Capabilities / Civils

Civils that move the programme forward.

Multi-utility civils for FTTP, EV, and grid-connection works. Track laying, duct installation, blockage clearance, service-driver excavation, and NRSWA-compliant reinstatement — delivered by crews that consistently hit three times the industry-standard metre count per day.

The production rate that decides the programme.

Duct and track laying is where most FTTP programmes live or die on cost. If your civils gang is averaging 30m a day, you are paying for more weeks, more reinstatements, and more streets blocked for longer.

Our top crew consistently delivers 90m a day in the same soft-ground conditions, using the same Tier 1-approved spec. The difference is in how we allocate operatives (scored, not rostered), how we sequence the work, and how we manage spoil and arisings on site.

  • Trench excavation and duct installation to Openreach, CityFibre, and Virgin Media specifications
  • Narrow-trench and mole-plough techniques in suitable ground conditions
  • Chamber and toby-box installation with full photographic traceability
  • Handover to cabling gangs with programme-aligned sequencing

Service-driver excavation for new-build connection works.

Whether you are bringing fibre, water, gas, or power into a new-build plot, the enabling civils are where the programme gets held up. We run multi-utility service-driver scopes so you are not sequencing three different contractors across one plot.

Our crews work across utilities frameworks and we hold the necessary accreditations to perform excavation and reinstatement across all four utility streams.

  • Single-contractor delivery across telecoms, water, gas, and power service drivers
  • Coordination with utility providers to align inspection and energisation
  • Full HSQE pack per plot, including permits, risk assessments, and method statements
  • Handover to connection teams with photographic evidence at each stage

Reinstatement that passes first time, not fifth.

A reinstatement that fails inspection doesn't just cost the cost of the rework — it blocks the programme and damages the relationship with the local authority. Our NRSWA-compliant reinstatement teams are trained, accredited, and scored on first-time-pass rates.

We also take on blockage clearance scopes, both as a standalone service to main contractors working on older networks and as part of wider civils programmes.

  • NRSWA Category 1 and 2 reinstatement across all LA surface types
  • Permanent and interim reinstatement with correct material specs
  • Blockage clearance using rod-and-line, mechanical, and hydraulic techniques
  • Section 58 and highway authority liaison

"Rise deliver exactly what is promised. They focus on relationship before anything which makes the remainder of the process smooth and efficient."

Circet — Tier 1 framework holder

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