Everyone exists and operates in a unique environment.
At LBE, we consider our environment comprising of the following:
• Natural Environment
• Social Environment
• Professional Environment
• Client Environment
Natural Environment
As civil engineers, our involvement often leads to the construction
of infrastructure and influence on the environment is inevitable.
The majority of our projects are of an industrial or manufacturing
nature and, to us, the principle of sustainable development is non
negotiable.
Social Environment
LBE recognises that it has a role to play in its social environment.
Through the years, we have:
- Provided opportunity for several students to complete
the practical experience that is required to obtain their diplomas
- Supported numerous students during their studies
- Played an active role in the local professional institutions
promoting the image of our profession
- Encouraged and supported several personnel to assume leadership
roles at local schools, churches and the like.
Professional Environment
Our engineering and associated services also include associations
with specialist services providers as well as expertise in the management
and integration of other engineering disciplines. This enables us
to provide clients with a complete solution.
Professional Associations
As is commonplace in the engineering industry, professional associations
are maintained with other specialized engineering and project disciplines
that requires a higher level of specialization than would be the
norm.
Professional associations exist with various companies that include
the following:
• Professional land surveyors
• Specialist geotechnical engineering companies
• Specialist materials handling companies
• Turnkey/EPC/EPCM construction and engineering companies
• Mechanical, Piping, Electrical and Instrumentation engineers
Membership of Professional and Statutory Bodies
Membership of professional and statutory bodies enables us to remain
on the cutting edge of best practises in the engineering industry
and gives our clients peace of mind that our standard of work competes
with the best in the industry.
LBE is a corporate member of the Consulting Engineers South Africa
(CESA) and the majority of the professional personnel are members
of the South African Institute of Civil Engineers (SAICE).
The company also has representation through individual memberships
of the South African Institute of Steel Construction, South African
Roads Federation and the Institute of Waste Management.
Professional Development
Ongoing professional development of our personnel ensures that
the company maintains exposure to the latest technological developments
in all the core engineering disciplines. In this regard, the company
sponsors regular training courses for our personnel.
Our clients benefit from improved service, advanced technical solutions
and cost savings through using the best possible technology.
Client Environment
We retain the loyalty of our clients by creating successful projects
that adds value. Creating value rests on three key strategies:
• Partnerships
• Project teams
• Integration
When partnerships are created with our clients by fostering long-term
relationships, the benefits are obvious. This creates a unique understanding
and sensitivity to our client’s specific needs as well as
a continuous measure of our performance.
Our strategy to create project specific teams around specific areas
of experience and clients makes our services more efficient and
supports our partnership approach.
Our approach to form partnerships with our clients enables us to
built long-standing relationships. These relationships enable us
to understand our clients business so that solutions are implemented
that add value.
This approach has enabled us to forge relationships with a list
of long-standing clients in the petroleum, industrial and mining
sector. These clients include Sasol Technology, Sasol Synthetic
Fuels, Sasol Mining, Eskom, Roshcon, Fluor, Grinaker-LTA, Group
5, KBR, Shaw Energy & Chemicals Group, Air Liquide and Technip.
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