Ian is a chartered building services engineer with 35 years' experience, leading Ridge's Birmingham offices and bringing broad expertise across multiple sectors with a particular specialism in healthcare. He has extensive experience in healthcare projects spanning acute care, primary care and mental health, delivering compliant designs to HTM, HBN and technical memorandum standards across new build, refurbishment and redevelopment. Ian is passionate about right-first-time solutions, balancing capital and operational cost aspirations to deliver best value outcomes for clients. He thrives in collaborative environments, challenging designs as schemes evolve to optimise results without unnecessary cost or programme implications. Ian is known for his pragmatic, considered approach and ability to add significant value to complex, interdisciplinary project teams. Ian holds CEng, MIET and FIHEEM qualifications.