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A fantastic evening last night at the Marie Curie Brain Game in Birmingham where throughout the night they raised £80,131 for the brilliant Marie Curie Hospice. We may not have won the quiz, but we absolutely did win the best selfie of the evening with an impressive pyramid.

The University of Worcester’s New Teaching Building has received full planning permission. This is part of their phased development of the remaining areas of it’s Severn Campus in Hylton Road. Ridge have provided MEP and Fire Safety services as part of the development.

Some of the Birmingham office members teamed up with the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust and made the most of one of their Volunteer Days this week. Working up a sweat in this heat chopping down Silver Birch trees in the beautiful Blackstone Nature Reserve - Well done Team! 🌳

We are providing Health and Safety services for St Mary's Church, Bloxham. The church has the tallest spire in Oxfordshire. Recently, our Health and Safety team including Simon White attended site to review the CDM compliance of @SavvyOxford, the Principal Contractor.

We are proud to be finalists in the Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (over 100 staff) category in the Building Awards 2023. @buildingawards @buildingnews #buildingawards2023 #awards #builtenvironment #consultantoftheyear #construction

Ridge Reading went head to head at bowling for their August social. We have some semi-pro's in the making for sure & some who ought not to give up their day job - luckily for us! Highest score of the night was 174 by Lewis & the lowest 43 but we won't name the culprit!

The Cheltenham team completed an impressive 2.5 hours canoeing on a 9 mile route across the River Wye, despite the unpredictable weather conditions. Well done team Cheltenham!

Last week some of the team spent a fantastic evening at a team building event for one of logistics projects being delivered by GMI. Thanks to all who attended and the team who made all the arrangements. #Ridgeandpartners #Trebordevelopments #GMI

Andrew Selwood and Rob Sturla from our Reading office hosted their exciting Cycling Sportive on 28th July. One half of the group completed an off road route through Swinley Forest and the other half took part in a 51.6 mile on-road route before heading back to The Crown in Theale

Welcome to our Summer edition of Ridge Review. This is a snapshot of our latest project news across the sectors and disciplines, plus an overview of what’s happening with our teams around the UK. You can read about this and much more here ➔ bit.ly/43HQMMH

Ridge Reading had a wonderful time last Monday canoeing along the River Isis and Cherwell in Oxford. Thank you to our own Chris Kensett for leading us on our 9km paddle and looking after us!

Jack and Hayley enjoyed an evening of networking with reps and local businesses at the Gloucestershire Young Professionals event. #GloucestershireYoungProfessionals

The Cheltenham team enjoyed an hour of zen on Wednesday afternoon with some relaxing and rejuvenating yoga. Thank you OrangeYoga.

🌱 Community Gardening Day at Allens Cross Garden! 🌻🍅 Our Ridge Project Management team recently had the opportunity to make a positive impact on the local community by dedicating our volunteer day to a fantastic initiative: the Allens Cross Community Garden in Northfield. 🌿🌷

Ridge Bristol held their annual Client Summer Drinks on Wednesday last week, and had a fantastic evening! Local caterers Fennel & Twine Ltd worked with us to create a delicious canape menu and DBM Wines in Clifton supplied some fantastic wines. Thank you to everyone that came!

We are delighted to share Aston University’s latest project has commenced on site at the recently acquired John Cadbury House strategically located in the heart of Birmingham's city centre. Ridge in collaboration with #Overbury & #Robothams is delivering the fit out.

Ridge Reading had their Summer Social on 30th June. It's always great to get together and catch up with everyone outside of the office. Thanks to The Crown in Theale for keeping us fed and watered!

Last month, Ridge and Partners hosted our Cycling Sportive 2023 event. Thank you to all the attendees, organisers and volunteers who helped to raise over £1,300 for @RMHCUK. 📸 Photo Credit: John Cairns - Photographer #RonaldMcDonaldHouseCharities #CyclingSportive

🎉 Birmingham Office Social! 🔫 Some of the Ridge team took a break from the busy work schedule last night and enjoyed a well deserved night out getting stuck in to some thrilling laser tag! The event was a great success and as well as some friendly competition!

Ridge Leicester were thrilled to attend @Mellorschool for two days of volunteering. They worked extremely hard to transform a forgotten area of the school’s land to a wonderful garden space for the community to enjoy. A big thank you to Severn Trent for funding the project.