Why AfA Means More Than Step-Free Access

Imagine trying to navigate your way through your local train station with your eyes closed. Or negotiating the process of buying a ticket, finding the way to the right platform and boarding the right train if your hearing was seriously impaired. You wouldn’t find it easy.These are everyday realities for millions of people: levels of […]

Ryde Pier completion: a legacy of innovation and social value

You know an innovation is good when it starts to stick. You know a project is successful when the benefits extend beyond enhanced infrastructure. As Octavius hands back Ryde Pier to South Western Railway, enabling the first trains to run in eight months, the team leaves a legacy of innovation and social value. Ryde Pier […]

Frameworks – Effectively managing scope changes and unforeseen conditions

Framework programmes will inevitably at some point be subject to scope changes and/or unforeseen conditions. In this feature Jamie Harrison Delivery Director Highways at Octavius discusses how with the right culture and collaborative approach these issues do not necessarily have to impact key project milestones and capital investment budgets.Jamie highlights that it starts with a […]