Business and Leadership article, Dublin’s Byrne Looby wins Saudi contracts worth €750,000

admin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:58:31 +0000

Irish consultancy Byrne Looby Partners (BLP) announced in October 2011 that it has won three commissions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, worth €750,000 in professional fees between them. The clients on the projects are Al Fatah Water and Bakri Energy, a top tier Saudi trading company specialising in international shipping, port facilities, energy, water and power.

Click here to view the comments made by Minister Jan O’Sullivan and BLP director, Michael Looby.

IStructE article, The Convention Centre, Dublin

admin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:51:02 +0000

The UK Institute of Structural Engineers (IStructE) published an enlightening article about the engineering aspects of Ireland’s National Convention Centre (NCC). BLP were appointed as specialist geotechnical consulting engineers for this unique PPP project.

The work undertaken by BLP mainly comprised the design of all permanent foundation piles for both the NCC and the adjoining 20-storey hotel including the design of various temporary works and a 900mm diameter secant pile wall with soil anchors. BLP also provided an extensive appraisal of the existing Royal Canal wall located adjacent to the NCC, which included strengthening the existing canal wall with tie-back anchors.

Click here to view the IStructE article.

Sunday Business Post Article, Doing Business in the Middle East and Vietnam

admin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:16:07 +0000

Byrne Looby Partners was featured in an article entitled “Opportunity knocks in the Middle East” published by the Sunday Business Post. A case study on BLP’s entry into the Middle East market was highlighted. The focus was on BLP’s specialization in niche areas of engineering including geotechnical, MEP/Petrochem, marine and water for industrial, commercial and infrastructure based projects.

To review the article click here.

ICE Article, Deephams Sewage Treatment Works

admin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:45:19 +0000

Byrne Looby Partners acted as the Geotechnical Consultant for J. Murphy & Sons during the construction of a deep pump station shaft at a North London sewage treatment works. David Beadman, BLP’s London based director, was quoted in the NCE article that described the innovative construction solutions that were triggered by the challenging shaft design.

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Libya Build Exhibition May 2010

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:18:08 +0000

Merit Byrne Looby will attend the Libya Build Exhibition in May 2010, view the website www.libyabuild.com for details. Merit Byrne Looby will be in the international companies area beside to the main entrance, next to the Italian pavilion, at stand number 80.12. You are welcome to drop in and say hello!!.

GSE Tunnel, Jeddah – Saudi Oger.

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:12:50 +0000

Al Khatib Byrne Looby have been appointed by Saudi Oger, in Saudi Arabia to provide design and technical services for the GSE tunnel at King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah. The tunnel is an airside road tunnel box between the Proposed Terminal Complex (PTC) and the Main Facilities (MF). The tunnel is approx 700m in length, 25m wide, consists of an RC box structure and crosses both the existing runway and associated taxiways. AKBL have previously submitted a general practice capability statement for providing consulting engineering design services for the tunnel to Saudi Oger. AKBL senior staff have extensive experience of the overall design of underground construction, for tunnels, metro stations and airport projects in Europe, Middle East and South East Asia in a variety of challenging ground conditions and environments.

550 km High Speed Rail – Libya.

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:16:28 +0000

Merit Byrne Looby in Libya have been appointed to provide geotechnical services on the new 550km High Speed Railway. Implementation of the project to construct a railway line between Sirt and Benghazi in Libya is being carried out by Russian Railways for Libyan Railways and the contract is worth EUR 2.2 billion. Russian Railways has registered a branch of the company in Libya. The project involves the construction of a modern high-speed (250 kmph) railway line with a gauge of 1435mm along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea connecting the major cities in Libya. In the future, it will become part of an international transport corridor in North Africa. It is planned to build 30 rail and 23 road overpasses, as well as 6 major railway stations and 23 passenger, cargo, freight and operating stations.It is envisaged that in the first phase of the project, diesel engines capable of speeds up to 160 kmph will be used, while in the second, the track will be electrified, allowing the switch to electric engines which can deliver speeds of up to 250 kmph.

Enterprise Ireland Article, Publication The Market

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:29:32 +0000

BLP has been interviewed in Enterprise Irelands March 2010 publication, The Market which had a number of feature articles on growth opportunities and the challenges in foreign markets.Other articles featured included Michael O Neill CEO Coca Cola Turkey and Valerie Doyle, Senior Leader, Novartis. The market publication is the Irish Government Organisation, Enterprise Ireland’s two monthly briefing magazine on international market opportunities. Michael Looby discussed BLPs challenges and achievements to date in the UK, North Africa and the Middle East in establishing a presence in these areas.

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ICE John Mitchell Medal 2009

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:28:34 +0000

Michael Looby with his co author Dr Mike Long of UCD were awarded the ICE John Mitchell Medal 2009. The paper was presented in January and February 2010 to the ICE in One Great George St, London and in Birmingham in January and March 2010 respectively. Jean Venables OBE DSc MSc BSc (Eng) FICE, President of the ICE, presented the award to Dr. Mike Long and Michael Looby at the annual 2009 ICE awards ceremony in London.

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Best Presentation Award 2009

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:26:32 +0000

David Beadman has been awarded Engineers Irelands, Geotechnical Society, and Best Presentation award for 2009. The Title of David’s presentation was Design and Construction of Metros and Underground Stations to Eurocode 7 – with Case Histories, which and was presented to a record attendance of 165 people. David was presented the award by Chris Horn, President of Engineers Ireland at the 2009 Annual award ceremony in November 2009. David’s paper provides a valuable overview of up to date design approaches and featured the Copenhagen metro and London Jubilee line underground station design. David is A director of BLP and co author of CIRIA C580 ‘Embedded Retaining Walls Guidance for Economic Design’.