The dedication and technical expertise of LCE's staff ensures the provision of cost effective professional services of the highest quality, which encompass environmental factors, financial and economic viability, lifecycle costs and design requirements, flexibility, innovation, operational and maintenance requirements and any other specifications which the client may have, in the following fields:


  • Feasibility studies
  • Research and investigations
  • Optimisation and cost - benefit analyses
  • Economic analyses
  • Project planning
  • Topographical surveys and investigations
  • Geological surveys and investigations
  • Detailed design
  • Structural design
  • Contract specifications
  • Tender documentation
  • Tender adjudication
  • Contract supervision
  • Project Management
  • Quality control

The Firm is able to provide the above-mentioned services in each of the core fields of water, structural and general civil engineering. Specialist services in the fields of electrical, mechanical, geotechnical and hydropower engineering are recruited as the need arises, locally, regionally or internationally. Some of the specialised services carried out in association with specialist consultants include multi-disciplinary project management, regional resource planning, tunnelling and rock stability as well as coastal engineering and harbour works.

LCE has recently formed a strategic partnership with Pro-Services, a mechanical engineering company which draws on over 18 years of experience in the mechanical and water engineering industry. This experience includes undertaking feasibility studies, detailed designs, modelling and simulations, tender administration and project management of a wide variety of mechanical engineering projects. This strategic alliance allows LCE to draw on a wider range of skills and experience, in order to offer clients a more diverse spectrum of services.
WATER ENGINEERING
WATER RESOURCES PLANNING

Hydrology
• Rainfall and runoff modelling,
• Flood hydrology,
• Hydrological analyses.

Systems Analysis
• Water resources yield modelling.

Water requirements determination and analysis
• User sectors,
• Environmental releases and reserves.
 

 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
AND PLANNING

The development and maintenance of water supply infrastructure is essential to meet the growing requirements of the population, and LCE has extensive experience in the planning, design and implementation of water and sewage related infrastructure, from regional schemes and urban distribution systems to rural water supply schemes, water transfer schemes, river abstraction works, dams, reservoirs, canals, pump stations, pipelines and hydropower schemes. The services provided in these fields of expertise include:

Feasibility investigations
• Evaluation of existing infrastructure,
• Determination of service requirements,
• Planning and design of facilities,
• Preparation of infrastructure master plans.

Infrastructure Design
• Setting up of design standards,
• Sizing of infrastructure,
• Cost analyses,
• Financial, economic and tariff studies,
• Optimisation and phasing of infrastructure and   implementation.
WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

The cornerstone of sustainable use of water services, is the effective management of water supply systems, in which LCE provides the following services:

• Water supply network analysis,
• Operation network modelling,
• Surge analyses.
GENERAL CIVIL ENGINEERING

LCE provides services in planning, geotechnical investigations through specialist consultancies, design, construction supervision, project management and post construction monitoring in the following fields:

• Roads,
• Sports fields,
• Bulk earthworks,
• Water treatment plants,
• Sewage treatment plants,
• Air fields,
•Topographical and engineering surveys, using state of the art survey equipment, through its service company ”Topographical and Engineering Surveys CC”.

 

 

 
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

LCE is able to provide services in the design of high rise buildings, bridges, abstraction towers, monuments, swimming pools and steel structures, ranging from complicated roof structures, lattice girder bridges and warehouses to water towers. Materials experience includes the use of reinforced concrete, pre-stressed concrete, structural steel and timber.
COMMUNITY BASED MANAGEMENT

cooperation with Miriam Truebody Development Consultant (MTDC), LCE has extensive experience in the fields of Community Based Management (CBM) Training, capacity building and the implementation of community-driven projects. LCE and MTDC have together successfully completed several community-driven construction projects, where community participation, training and capacity building were carried out simultaneously with large civil and structural construction works.

LCE has undertaken numerous projects which incorporate the following different aspects of CBM:
• Population and household surveys,
• Incorporating community input   into the planning of   infrastructure,
• Planning and placement of   water point installations,
• Facilitation of the election of   community management committees and caretakers,
• Training of the elected community management committees and caretakers,
• Coordination of community-based construction with the full involvement of rural and
  urban squatter communities on water and sanitation projects.