Rail team continues to achieve significant milestones in the ongoing enhancement works as part of the Access For All (AFA) scheme. At Barnes Station, all steelwork for the new set of stairs, lift shafts, and bridge span has been successfully installed, along with three sets of new staircases, two bridge spans, and link lobbies….

An egg-cellent Easter

Safe and assured delivery over the Easter weekend While many of us were celebrating Easter with our family and friends, or simply enjoying sweet treats over the long weekend, our Rail Delivery team were out executing critical enhancement and renewal works across 18 worksites. All were completed on time and without a single accident or…

Highways M25 team shortlisted for Construction News Award

We’re delighted to announce that our Highways M25 framework team, alongside our partners Connect Plus, Connect Plus Services and AtkinsRealis have been shortlisted for a Construction News Award in the Supply Chain Collaboration Excellence category. The recognition is for the innovative design method that the team devised to complete strengthening works on the M25 J3…

Stress Awareness

April’s health and wellbeing theme is Stress Awareness. Stress is something everyone feels at times, especially when dealing with change or life challenges, such as money worries, work issues or relationship problems. A little stress can be a good thing, as it helps us to get things done or focus on something that needs our attention….

Rail Wellbeing Wednesday – April

April’s wellbeing Wednesday session focused on developing online resilience in teenagers. We know that social media and the internet is a great tool for maintaining social connections and for entertainment, however, teens are more likely to engage with strangers, share their passwords or experience negativity online. In addition, young people are less resilient and are still developing impulse…

Giving back to society this Spring

Over the last month our teams have been making of the most of the warmer weather as they helped communities and enhanced the environment near areas which we are working in. In support of the Great British Spring Clean initiative, many of our teams and senior leaders volunteered their time to help #KeepBritainTidy. One team…

Women’s health

Did you know that… Two thirds of working women have never taken time off for period pain, including 40% of those who regularly get pain bad enough that it affects their ability to work. At Octavius we want to inform and empower women to take responsibility for their health, understand their health options, and identify…

Looking after species when they awaken from hibernation

Officially spring in the UK starts in late March however, with the effects of climate change it is occurring earlier. With this in mind, please get ready for nature as it awakens from hibernation or dormancy, to ensure that our construction programmes are not delayed. Although not an exhaustive list, these protected and invasive species…