About ByrneLooby - Engineering Consultants

Set up in 1998 in Ireland, by business partners John Byrne and Michael Looby, the company has grown from a two-person practice to an interconnected network of 250+ professionals located in 14 offices across Ireland, the UK and the Middle East. We provide engineering and design consultancy services across ten sectors: marine and coastal, geoscience, buildings, transportation, energy, environment, water, flooding, waste management, and conservation. Our highly skilled engineers take a complex problem and use critical thinking to navigate a path past any obstacles. With a multidisciplinary team comprising of specialists across ten different sectors, we have the expertise necessary to grapple with challenging assignments. We are seasoned in tackling the unique complications presented by each project and we collaborate to design ingenious solutions at the frontline of industry best practice. We also sit on a number of national frameworks in Ireland, the UK and the Middle East.

Health & Safety

When it comes to ByrneLooby’s design, engineering and conservation work, safety and standards are paramount. We prioritise quality, health, safety and sustainability in our work which ensures we respect the environment and the wider community, care for the wellbeing of our employees while delivering a certified design service for our clients. We advance safety, applying rigorous processes that manage technical, environmental and social risks and hold ISO 45001:2018 – the internationally recognised standard for occupational health and safety management systems.

Awards and Recognition

Our passion is exemplified in our multiple awards and earned industry-wide recognition: from an AABC Civic Trust award to the £13.5m west wing refurbishment at St Barts Hospital, which was proclaimed the ‘NHS Best Patient Environment Award’ and the ‘City Heritage Award,’ serving as an exemplary project for other NHS Trusts and Project Managers. Whoever, for us, it is more than winning awards, it is our commitment to our continuous development, intensive research, experience, attention to detail and dedication that translate into exceptional project delivery.

We are recognised as a 2020 Platinum Deloitte Best Managed Company, a global mark of excellence run in 21 countries, awarded selectively to businesses demonstrating superior business performance over 7 years for management, strategy, expertise, culture, sustainability and innovation.

We are currently in the top 15 UK ground engineering consultants in 2020 according to revenue.

Digital Integration

At ByrneLooby, we invest in technology and people to drive value for clients. We provide BIM, Digital Project Management, Information Management, 3D Design and 3D co-ordination services to all our sectors. Intelligent 3D models applied to projects tests design solutions virtually, and helps construction management, cost controls, planning and delivery.

Everything we do comes back to these three pillars, they represent our brand promise and are embedded into our processes, procedures, competency frameworks, employee recognition programmes, recruitment and planning and strategy.

Investment in our People: Investment in our people provides a workplace designed around people to improve the health and wellbeing of our employees and their communities.

Commitment to our Clients: Our clients include utilities, local county councils, developers, contractors, architects, operators and public/private partnerships. Through experience, we have gained a unique understanding of project challenges from the clients’ point of view.

Technical Excellence: We pride ourselves on our outstanding work. Our engineering consultants are among the very best in their fields. Our continuous involvement in challenging projects ensures that we preserve our high standard of technical excellence.

A multidisciplinary engineering, design and project management consultancy who deliver creative, practical and sustainable solutions. We provide services across ten sectors, marine and coastal, geoscience, buildings, transportation, energy, environment, water, flooding, waste management and conservation in Ireland, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. With a team comprising of specialists across the ten different sectors, we have the expertise necessary to contend with challenging assignments. These interconnected skillsets ensure we provide world-class innovative solutions for our clients. We tackle the unique complications presented by each project and we collaborate to design solutions at the frontline of industry best practice.

We participate in a number of significant frameworks in the UK, Ireland and the Middle East. Our proven track record in participation, learning, and collaboration in frameworks has helped deliver landmark projects to the highest industry standards within the framework scope. Our collaborative approach is applied across all stakeholders, where we seek to understand needs, constraints, opportunities and to optimise solutions.

With eight offices in the UK, three in Ireland and three in the Middle East, we combine local presence and global best practice.

THE BYRNELOOBY PROMISE

Our three pillars of operational discipline

Our business has grown so much since ByrneLooby was founded in 1998, but one thing that has not changed is our vision of how we should function. Our approach to business can be expressed through 3 key pillars, and everything we do comes back to fulfilling these goals. We make a promise to you that these objectives will inform all aspects of our business.

We are dedicated to fulfilling our goals of technical excellence, commitment to clients, and investing in our people. We chose these guiding principles because they encapsulate how we operate as an organisation and how we connect with our clients and our staff. Keeping these ideas at the forefront is how we cultivate a culture of excellence.

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE

We pride ourselves on our outstanding work. Our engineering consultants are among the very best in their fields. Our continuous involvement in challenging projects ensures that we preserve our high standard of technical excellence.

COMMITMENT TO CLIENTS

Our business is built on relationships, and our clients will always be our top priority. We are steadfast in our commitment to our clients and their needs. We’ll do everything possible to offer you the best solution.

INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE

Our team are the reason for all of our accomplishments and we truly value the incredible contributions they make. Because of this, we are devoted to creating a work environment that our staff can thrive in.