Your Partner for Health, Safety & Environmental Excellence.
How We Work
Fortis & Noble blends strategic insight with hard won, hands on delivery. We simplify complexity and offer proportionate, practical advice that builds not just compliance but competence, confidence, and culture.
From Compliance to Culture, We Build Safer, More Productive Workplaces Across the UK
Our purpose
Our purpose is to proactively build psychologically safe and thriving workplaces, preventing all forms of harm, fostering holistic wellbeing, and driving sustainable success across your operations.
Led by Patrick Ryan MSc, FIIRSM, Fortis & Noble helps organisations tackle the complexities of psychosocial risk. We advance human wellbeing and drive comprehensive performance through our proven CultureMark framework, ensuring all aspects of safety, risk, and culture are aligned. We turn risk into resilience and culture into competitive advantage
Our values
Our work at Fortis & Noble is built on unwavering principles, ensuring our advice delivers tangible, lasting impact:
- Strength.
- Integrity.
- Accountability.
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Audits and interventions.
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Years' experience in Culture Safety & Compliance
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Advice aligned to UK Legislation and ISO Standards.
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Major Infrastructure Programmes Supported.
(HS2 TfL Crossrail)
Meet Our Founder,
Patrick Ryan MSc FIIRSM
Fortis & Noble is led by Patrick Ryan, a highly experienced and strategic Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) professional with 20 years of leadership across some of the UK's most complex public and private sector infrastructure programmes. Patrick's expertise spans traditional safety management, CDM, and a specialised focus on integrating psychosocial risk management to create truly resilient workplaces. His unique approach combines rigorous academic understanding with practical, on-the-ground insight, ensuring Fortis & Noble delivers solutions that are not just compliant, but genuinely transformative.
Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn
CHAS+ RISQS
Site Risk & Safety Audits
CDM & Compliance
Straightforward support from policy to accreditation.
Fast, reliable help getting qualified and staying compliant. Our Bronze, Silver and Gold packages cover everything from documentation to audits - helping you win work with confidence
Support across the full project lifecycle.
Clear, evidence-based safety checks for your sites and teams.
From one-off inspections to full site audits, we help you identify risk, fix blind spots, and stay ahead of enforcement
Support across the full project lifecycle.
Whether you’re a client, contractor or designer, we help you meet CDM duties, build robust safety files, and align with ISO and legal standards.
Psychosocial Risk Support for Safer, Stronger Teams
We deliver strategic insight and practical solutions to identify, assess, and mitigate psychosocial risks; such as stress, workload pressures, and behavioural dynamics.
Aligned with ISO 45003,CSA-Z1003, and HSE expectations, our approach helps organisations build resilient teams and foster a thriving, high-performing culture
Psychosocial Risk Audit
Psychosocial Risk Audits
Assess workplace stress, pressure, and team dynamics.
Aligned to ISO 45003 and CSA-Z1003, we help organisations understand and act on psychosocial risks that impact health, performance, and legal compliance.
Behavioural Safety
& Culture Reviews.
Understand how attitudes and actions shape your safety outcomes.
We assess team behaviours, leadership influence, and cultural blind spots providing practical insight to build safer, stronger working environments.
Get in Touch
Contact Fortis & Noble for general enquiries, discovery calls, or to discuss how we can support your safety, compliance, or accreditation needs.