Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS MBA) with over 25 years’ experience.

Jason is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with over 25 years’ experience in the industry.

He excels in building strong working relationships with all clients, consultants and key members of the delivery team. 

Jason has experience across multiple sectors, particularly those that require a knowledge and understanding of volume handovers. 

“Jason is diligent and practical, and is able to give sound commercial advice.”

Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Chartered Arbitrator with over 30 years’ experience.

Adrian is a Senior Partner and member of the Executive Group, focused on business development and expanding our service offering and alternative procurement strategies. In recent years, Adrian has played a major part in securing key players to add value to existing disciplines and selecting acquisitions to enhance our discipline portfolio. He is also responsible for ensuring best practice service delivery and a consistent approach throughout all the Ridge offices.

Adrian has built up significant professional experience within Ridge, managing the services provided to many key clients for more than 30 years. His teams are currently working on a significant number of projects nationally and internationally, covering all sectors.

Chartered Quantity Surveyor (BSc (Hons), MSc, MRICS) with 25 years’ experience.

David has wide ranging sector experience and regular advises clients on all cost management matters including procurement, contractor and consultant appointments, warranties / step-in rights, insurances and capital allowances. 

He offers expertise in advising clients on contract forms to suit their risk profile and project objectives including JCT and NEC forms as well as bespoke JV arrangements. David is also experienced in providing expert advisory and expert witness services.

“David provides an excellent service and has consistently shown an ability to successfully oversee the delivery of our projects.”

Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) with 40 years’ experience.

David is one of the most experienced figures in the industry and has dedicated over 30 years of this career to Ridge, predominantly managing teams of surveyors. He is well versed in a wide range of market sectors, with his involvement spanning initial feasibilities to the settling of accounts. David is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

David provides in-depth expertise in Peer Reviews, Monitoring Services, Due Diligence and Construction Project Auditing. He has supported projects in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, ranging from under £1M to £4B in value.

‘The depth of your subject matter expertise has proved vital in progressing our programme of project assurance assignments.’

Ian has a wealth of experience in design and build construction and has been heavily involved with projects demanding complex fit out and rapid fast-track procurement.

Ian is a trained Quantity Surveyor and has been responsible for contractors’ estimating departments and cost planning for a range of projects. More recently, he has focused on the project management of high-end residential properties.

Ian takes a proactive role in supporting graduates and apprentices and believes in developing young talent to support future growth.

Before joining Ridge, Ian was a Founding Partner of the Midlands office of Projex Building Solutions (acquired by Ridge in 2021). Prior to this he was Operations Director at AMEC Design and Management where he ran the Stratford and London offices with total responsibility for 450 design staff and 18 project managers.

Jackie is a Partner in one of the Cost Management teams in our London office and has over 20 years experience in the Construction Industry.

Jackie’s project experience includes project management, contract administration, procurement and cost management, across a range of public and private sector projects including healthcare, housing and education. Jackie has in-depth experience in all aspects of pre- and post-contract quantity surveying duties. She is directly involved with clients advising on the various aspects of projects from brief to delivery. Jackie has also been involved in partnering arrangements and participated in partnering workshops. Roles have included procurement advice, preparation of contract documentation and cost management, risk management and programming as well as stakeholder engagement.

Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) with over 20 years of experience in the construction industry.

James is a highly experienced Quantity Surveyor. His project expertise includes feasibility studies, cost planning, procurement advice, cost management and contract administration of both new build and alteration projects. Special interests include cost and risk management services for historic refurbishment and alteration projects.

Further expertise includes provision of cost management services using both JCT and NEC contracts within education, local government and healthcare frameworks.

James has over 15 years of experience in quantity surveying, contract administration and employer’s agent roles. James has excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills and recognises the importance of fostering excellent working relationships and achieving added value at all stages of the project lifecycle to ensure the effective management of project costs.

‘We have worked with James Milne-Smith and his team for the several years up to and including 2021. The work has covered Quantity Surveying, Project Management and Contractual matters. James is a hugely professional, diligent, assiduous, detailed and prudent man – not to mention being a lovely chap. It has been a pleasure to work with him’.
Bill & Tamsin Rossiter, Belmont Estate

Heading up one of the Cost Management teams, James has experience in a wide variety of Public and Private sector projects.

With over 30 years in the Construction industry, James has extensive experience in all aspects of construction work.  Experience in building projects includes commercial and industrial development, educational establishments, residential and hotels, leisure facilities and project and exhibition works in museums and galleries.  Previous experience has also included projects within the automotive industry and bespoke Measured Term Contracts for specific Client requirements.

James has gained considerable experience in working on projects in Listed Buildings primarily through the Museums and Galleries sectors but also office refurbishment and restoration.  This has lead to being brought in to the Arts, Culture and Heritage sector team to develop Best Practice within the company in this sector.

Leonard is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with 18 years’ experience and manages one of the Cost Management teams within our London Office.

Leonard’s project experience includes Cost Management, Cost Planning, Procurement, Developing Business Cases and Project Management over a range of public and private sector projects. These include healthcare, housing, hotels, leisure and education.

“Leonard is a very experienced and professional valued member of the team, he is always ensuring every aspect of the project is providing the best value for money, compliance and quality is achieved.
A respected leader of the team and team player whom is dedicated to ensuring the project is delivered successfully and meets its objectives. Leonard works well under pressure and ensures he meets deadlines and when needed takes on a hands-on approach to ensure project delivery.”

Matthew is a Partner in our London Quantity Surveying team and has over 17 years’ experience as a Cost Manager and team leader in the built environment. During that time, he has successfully delivered and managed a range of high-profile projects with a focus on residential, commercial and hospitality schemes in London and the South East.

Matthew’s expertise includes major mixed-use regeneration projects, joining the dots between housing, leisure and infrastructure development for UK and international clients.

He is an experienced leader with strong commercial acumen, delivering strategic management and process, pre-contract estimating, cost planning, procurement and tendering, contract administration and post-contract commercial management roles.

Matthew sits on the South East committee of the British Council for Offices (BCO).

Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 30 years’ experience and Cost Management Lead and Managing Partner for the Oxford office.

Mark has over 30 years’ experience providing cost management services for multidiscipline projects in a wide range of client sectors including heritage, industrial, commercial and retail. Mark is a strong team player who is enthusiastic about customer care. His practical experience means he can maximise the benefits of fully integrated teams through collaborative working techniques, benchmarking continuous improvement and KPIs. 

As Cost Manager Lead, Mark plays a key part in the successful delivery of a project, adding value in controlling the budget and making sure it is spent in the right areas to deliver the desired outcomes. He provides timely, accurate information to support informed decision-making, and offers extensive knowledge of framework agreements, partnering arrangements, term contracts, procurement strategies and the appointment of consultants and contractors.

Nick has successfully led both Estimating and Quantity Surveying teams within main contracting and consultancy organisations. Most recently, he was Joint Managing Director of Projex Building Solutions – acquired by Ridge in 2021 – where he ran its Midlands office and commercial team for over 12 years.

Nick prides himself on developing younger members within the team enabling them to have direct client access as soon as possible and coaching them through their professional accreditations.

Nick’s personable client approach and varied commercial exposure delivers a knowledgeable and focused front-end skillset, with clients valuing the accuracy and depth of his commercial advice and speed of turnaround, particularly in the vital initial feasibility phase and development land bidding.

Patric is a specialist in complex project delivery, specifically in: science, university research and healthcare sectors.

With an engaging manner, Patric works effectively with clients and professional teams to set scheme budgets, advises design teams to develop proposals within budget and procures contractors to fulfil business case goals and objectives.

Partic has a wide variety of project experience, with project values varying from £1million to £150million+

Chartered Quantity Surveyor with 30 years experience.

Paul leads the Cost Management department of Ridge based in Manchester. Paul has vast experience in the Cost Management industry in a wide variety of sectors, including both public and private. He is very much a “hands on” Partner with a proactive/collaborative approach to working with all members of the design and construction teams. Paul has successfully delivered services on many construction projects in the North West and Wales. His areas of specialism include Quantity Surveying services, Employers Agent and Fund Monitoring. Paul’s strength is delivering complex projects from inception thought to completion and handover.

Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) and Project Manager with 25 years’ experience.

Roger has broad expertise in the commercial and retail sector, initially as a cost manager and for the last 10 years as a project manager.

He specialises in managing multiple site roll-out projects and is a pro at developing new systems and processes, and then delivering these into organisations to provide a best-practice approach to business-as-usual opportunities.

Chartered Quantity Surveyor, BSc (Hons), MRICS, with over 30 years’ experience in the property and construction industry, 20 years of which are with Ridge.

Simon is responsible for the Commercial Cost Management Team from the Reading office, and is focused on building client and consultant relationships across the industry.

Simon has a wide variety of experience and provides a broad level of construction advice in the commercial, industrial, residential, leisure and finance sectors.

He has a passion for problem solving and the delivery of projects and provides Project Management, Employer’s Agent, Contract Administration, Cost Management and Development Monitoring services as well as being a key member of the Commercial Sector Group.