Octavius Infrastructure

17/06/2026

Wentbridge Viaduct, a grade II listed structure, carries more than 86,000 vehicles per day on the A1T across the Went Valley. The project to refurbish the carriageway and ensure structural integrity on this vital piece of infrastructure encountered significant changes and variations.

As National Highways principal contractor, under the Scheme Delivery Framework, Octavius successfully overcame these challenges, giving the iconic structure a new lease of life.

Read the article on our website for more details about how this was achieved 👉 https://www.octavius.co.uk/case-study/wentbridge-viaduct-managing-extended-scope/

11/06/2026

Demolishing and replacing the central pier of a concrete road bridge spanning the A1 at Wentedge, plus enhancing drainage and impact protection for the abutments. That was our original scope.

Adding to the complexity of this already challenging project was a staggered design regime, with design packages delivered in separate phases over the project’s lifespan

As National Highways’ principal contractor, under the Scheme Delivery Framework, Octavius rose to the task, successfully ensuring the structure’s integrity and extending the asset’s life.

Read about Wentedge Bridge pier replacement in more detail 👉 https://www.octavius.co.uk/case-study/wentedge-bridge-pier-replacement-overcoming-phased-design-challenges/

Engineering

11/06/2026

Octavius recognised for supporting the Armed Forces community 🪖

This recognition reflects our ongoing commitment to supporting and recognising the valuable contribution that Reservists, service leavers, military families and Cades Forces Adult volunteers make to our business, our communities and our country.

Cat Cliffe, our People and Sustainability Director said: “Achieving Silver Employee Recognition Scheme is not just recognition of what we’ve done, but a platform for what comes next. We remain committed to strengthening our support for the Armed Forces community and playing our role as a responsible, inclusive employer.”

02/06/2026

Fully integrated, regionally focussed, delivered by partners who believe in - and live by – their community values. These are the transport infrastructure priorities we heard from combined authorities across the country gathered at 2026.

Regardless of region or political stripe the message from metro mayors was loud and clear, as they addressed potential partners to support growth and regeneration, using enhanced transport infrastructure as a principal enabler. Lucy Prior MBE MSc Prior, Octavius’ Business Development Lead for Rail shares these and other insights from the event, visit our website to read the article 👉https://www.octavius.co.uk/industry-info/better-connected-fully-integrated-regionally-led-transport-priorities-to-the-fore-at-ukreiif/ or contact our UKREiiiF participants:

John Dowsett | Cat Cliffe | Gavin Pritchard | David Beddell | Mike Todd

02/06/2026

🚉 South Gloucestershire village Charfield has been without access to the railway for 60 years. Octavius is helping rectify that, as lead contractor on the project to build the village’s new station.

The new platforms have step-free access, the new station is integrated into the local transport network. New employment and commercial opportunities have been generated by the project for the local community.

With the footbridge steelwork installed and platform progress on track, villagers should be catching trains to Bristol and Gloucester by early next summer. Learn more about the project 🔗 https://www.octavius.co.uk/case-study/charfield-station-new-build-enabling-an-attractive-alternative-to-car-travel/

Watch the video below and see for yourself the progress we’ve made at Charfield 👇

South Gloucestershire Council of England Mayoral Combined Authority Rail Western Route

28/05/2026

🏠 Housing development has always been closely synchronised with the planning of new transport infrastructure.

But the nature of that infrastructure is changing, with the need for increased resilience, sustainability and accessibility demanding increasingly sophisticated solutions. Surface access to new developments via road will always be part of the equation but many major housing projects are now giving as much – or even greater – precedence to multi-modal connectivity via a combination of road with integrated light rail, guided busways, walking and cycle provision.

Who’s driving this change? What kind of infrastructure do they envisage?

Read the article on our website to find out 👉 https://www.octavius.co.uk/industry-info/new-housing-developments-embrace-multi-modal-connectivity/

19/05/2026

With some projects it feels like the stars are aligned. Pretty much everything goes ahead as planned and when challenges arise they are overcome, without friction, by allowing common purpose to guide the solution.

Delivering the first phase of the A1331 Link Road for Essex County Council was one of those projects.

But luck was not a factor, forging close alignment between customer, principal contractor, community and supply chain was central to success; and something that can potentially be extended into the project’s second phase.

👉 Learn more about why success in delivering phase one raises hopes for Octavius’ A1331 Link Road Phase Two prospects 🔗 https://www.octavius.co.uk/case-study/a1331-link-road-phase-one-success-raises-hope-for-phase-two-prospects/

14/05/2026

We're working towards a key milestone on the A376 Dinan Way extension project.

Read more about the project 👇

Temporary traffic lights which have been in place for the construction of the Dinan Way extension, will be cleared from the A376 on Friday 29 May to help ease traffic flow in and out of Exmouth during the summer.

The new Dinan Way extension will then open for use in September, with traffic being diverted onto the new road while construction of the new roundabout on the A376 is carried out.

Read more here ➡️ https://orlo.uk/sF83N and check out our video of construction of the new road here ➡️ https://orlo.uk/CBVKS

14/05/2026

We recently welcomed school children to visit the new Charfield Station that we are constructing for South Gloucestershire Council.

Read more about what the children learnt below 👇

13/05/2026

We are delighted to announce that we will be attending where we are looking forward to meeting up with connections old and new who share our passion for developing and delivering on the UK’s ambitious infrastructure programme.

Octavius is already making a significant contribution to the creation, integration and renewal of our transport networks from the national to the hyper local level. Whether working with combined authorities and their constituent councils or national customers such as Network Rail and National Highways , our approach is always to work in partnership with the client and in alignment to their priorities.

If you want to learn more about Octavius, or discuss how we can support your ambitions for safe, sustainable transport infrastructure please get in-touch on [email protected] or visit our website for insights into the ways Octavius is supporting national transport strategies and the implementation of devolved regional transport programmeshttps 🔗 www.octavius.co.uk/transformative-regional-transport

Attending the Forum will be:
- John Dowsett, CEO
- David Beddell, Strategic Growth Director
- Cat Cliffe, People and Sustainability Director
- Gavin Pritchard, Managing Director Highways
- Lucy Prior, Business Development Lead – Rail
- Mike Todd, Head of Business Development – Highways

We look forward to seeing you there.