Author: Leanne Forshaw Jones

  • Our Summertime Trek for Forever Manchester

    Our Summertime Trek for Forever Manchester

    On Friday 19th July, six volunteers from our Manchester team took part in first stage of the GM Ringway Summertime Trek Walk – raising awareness and much needed funds for Forever Manchester.

  • Happy International Women in Engineering Day!

    Happy International Women in Engineering Day!

    This year’s International Women in Engineering Day celebrates the incredible contributions of women engineers worldwide. We’re delighted that we have so many incredible women in our team at OFR Consultants, and we’re proud to support the role of women in the industry through forums such as SheCanEngineer.

  • Learning at Work Week: Mike Spearpoint and Danny Hopkin

    Learning at Work Week: Mike Spearpoint and Danny Hopkin

    It’s Learning at Work Week and in a series of articles we’re talking to our team members about the importance of continuous learning. Here, our Research Leader Mike Spearpoint and Director Danny Hopkin share their thoughts on the learning opportunities available and how they benefit both team members and the business to continually push to improve…

  • Learning at Work Week: John Harkin

    Learning at Work Week: John Harkin

    Like businesses up and down the country we’re celebrating Learning at Work Week – acknowledging the impact of a positive learning and development culture. In a series of articles in the coming days, we talk to some of our team members about why continual learning has been important to them – starting with Principal Fire…

  • Supporting Farming, Family, Therapy and Legacy for Bath-based Youth Charity

    Supporting Farming, Family, Therapy and Legacy for Bath-based Youth Charity

    Our team, led by Principal Fire Engineer, Alex Farrelly-Waters has been supporting Jamie’s Farm – an amazing youth charity – to develop its newest site just outside of Bath.

  • OFR completes project on Stockport’s impressive new interchange

    OFR completes project on Stockport’s impressive new interchange

    We’ve completed our work for client Transport for Greater Manchester on the brand-new Stockport Interchange and the adjacent 52m residential building which is home to 196 properties – set to complete this summer.  

  • Supporting women in engineering

    Supporting women in engineering

    OFR Consultants has today announced its sponsorship of SheCanEngineer – a non-profit diversity, equity and inclusion initiative dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of female engineers and achieving gender parity.

  • My Whole Self Day: “We’re more than our job title”

    My Whole Self Day: “We’re more than our job title”

    Our OFR colleagues have spent some time this week answering the question ‘How would you introduce yourself without using your job title?’ The question was motivated by our involvement in the campaign ‘My Whole Self’ which aims to highlight workplace culture change, which culminates on 12th March for My Whole Self Day. Here our colleague…

  • International Womens Day: “We’re creating an environment in which everyone can flourish”

    International Womens Day: “We’re creating an environment in which everyone can flourish”

    It’s International Women’s Day, a celebration of women’s achievements and a day that flies the flag for creating a better, more inclusive world. At OFR, we strive to embody these values by fostering an environment where everyone has the opportunity to shine. Here, our People Director, Lucy Kirkup, shares her perspectives.

  • National Careers Week:  Colleague development is at the heart of OFR’s culture

    National Careers Week: Colleague development is at the heart of OFR’s culture

    As we conclude our careers week celebrations here at OFR, today we meet our colleague, Sam Bryant. A talented fire engineer based out of our Edinburgh office, here Sam tells us more about how she first fell in love with engineering, what her day-to-day role entails and about the fabulous people she works with who…

  • The Paper Garden makes the 2024 MacEwan Shortlist

    The Paper Garden makes the 2024 MacEwan Shortlist

    We’re thrilled to see our pro bono work listed on the RIBA Journal 2024 MacEwen Award Shortlist – an accolade that celebrates architecture with a civic purpose.

  • Giving evidence in The Scottish Parliament

    Giving evidence in The Scottish Parliament

    It’s a privilege to be able to contribute to the political discourse around the creation of safe and sustainable built environment, so it was great this week to see our colleague Kate Swinburne in The Scottish Parliament, attending the committee meeting for Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee.

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