Oliver Walsh’s love for building started as young as he can remember, with his parents embarrassing him at his 21st with a montage of him running around naked with a hammer. Having been raised through renovation after renovation, Olivers first project was his parents family home, a 2 year 400m/2 full re-clad+ pool +extension Even now, his own child runs around nappy on screaming “amma” as loud as he can, all while bashing Olivers walls and floor.

Prior to starting his apprenticeship, Oliver had always expressed a keen interest in other aspects of construction, having started an engineering degree. Unfortunately for him, football, the gym, working as a labourer and anything other than study seemed to get in the way of him spending time on what he was meant to be doing…. The study! Fast forward to next year and he was told by his lecturers during his university summer break that he should seek some work experience doing something relevant to the qualification he wanted to pursue, in his case working alongside structural engineers. This aligned perfectly with his parents starting their big renovation. Oliver quickly came to the conclusion that actually doing the work was a lot more enjoyable (and he was better at) than crunching the numbers and trying to tell other people what he wanted done. After working his way through and out of his apprenticeship, he decided he wanted to try commercial construction, navigating his way through the management side of things whilst still being onsite. Unfortunately, what he thought this was and what it was in practise were very different… Thus OWL Construction was born. 

OWL Construction is the product of Olivers belief that great quality and great value can go hand in hand. He consistently looks to implement new methods, as well as new products, to deliver high quality projects on time and on budget. Olivers mentor once said to him “time, quality, cost effectiveness, you can only have two” and OWL Construction is Olivers way of challenging that.