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Our design approach to Building Services Engineering is to understand the clients brief, interrogate the needs and operation of the building and utilise innovative methods in the design process. As buildings are responsible for over 40% of all energy consumption throughout the world, the responsibility of the Building Services Engineer to minimise carbon emissions and reduce energy consumption, to meet regulatory change and the sustainable agenda, is vitally important.
Our approach to design is to passively drive the building design and fabric to maximise the performance of the building before consideration is given to selecting Building Services systems. Once this is achieved, selection of equipment is made against simplicity in operation, future maintainability and systems to provide first class internal environmental conditions.
Working as part of an internal Ridge multidiscipline design team, or when we are providing a stand-alone Building Services Engineering commission, we pride ourselves on team work and togetherness in the delivery of best-in-class solutions for clients.
Our building services engineering (MEP) services include:
Partner, Building Services Engineering
Chartered Building Services Engineer – BEng (Hons) CEng MCIBSE MIET with over 25 years’ experience in the industry.
Phil is Managing Partner for our Bristol and Cardiff Offices and leads our Building Services Engineering discipline, which has over 100 engineers based across 8 locations.
Phil balances his managerial tasks while remaining resolutely client and project focused.
He is very active in our defence and security sector and leads projects with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the MOD and Boeing Defence. As well as supporting these major clients, he also leads regional projects with regional design teams.
Phil says, “at Ridge we have the best of all worlds. We are a big practice that allows us to work on major infrastructure and building projects with many of the UK’s best clients; however, we remain agile and grounded and can flex our approach to deliver the smallest of projects. Working and maintaining local relationships with our longstanding clients is so important to us, and throughout our period of growth our customer base has developed, but our customer-focused approach remains the same. We are proud of our repeat business and longstanding relationships.”
Partner, Building Services Engineering
Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers with 25 years’ experience.
Chris is a member of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers, with extensive experience in the UK and Europe.
He has delivered many projects in a broad range of sectors including new build and refurbishment schemes and has a strong pedigree in energy efficient, sustainable design, being a CIBSE low carbon consultant.
Chris has a loyal client base with relationships spanning over 25 years.
Partner, Building Services Engineering
Building services engineer with over 30 years’ experience.
Paul is an enthusiastic and dedicated engineer who brings over 30 years of experience across many sectors of the construction industry. Paul is passionate about the environment and promotes low carbon and sustainable solutions to our clients. Paul has championed the growth of our sustainability offering within Ridge. He has a particular interest in education and public buildings. A notable high point of his career was heading the building services team that helped deliver the Mary Rose Museum.
“Paul always sees the big picture which, combined with his wide technical knowledge and an understanding of people and relationships, makes him a pivotal member of our core team especially on complex schemes.”
Partner, Building Services Engineering
Chartered Building Services engineer (MCIBSE) with over 30 years’ experience.
With over three decades of experience in the building industry, both in Australia and in the UK, Steve has managed projects in the defence, industrial, healthcare, higher education and commercial sectors. He has managed many multidiscipline teams on technically challenging projects including award-winning laboratory facilities. He favours a hands-on approach to liaison with clients and design teams, understanding their needs and aspirations and formulating successful design briefs. His particular focus is evaluating the needs of building users, identifying problems and applying appropriate cost-effective solutions.
Partner, Building Services Cost Management
Member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors with 36 years’ experience including 27 years specialising in Building Services Cost Management.
Adrian offers particular skills in carbon reduction, holistic M&E asset management, life cycle costing and statutory compliance services to a wide range of clients and sectors.
Partner, Building Services Engineering
Chartered Building Services Engineer (MIET) and Fellow of Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (FIHEEM) with 35 years’ experience.
Ian is a member of the Institute of Engineering Technology and Fellow of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management.
His experience spans multiple industry sectors. He has a pragmatic approach to problem solving, establishing best value whilst optimising benefits for clients. He thrives in working in collaborative environments and adds significant value to any team.
Partner, Building Services Engineering
Experienced Electrical Biased Building Services Engineer with over 22 years’ experience. He also manages Team 210 in Reading.
Andrew is a member of the IET and Associate Member of the Society of Light and Lighting. He has worked almost exclusively with Ridge since joining the practice in 1997 as a Graduate Engineer.
Andrew has extensive retail experience having been the Engineering Lead for the Boots the Chemist account since 2004, and is responsible for surveying, reporting and specifying electrical upgrades with an annual spend of in excess of £5m. He has generated a bespoke scoring sheet for LV switchgear, to allow the estates department to prioritise funding allocation. Andrew is also the framework lead for the H&M framework and participates in the Retail discipline.
Andrew is an Electrical Building Services Engineer who specialises in building and façade lighting, with recent projects including the award-winning Alexandra Palace East Court and Mast refurbishment, Jagex Gaming Studios and the Evesham War memorial.
Partner, Building Services Engineering
Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineer with 35 years’ experience
Craig has expertise in design management and building services. His technical excellence enables him to lead on large-scale and complex projects in a broad range of sectors both in the UK and abroad.
Within the industry, Craig is known for his excellent analytical skills and attention to detail. His focus on thought leadership and courage to move into new areas have been the hallmarks of his project and team successes to date.
Partner, Building Services Engineering
Steve is a Partner at Ridge based in Bristol, where he leads the building services team.
He enjoys the challenges that building services engineering provides, solving inherent issues in existing buildings and evolving new build client requirements into an appropriate solution, looking beyond building services into holistic measures.
Steve has a proven track record of achieving repeat business through continued performance and delivery with major clients.
Twenty-four years of experience in the industry across all aspects of building services construction design, management and installation ensures that he can speak with experience across a majority of sectors.
“Steve instantly grasped our requirements and understood the parameters that we needed to work within, to provide a refreshed comfortable environment for our building users. This was developed and delivered swiftly and with clarity from day one.
Very happy with the outcome, increased staff morale and productivity as well as energy bills being reduced.”
Partner, Building Services Engineering
Member of Institute of Engineering and Technology (BEng (Hons) in Energy Engineering) with 35 years’ experience in across a wide range of sectors.
Clive works at the forefront of low energy design and is experienced in delivering some of the earliest thermal storage and passive control projects in the UK. More recently, he has focused on the high rise residential, commercial office and leisure markets.
Enthusiastically working as part of a team, Clive concentrates on the design process, working closely with architects, interior designers and clients to arrive at the best overall design solution.
His past projects include new builds and refurbishments, listed buildings and cutting-edge architecture, high-end residential development and affordable housing, fast-track fit out and developments running through protracted planning processes.
“Thanks for your support today: very diplomatic and technically very impressive.”
Partner, Building Services Engineering
MEP services engineer with over 20 years’ experience in the industry.
James has worked in the Building Services consultancy industry for 23 years, and been involved in almost all sectors of building design, both in the UK and internationally. James is an enthusiastic engineer who combines his theoretical knowledge with practical background, gained from being based on site for many projects during his time with Ridge.
Partner, Building Services Engineering
Chartered Building Services Engineer – BEng (Hons) CEng MCIBSE MIET with over 25 years’ experience in the industry.
Phil is Managing Partner for our Bristol and Cardiff Offices and leads our Building Services Engineering discipline, which has over 100 engineers based across 8 locations.
Phil balances his managerial tasks while remaining resolutely client and project focused.
He is very active in our defence and security sector and leads projects with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the MOD and Boeing Defence. As well as supporting these major clients, he also leads regional projects with regional design teams.
Phil says, “at Ridge we have the best of all worlds. We are a big practice that allows us to work on major infrastructure and building projects with many of the UK’s best clients; however, we remain agile and grounded and can flex our approach to deliver the smallest of projects. Working and maintaining local relationships with our longstanding clients is so important to us, and throughout our period of growth our customer base has developed, but our customer-focused approach remains the same. We are proud of our repeat business and longstanding relationships.”
