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Ten Years of OFR!
OFR began with a simple aim: to bring independent, specialist fire engineering expertise to projects that shape the built environment. Ten years on, that aim continues to drive everything we do. Over the coming months, we’ll be spotlighting the people, research, projects and ideas that have defined our first decade – and the innovations that…
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OFR Recognised as ‘World Class’ Company to Work For, Achieving 3-Star Accreditation
We’re delighted to announce that OFR Consultants has been awarded a 3-star accreditation from Best Companies – officially recognising us as a ‘World Class’ organisation to work for. This marks a significant milestone in our journey, building on our previous 2-star rating and is a clear indication of the positive culture that we work hard…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.
