History

Key dates in the history of Ridge and Partners LLP

1946	Practice established in St Giles, Oxford by Harold John Ridge, a Chartered Quantity Surveyor
1949	Practice moves to larger premises
1950’s	Expansion and name change to H J Ridge and Partners
1965	Team has grown to 25, and office move required to larger offices back in St Giles, Oxford
1970’s	Building Surveying service introduced, followed by Project Management and M&E Quantity Surveying to create a “one-stop shop”
1973	Harold John Ridge retires and practice becomes Ridge and Partners
1977	Reading office opens in Greyfriars Road, Reading, later moving to Theale
1986	Ridge Services Consultants formed to provide M&E Design capability
1988	Bristol office opens and total staff number over 80
1990’s	Specialist Dispute Resolution / Legal Support Service developed
1990	Oxford office relocates to Midland House, Botley
1992	Quality Management System introduced
1993	Ridge Development Consultants formed, introducing an Architectural service at the Oxford office
1994	QA Accredited by the BSi
1998	London office opens in Woodstock Street later moving to New Bond Street in the West End
2000’s	Specialist Health and Safety teams formed
2002	Ridge and Partners recognised as “Investors in People”
2004	Bristol office relocates to Eden Office Park
2005	Dennis Walker Welham & Co acquired and Ridge Leicester established. Alan Dines Partnership acquired introducing Architecture service to the Reading office. Ridge becomes a Limited Liability Partnership
2006	Ridge Oxford, numbering over 90 people, moves to The Cowyards. The Davidson Partnership and Cook Denning Management Ltd acquired, forming Ridge Birmingham and Worcester.
2007	Structural Engineering discipline added to our core services.
2008	New office opens in Southampton as Property Consultancy service expands. Walfords acquired, forming Ridge Liverpool, Milton Keynes and Edinburgh. A sustainability team is created providing cross-discipline advice. London office relocates to Southwark Street.

Ridge positions itself as a modern, broad-based, forward thinking multi-disciplinary practice. We have developed the services that we offer in order to assist our clients in property and construction matters, from early business case formulation and feasibility studies through design and management of construction works, to the management of buildings whilst in use .