
Partner, Project Management
Rennie has a successful 25+ year track record in the construction industry. He is responsible for providing consultancy oversight on projects and the generation of new business.
Rennie has spent most of his career in professional practice, focusing on data centres, commercial and corporate end user work. He developed a skill in delivering specialist projects in an environment of demanding client requirements and has detailed knowledge of the data centre sector. Rennie has an extensive track record of delivering projects for a range of industry leading clients throughout the UK and Europe.
Our team’s expertise and experience delivering new build and ‘live’ fit out of Co-Lo and Hyperscale projects means we have a deep understanding of your projects’ needs – across every RIBA stage of work.
We become a trusted partner, working with you to achieve your defined timeframe, and managing changes and risks effectively. We keep an eagle eye on budgetary targets and together we stay on top of the critical sustainability agenda. Fully integrating the demands of various stakeholders throughout your projects’ lifecycle is one of our top priorities, as is the reliability of power supply, access to quality resources and managing appropriate procurement routes.
Our delivery stats across seven countries give a taste of our experience in this sector:
The data centres we’re involved in typically engage experts from the following Ridge teams, although where your needs run deeper, we’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary experts from the wider business.
Project and Programme Managers
Cost Managers
Mechanical Engineering services
Electrical Engineering services
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Structural Engineering services
Health and Safety Consultants
Sustainability Consultants
Planning Consultants


Partner, Project Management
Rennie has a successful 25+ year track record in the construction industry. He is responsible for providing consultancy oversight on projects and the generation of new business.
Rennie has spent most of his career in professional practice, focusing on data centres, commercial and corporate end user work. He developed a skill in delivering specialist projects in an environment of demanding client requirements and has detailed knowledge of the data centre sector. Rennie has an extensive track record of delivering projects for a range of industry leading clients throughout the UK and Europe.
Partner, Building Services Engineering
Ben is a partner in our Building Services team in Birmingham, responsible for project delivery across a diverse range of schemes and sectors including leisure, health, education and data centres.
He is a multi-disciplined engineer with over 30 years’ experience within the industry. Ben has a proven track record of project delivery from inception and feasibility through to construction and handover. A firm believer in collaboration as a major contributor to success, he retains a strong customer focus whilst managing internal delivery teams throughout the key stages of all schemes.
Commercially astute, Ben has extensive experience in the management and delivery of schemes across all sectors.