Founder, and head of Digital Engineering consultancy services at Ridge. Brent has an in-depth experience across multiple industry roles delivering complex national and international client projects.

Brent joined Ridge in 2013 to drive implementation of BIM within the business and employing his strong technical background to lead large multidiscipline projects. During this time, Brent created a consultancy team which provides a suite of bespoke Digital Engineering services. The team now has an established client base with high-profile, high-value projects.

Brent is a chartered construction professional (MCIAT) with experience in multiple industry roles, including BIM & Information Management, Design Management, and Architectural Technology. His skills have been developed on high-complexity projects, across a variety of sectors, for clients at national and international levels. This has allowed him to utilise technical knowledge of construction design and delivery, along with digital technologies, processes, and culture, in order to engage stakeholders and lead projects across all stages.

“Brent spent time with me explaining the world of BIM. He is enthusiastic and knowledgeable in the subject, and he enabled me to understand where our business fits into the world of BIM, and how Ridge would be able to help us with any BIM projects that we are involved in.”

Mike is a digital professional with a specialism is Facilities Management, enabling him to deliver tangible value to clients by ensuring information handovers are well matched to their needs.

Mike spent 8 years working as BIM manager at University of the West of England developing their BIM standards, data validation processes and simple, model driven, working practices. This experience provides Mike with a client’s perspective of information management, which compliments the digital engineering team who have backgrounds in design and construction.

Mike Co-chairs the Southwest BIM region and is a passionate advocate for making BIM / Digital Engineering accessible to all individuals in construction and operations, and importantly valuable to all as well.

Keith is a Digital Engineering construction professional with a wealth of experience in the delivery of Building Information Modelling and digital solutions on complex projects, across many sectors, both directly in a Client Advisory role, and through BIM management at all levels throughout design and project stages. With his architectural background, and technical experience in construction design and delivery, Keith has specialised in large-scale Healthcare projects, including most recently GICU Southampton and, DFE schools, having delivered 15+ schools of all levels over the past eight years. He is capable of taking a leading role on any project at any stage, including peer reviewing, project auditing and quality assessment, to ensure comprehensive deliver of all digital requirements.

Mike is a professionally qualified Digital Engineering Associate with a proven background in civil engineering and extensive experience delivering BIM and data-driven solutions across complex infrastructure and building projects. He has worked in both consultancy and contractor environments, supporting clients through all project stages; from early design through to construction delivery.

He played a leading role for over six years on Hinkley Point C, the UK’s largest construction project, where he developed and implemented model-based workflows and reporting tools to provide certainty to project stakeholders and to reduce risk.

At Ridge and Partners LLP, Mike is instrumental in shaping digital strategy, BIM coordination, and data analytics. He leads the Data Management and Analytics team, using Power BI and structured data to enhance reporting, forecasting, and decision-making. Passionate about innovation, he champions emerging technologies such as open-source tools and regularly mentors teams to drive quality and continuous improvement.