With all the market uncertainty of recent years, including inflation, supply chain pressures and political turmoil, it is perhaps wise – particularly if you are a consultant looking to grow in the construction industry – not to put all your eggs in to one basket .

Better, perhaps, to ensure that revenue is generated from a wide range of sectors, disciplines and activities.

This is an approach that appears to be working for Ridge & Partners, a £120m-turnover business that is taking a multidisciplinary approach to the extreme while posting impressive growth figures.

The firm, which has 12 offices across the UK, grew its annual fee income by 30% to £113m last year, the biggest percentage rise among the largest 20 firms in Building’s annual Top 150 Consultants list this year. This comes off the back of growth of 26% the previous year.

Building sat down with Ridge’s managing partner Adrian O’Hickey at the firm’s recently revamped office in Southwark, south London, to discuss the firm’s approach. O’Hickey, whose voice retains a trace of a North-east accent – he grew up in Darlington before moving to Oxford in his 20s – launches straight into what he sees as Ridge’s unique selling point.