Junction improvement, Hastings, Albert Road
About the project Swift mobilisation, efficient delivery Albert Road is a busy thoroughfare, leading to Hastings’ seafront and a three-way junction with the East Sussex town’s even busier Grand Parade. Work to upgrade the junction was an exemplar of swift mobilisation and efficient delivery. Authorisation to proceed was made on 13 January, with completion necessary […]
Lyneham Banks reinstatement: reconnecting communities
About the project Closed following a major landslip in 2022, the B4069 at Lyneham Banks, Wiltshire, was successfully reinstated and future proofed in a high-profile project delivered by the Octavius Highways team. The project restored a major transport route which, prior to the landslip carried more than 5,500 vehicles each weekday. Communities were reconnected and […]
Octavius wins Bristol highways framework, extending client portfolio
Octavius Regional Civil Engineering has won a place on Bristol City Council’s Highways Asset Management and Civils Framework 2025-2029. Octavius Regional Civil Engineering is transport infrastructure Tier 1 contractor Octavius’ self-delivery business. The successful bid was for Lot 6: Highway Civil Engineering works over £500,000 and other specialist Highway Engineering works; which is valued at […]
Octavius announced as contractor to deliver A38 Major Road Network
Plans for a series of improvement works along the A38 have taken an important step forward as North Somerset Council enter a design and build contract with Octavius. Funded by the Department for Transport and delivered in partnership with Somerset Council, the A38 Major Road Network is a project that looks to better connect communities […]
A more future proof way of stabilising the M25 roads with carbon fibre rods
Traditionally the M25 road network, originally built in the 1970s has been stabilised using steel plates. However, during strengthening works on the east bridge of the Swanley Interchange, the Octavius team recognised that this approach wouldn’t be a suitable long term stabilisation solution due to the road’s significant deterioration and to ensure its future resilience […]
Octavius completes landslip road’s reconstruction
Closed following a major landslip in 2022, the B4069 at Lyneham Banks, Wiltshire, is now open to traffic once more. Delivered to schedule and budget, work to reinstate and future proof the road was completed by Octavius Infrastructure. The project restores a major transport route which, prior to the landslip carried more than 5,500 vehicles […]
Improving Modal Connections at Flitwick
About the project Scope: Construction Work is nearing completion on this new £5.3m transport interchange hub in Flitwick. The new transport interchange, opening March 2023, will connect bus and rail services for the community and will feature a number of improvements, including: The scheme was developed in collaboration with Central Bedfordshire Council, Network Rail and […]