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Partner, Building Surveying
Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) with 30 years’ experience.
Richard is a Partner responsible for the management of Building Surveying Oxford, Health and Safety and Geo-Spatial teams at Ridge. He has extensive Property Management, Project Management and Lead Consultant experience within construction.
Richard has been the Framework Manager for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office / Crown Global Services and UKAEA providing senior contact for a wide scope of construction and property management. He brings over a decade of senior management experience.
We believe regulations and laws represent the minimum health and safety standards to be achieved. Ridge assists clients in complying with their statutory duties and, with our skills, knowledge and experience, can assist in achieving industry best practice.
As Principal Designers we provide project specific advice on building safety including Design Risk Management, and work with the designers and contractors to ensure health, safety and compliance is considered throughout the design, construction and occupation of buildings.
We provide project specific advice and services including structured risk management systems for early identification risk and site audit reporting
Our highly qualified team have extensive experience across virtually all sectors and building types. We will work with you to identify and define the root cause of your concerns, developing creative and practical solutions to protect your interests and keep everyone as safe as possible.
Ridge is one of the first property and construction consultancies to achieve the internationally recognised ISO 45001 safety management systems accreditation.
A statutory duty holder role required under CDM2015. This role requires design, construction, health and safety knowledge and experience.
A supporting role to clients requiring competent advice on current legislation, construction design processes, risk mitigation, best practice health and safety application.
Attending construction sites, auditing and reporting on health and safety performance. This can be an invaluable source of information to demonstrate a client is fulfilling their duties under the CDM 2015 regulations.
Working with the designers and project team to identify and record the design options, the factors to be considered in reaching a decision, and the residual risks to be managed.
A range of support services for contractors covering H&S policies, Construction Phase Plans, Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work.
A statutory duty holder role required under Building Safety Act 2022. This role focuses on Building Regulations compliance and requires the skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours to ensure a building is designed safely
A supporting role to clients requiring competent advice on client duties under the Building Safety Act, Building Regulations, and all relevant design standards.
Partner, Building Surveying
Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) with 30 years’ experience.
Richard is a Partner responsible for the management of Building Surveying Oxford, Health and Safety and Geo-Spatial teams at Ridge. He has extensive Property Management, Project Management and Lead Consultant experience within construction.
Richard has been the Framework Manager for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office / Crown Global Services and UKAEA providing senior contact for a wide scope of construction and property management. He brings over a decade of senior management experience.
Partner, Health and Safety
James is a Fellow of the association for Project Safety (CFaPS) and a Graduate member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (GradIOSH). With a degree in architecture and 30 years of experience, James is a specialist Construction Health & Safety professional. With this background he has experience across multiple sectors and markets, including commercial development, infrastructure, and education.
James’ expertise includes supporting clients with legal duty holder roles, such as the Principal Designer, as well as related CDM and Construction H&S advisory services, strategic services and advice, assurance audits, training, and H&S monitoring.
Partner, Health and Safety
Chris has extensive experience in all areas of Health and Safety, as well as Construction processes from Safety Auditing to Airport terminal design and Construction.
Chris has gained his experience via involvement in a wide variety of projects across the leisure, education, residential, commercial and logistics sectors. His career in the Royal Navy gave him experience in military operational health and safety.
Chris has a proven history of developing unique and client specific, local computer and internet-based health and safety management systems, including the installation of a computer based contractor vetting system for a major UK leisure provider. This is in addition to an Internet based health and safety management system for a medium sized power generation company.
Partner, Health and Safety
Tom Bloxsom, chartered Health & Safety Practitioner (CMIOSH), is a highly qualified and solution-oriented Health and Safety Practitioner, holding Chartered Membership of IOSH (CMIOSH) and a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Risk Management. With a clear focus on ensuring people return home safely every day, Tom brings a pragmatic and passionate approach to safety leadership.
With extensive cross-sector experience—including real estate, local government, banking, retail, technology, manufacturing, and oil & gas—Tom has developed a broad and adaptable skill set. His ability to collaborate effectively with key stakeholders makes him a trusted advisor and a driving force behind practical, results-driven safety strategies.
As the CDM Lead for the Health & Safety discipline, Tom plays a pivotal role in ensuring compliance and best practice in construction design and management. His wide-ranging general safety experience, combined with his dedication to continuous improvement, makes him a valuable asset to any organisation committed to health and safety excellence.
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