Construction consultancy Ridge & Partners has acquired Driven International, specialists in racetrack design, master planning, and engineering.
Since delivering its first Formula 1 headquarters for Benetton in Oxfordshire in 1991, Ridge has completed in excess of £8 billion of projects for more than 20 Formula 1 teams globally.
The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, adds Hampshire-headquartered Driven’s experience in architecture and engineering for motorsport destinations to its portfolio, bolstering its growth strategy
Driven’s notable projects include the Lara Racing Circuit in Bulgaria and collaborations on F1 venues such as Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, with the deal also set to continue their decade of work together with Motorsport Vision across UK venues such as Donington Park.
With 1,400 employees and a turnover expected to exceed £150 million, Ridge aims to leverage the acquisition to expand into new sectors and manage larger, more complex projects, with Driven’s team joining its workforce across 14 offices.
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Jolyon Price, partner at Ridge, said: “This acquisition unites complementary strengths and shared values around quality, ingenuity and partnership.
“By combining Driven’s racetrack design and master planning expertise with Ridge’s multidisciplinary capabilities in architecture, engineering and project and cost management, we’re creating a unique, fully integrated offer for clients and reinforcing our leadership in global motorsport.”
Ben Willshire, managing director at Driven, added: “This partnership allows us to continue the journey we have been on for 10 years.
“We are combining our agile approach and specialist racetrack design expertise with Ridge’s comprehensive capabilities and proven track record in design and project management, creating new possibilities for innovation in motorsport facility development.“
In a further move, Ridge recently appointed six new equity partners to its leadership team, strengthening its expertise in key growth sectors like data centres, defence, and expert witness services, in response to increasing demand across the built environment.
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